Rumors

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Another World of Warcraft expansion ‘leak’ surfaces, this one called Shadowlands

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'Tis the season for crazy -- or perhaps not-so-crazy -- World of Warcraft expansion rumors, apparently. Hot on the heels of a recent "leak"...

Rumor: Nexon may be merging its PC and mobile businesses following canceled company sale

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Over the course of 2019, we've watched as Nexon's founding family put its controlling interest up for bid, seeking as much as $9B for...

The Stream Team: Moglomancer madness in AdventureQuest 3D

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AQ3D just introduced its Moglin "pet" class to the Moglin Kickstarter backers and Massively OP's MJ is so excited to try it! Unfortunately, it...

Not So Massively: Blizzard cancelled a(nother) game, and I couldn’t be happier

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Recently news broke that Blizzard had cancelled an unannounced game that had been in development for several years. This was followed closely by some...
Same old story, same old song and dance.

Rumor: Diablo 4 and a new Overwatch game are seemingly confirmed by Blizzard Versailles employees

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We've had persistent rumors about development on Diablo 4 for a long time now, thanks to Blizzard job postings and teases and leaks. And...

World of Warcraft’s foxy Vulpera look more likely as a playable race

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Along with the proposed "level squish," the evidence for the addition of the fox-like Vulpera as a playable race in World of Warcraft is...
Oops?

A recent World of Warcraft player survey apparently confirms an incoming level squish

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The nature of World of Warcraft's expansion releases and design philosophy means that every expansion adds another stack of levels on top of the...

Destiny 2 is going free-to-play as Destiny 2: New Light as Bungie confirms Steam launch and cross-save

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(This article has been updated since publication; updates are at the end, and the original is as follows.) In what at least appears to be...
Plays well with others.

Rumor: More high-profile esports figures are leaving Blizzard within the next two weeks

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Remember just last week when the commissioner of Overwatch's premiere and eponymous league left his position? That alone was a bit of a surprise, but...
Everything old is... well, it's actually still old.

Sources now confirm the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic movie – and it’s a trilogy

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Back in April, we covered Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy's statements about the potential for a Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic movie. At...
Dragon Age.

League of Legends is destined for mobile, Reuters reports

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Remember all the thinkpieces years back about the rise of the MOBA? The industry's been through several bubbles since then, between survival sandboxes and...

FromSoftware’s next game is rumored to be an ‘open-world title’ made in collaboration with George R.R. Martin

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Although the Game of Thrones TV series has just reached its controversial conclusion, series author George R.R. Martin is still (hopefully) hard at work...
Take him out.

Here’s another clue that Red Dead Redemption 2 is heading (or was supposed to head) to PC

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Rumors and frustrations over whether Red Dead Redemption 2 - and more importantly around these parts, Red Dead Online - will ever show up...

‘Secret’ City of Heroes emulator operators address SCORE leak drama, rebut personal info database rumor

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If you've been around the post-sunset City of Heroes community long enough, you've probably heard the rumors that there's a secret City of Heroes...
Siri play Chariots of Fire.

Cool your jets: Destiny 2’s ‘Crucible isn’t going anywhere’

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We've never known the internet to take things to extremes. I have only ever know the internet to be a measured and thoughtful place,...
Stop boring everybody.

Rumor: Z1 Battle Royale, H1Z1’s PC version, seems to be in big trouble as devs confirm layoffs

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Note: We'll be updating this piece at the end with the latest, and we've also put out a second piece here with NantG's statement. It...
Are you a door or not?!

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida is overseeing a new project that may very well be another big online game

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We don't know what it will include. We don't know when it will be released. We don't even have a title. What we do have...

Paradox Interactive continues to drop hints of a possible Vampire: the Masquerade game

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My first instinct upon seeing indications that publisher/developer Paradox Interactive is working on a game based on Vampire: the Masquerade was extreme intrigue. My...

New Blizzard trademark filing rekindles speculation about Diablo TV series

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You may remember that last year, there was a brief but passionate firestorm of speculation that Blizzard was gearing up to produce a TV...

Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science!

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It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up...