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Path of Exile ups the size of private leagues, with more increases coming

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The official leagues offered up for Path of Exile give players a chance to explore a different way of playing the game, a different set of challenges and modifiers to the main experience. Of course, you can also custom-build your own league if you want, but one of the things the developers have been hearing for a while is...

Nexon’s mobile/PC MMO V4 adds new content and customization perks today

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V4, Nexon's mobile-and-PC MMORPG, has barely been launched for a month, and it's already celebrating a milestone: a million downloads. This week, the game has pushed out its first major update as promised, with "new areas, including the Viten Highlands and Highlands of Illusion, new companions, new conquests" plus "new gear slots, Soulstone accessory slots, and additional Dark Imprint...

G-Star 2020 will now be an all-digital event as a result of COVID-19

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G-Star, South Korea's biggest games industry show, has officially announced that it will be a fully digital affair for 2020 as a result of a significant uptick in COVID-19 cases in the country, and while the circumstances surrounding the need to go digital are absolutely worrisome, the announcement is looking at the silver lining of making the event even...

ARK Survival Evolved celebrates three years since official launch, drops Crystal Isles map for console

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So I was looking at my calendar this morning and I realized that this week is ARK Survival Evolved's third birthday since its official launch. Obviously it's quite a bit older than that, but you know how early access goes: They don't want you to count those years against them while they're working on it, but they definitely wanna...

Superhero MMO Ship of Heroes opens its doors to all gamers for this weekend’s invasion test

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Ship of Heroes is gearing up for yet another test of its large-scale invasion content this weekend, and it's inviting you. Yes, you. Everyone, in fact, including folks who've never backed or paid a dime into the development of the game. "Another Ship of Heroes invasion event is going to happen at 10:30 AM EST on Saturday the 29th. The...

Gamescom posts its viewing schedule ahead of tomorrow’s digital events

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Back in April, the organizers behind Gamescom made the wise decision to not to play plague god but instead take the trade show virtual this year. Now, the event is upon us, and from Thursday through Sunday, viewers across the world are going to be able to soak in all of the gaming goodness and panels from their own...
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Into the Super-verse: Marvel’s Avengers feels like Marvel Heroes by way of Destiny

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This past weekend, I finally had a chance to actually try out Marvel's Avengers because the game was running its open beta. Certainly I'd already gotten the sense that there was a fair amount of controversy over this title right from the word go, but there was always going to be no matter what. At this point, this is a...

Last Oasis lets larger walkers haul smaller walkers, plans an AMA and devlog later in the week

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Let's say you have two Walkers in Last Oasis, yet you are but one person who cannot drive them both at once. What do you do? Pack up the smaller one into the larger one thanks to the Walker Packing Attachment that was recently released for the survival sandbox. That alone isn't really enough to base either a news story...

MMO designer Raph Koster talks about what makes the subscription model a success

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Playable Worlds CEO Raph Koster, as we all know, has opinions about MMO gaming and multiplayer gaming, especially on the business side of things, so if you're the sort of person who likes to hear his thoughts on those topics, then you'll absolutely want to dig in to a VentureBeat interview that discusses the subscription model and what makes...

Black Desert begins Hashashin pre-creation as console announces a physical edition

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It's a big day for Black Desert as the Hashashin pre-creation event has kicked off ahead of the class' formal launch on PC next week. "Get ready for Hashashin who dominates the desert with his crescent-shaped shamshir and haladie which carries the power of the sand spells," Pearl Abyss says. As usual, there are rewards for players who participate...