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Two of Riot Games' titles are in our news room, so why not just bundle the two together? It should be easier for you fine readers, particularly those who are keen to follow updates to Legends of Runeterra and League of Legends. First, Runeterra has released patch 1.6, which kicks off the Spirit Blossom Festival event. From now until August...

Of the big three City of Heroes-inspired superhero MMOs, Valiance Online probably wasn't the one most folks expected to be next in line for a beta, although given its big talk about launch earlier this year, maybe it should've been. In any case, open beta is now on the agenda for August, meaning the competition between it and Ship...

You know that an update is coming soon when some fancy new key art is displayed for it. Also, you know an update is coming soon when a calendar date is announced. DC Universe Online has gone ahead and done both, announcing that the Wonderverse update will land on Thursday, July 30th. So earlier than the proposed August window. As...

Do you love tinkering with the gnomes in EverQuest II? Alternately, do you absolutely hate doing that but love taking part in seasonal events with rewards? If you fall into either category, you'll be happy with the return of Tinkerfest, starting today and running until August 5th. Stop on down at Gnomeland Security over at the Steamfont Mountains and...

StarCraft II is preparing to celebrate its tenth anniversary, with patch 5.0 hitting the PTR with a wealth of new features. The biggest news here is a new prestige system for co-op mode. Players can now choose to reset the level of a commander to 1 (this doesn't effect your Mastery or Ascension levels, praise the Xel'Naga) to immediately unlock...

It's time for our monthly check-in on how the games industry is doing according to SuperData's numbers, and don't worry - they're all still making bank thanks to the global pandemic. "Digital games generated $10.46B in revenue in June 2020, the second-highest total ever after April 2020’s $10.54B sum," the analytics firm says. "Overall earnings were up 3% from May...

So let me tell you a story. It's a story about an online gaming company that had major problems with its servers last weekend. Players lost currency, rep, and other rewards. And just a few days later, the studio responsible explained what was doing on, apologized, and offered quite a bit of compensation to players affected. And that game's name?...

If Phantasy Star Online 2's long-awaited arrival on western devices this past spring didn't light your world on fire, then maybe you'll be happier with Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, revealed at today's Xbox Games Showcase. Twitter is currently busy arguing whether it's a standalone game, expansion, or do-over, and apparently it's a little bit of all three,...

I've played nothing but the Black Desert season servers in the last month. It's such a fresh breath of air, and it's something I didn't even know I wanted. There's so much good stuff going with for it that I really think that this is the shot in the arm the game needed to stay relevant. Adding easier-to-enhance gear...

You hear that delighted squealing? It's just the Wizard101 community as they unpack a Christmas' worth of presents in this week's summer content update. KingsIsle's magical MMO dropped all sorts of goodies with this patch, starting with updated character models: "We’ve added eye blinks for enhanced expression and increased the texture resolution for more facial detail. Your Wizard's overall appearance...