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So there's this thing right now. It's kind of a craze. Maybe you've heard of it? Pokemon Go? Yeah, I thought so. The thing is, I myself am not even slightly tempted. As much as folks are flocking to this game, I don't even have an iota of interest. I did watch the cartoons when I was younger, but...

Last week, Valve announced that it was going to start taking action against the various Steam-based gambling sites, but no details were announced at that time. The details are here now, though, and it's clear that Valve isn't joking around. Cease & Desist letters have been sent to over 20 different sites, including one site focused around Dota 2...

Video games had a huge impact on my childhood and teenage years, imprinting themselves onto my psyche for all of the struggles and elation that they produced. While I did play consoles in my youth, most of my gaming time was spent on the PC, particularly during the 1990s. As such, I have a strong fondness (nostalgia goggles alert!) for...

To celebrate this week's Neverwinter launch on PlayStation 4, PWE has granted Massively OP 50 companion codes to give away to our readers! The codes are for the Gelatinous Cube Companion, a bind-on-pickup rare/blue quality Augment type companion that features the Ooze power, two defense slots, one offense slot, and +105 power/defense buffs as long as it's active for the player. This companion can be redeemed only...

Welcome back to our near-daily roundup of Pokemon Go news from around the alternate reality that we all live in now. The US House of Representatives' committee on energy and commerce is apparently very interested in Pokemon Go: Earlier this week, it sent a letter to Niantic CEO John Hanke expressing its concern over the game's data usage and...

Yesterday we noted that Black Desert is currently introducing naval warfare in the MMO's Korean version. Today, we have confirmation that these sea battles will be coming to the west no later than Q4 2016. According to a press release on the upcoming patch, "This free expansion will raise the bar of what is possible in current day MMORPGs. The update will...

Hold fast to hope, Lord of the Rings Online players, for Turbine has not forgotten about you. Following a revelation that a possible expansion is in the works for Dungeons and Dragons Online, Executive Producer Severlin told the LOTRO community that the team is working on some exciting content for Middle-earth as well. "I really shouldn't be posting yet but......

Shadows of the Innocents, Blade and Soul's 2.4 patch, hit the live servers yesterday, giving max level players more content to consume. There are two new dungeons that arrived as well as the Twisted Grimhon Wilds, a 24-player open world instance with scads of dailies. The update also majorly boosted experience that players will receive by completing story missions. Other...

All is not well following World of Warcraft's recent pre-expansion patch earlier this week. Two controversies are rocking the game resulting from the update changes. The first is the studio's decision to create multiple instances of city hubs on roleplay servers, effectively dividing up the community that congregates in those areas for socialization. "As a player on Wyrmrest Accord, we've always...

If you've been playing Warframe a long time, it's a good time to refresh your account credentials. Vice's Motherboard blog reports this week that it has scooped up evidence that hundreds of thousands of email addresses, usernames, and account creation dates from Warframe are circulating through the digital black market -- "nearly 800,000 records," the site said. Digital Extremes "confirm...