Updates

We’re not even going to try to sort out the patches from the updates from the iterations from the campaigns and expansions and expanshalones. If it’s something going into an MMO that’s already out, it lands in this category! [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Masters without blasters.

Guild Wars 2 explains the philosophy of Masteries

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Players are not getting a level cap bump with Heart of Thorns; the apex of power in Guild Wars 2 will remain Level 80....

Heroes & Generals update adds Forward Airfield map

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Heroes & Generals has Utz! No, not the potato chips. It's a patch named Utz, after General Willibald Utz of the German forces, and...
Technopathological.

WildStar deep-dives in the Bay of Betrayal

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The Bay of Betrayal is another piece of content being added in WildStar's next patch, and it adds in a few more new ideas...

Get a closer look at Defiance’s Alcatraz

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The prison island of Alcatraz is the hot new destination of Defiance players following yesterday's patch. If you're a curious looky loo or a...

The Secret World gets hyped for Issue 11

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With Joel Bylos out of the picture as The Secret World's lead, the monthly update letter torch has been passed to other members of...
How did everything go so predictably wrong?

World of Warcraft adds retro ‘timewalking’ dungeons

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There's no reason for you to go back to older dungeons in World of Warcraft unless you particularly like the look of something that...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Exclusive Guild Wars 2 Maguuma Hylek interview

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I had the pleasure of chatting with Scott McGough, a Guild Wars 2 narrative designer who is currently working hard on Heart of Thorns content, about...
Darn it all!

Defiance adds Alcatraz, preps for season three

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Trion has added Alcatraz to Defiance, along with a new EGO rating cap of 6,000 and several other key features. Chief among these are...

Hyperspace Beacon: Five things you should know about Ziost before SWTOR Update 3.2

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Shortly after Star Wars: The Old Republic launched, I was a part of a group of players asked which planet they would like to see...

H1Z1 adds grouping system and zombified players this month

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Your secret dream of becoming a zombie -- yeah, we read your diary -- will get a virtual assist from this month's H1Z1 updates....
We'll defend against whoever in the world we're at war with. Probably ourselves.

World of Warcraft 6.2 adds new dungeon difficulty, zone

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If you thought the first major patch of Warlords of Draenor seemed a bit thin on content, you'll be happier with World of Warcraft's...

Not So Massively: LoL nerfs Nidalee, Hearthstone bans mods, and Path of Exile talks Act IV

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League of Legends finally applied a nerf to controversial champion Nidalee, but players warn that it won't harm her jungling potential. Riot Games has...

Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion launches May 19th

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Destiny fans ready for a new expansion after last December's The Dark Below have to wait until only May 19th for the release of...
Prepare to be prepared!

How to get into Path of Exile’s Awakening beta

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So you want to test the next big update for Path of Exile? That's understandable; it's a big update that promises a whole lot...
Running toward the blue sky.

Wisdom of Nym: What we now know about Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

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I honestly hadn't expected to learn quite this much about Heavensward this soon. I don't know why I hadn't expected this, to be fair;...

DCUO returns to the Halls of Power with its next update

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With DC Universe Online's sped-up content delivery schedule, players fresh off of the munitions update now can look forward to a new hit of...

Shroud of the Avatar works on street signs as it preps Release 17

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Even things as small and seemingly mundane as street signs can represent a lengthy undertaking in the MMO development process. Shroud of the Avatar...

RIFT’s Echoes of Madness update arrives on April 15

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RIFT players salivating for Update 3.2 won't have much longer to go: Trion Worlds announced that Echoes of Madness will be launching on Wednesday,...
FFXIV

Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward’s spoiler-filled trailer

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We're going to tell you this right up front: if you haven't yet done the patch 2.55 story quests and don't want to be...
Sure you are, home slice.

Star Citizen releases alpha 1.1.1 and a design blog on breathing

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Cloud Imperium had a busy Friday, as the firm released Star Citizen Alpha 1.1.1 to backers and also published a couple of notable blog entries....