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Remember last year back when Richard Garriott raffled off his rat tail to raise money for Shroud of the Avatar? Yeah, good times. Now the Portalarium boss is selling something even wackier: his own blood. The studio announced the fundraiser during its livestream yesterday, where Garriott and longtime collaborator Starr Long joke about the call where they first discussed selling...

The bad news for No Man's Sky fans is that the game took longer than expected to be finished and launch was delayed slightly. Some people do not take this minor inconvenience well. But the wait is nearly over, as developer Hello Games has officially gone gold with the title ahead of its August 9th launch date: https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/751141699880095745 This all means...

During this week's podcast, Justin explained to me something that Trion is up to in RIFT that blew me away: Players who have run a dungeon five times will be flagged as a veteran for future runs, granting them a big bonus whenever they run that dungeon with a non-veteran. I have looked at this six ways from Sunday and...

Last week's Overthinking question was a very broad one all about genre-wide wishes that go unfulfilled. But what if we drill that down? That's what MOP Patron Roger's doing with his question to us this week: "What neat thing would you like in your favorite MMO that would probably not get added?" Real housing in World of Warcraft? Real crafting in...

Did you see those sporty Mo capes in AdventureQuest 3D and know instantly that you just had to get one for yourself? Don't despair, now you can! As promised, Massively OP's MJ has another batch of Mo cape keys that need a good home. She'll be giving them away while she searches for the infamous slime lord. Don't have the...

The developers of Albion Online want you to murder the heck out of your fellow players, but they also want to make sure that you're not exactly rewarded for your decision to murder people for no reason. The game's reputation system is a compromise between the two extremes. If you gather resources, live as a lawful citizen, and defend...

Oh sure, Ultron might be this world-domineering robot with an evil bent, but... look at him! He's just so dang chipper about it that you almost can't fault him for his ambitions. You might have heard that Ultron joined Marvel Heroes' roster as the game's 58th playable character last week, so perhaps he's reformed his marauding ways a bit. Marvel.com put...

The Black Death sure appears to be running for the title of "Most Grim Survival Sandbox of the Year," particularly after seeing its new retail trailer. In a little over a minute of running time, the trailer takes us on a macabre tour of the plague-ridden countryside and towns. You want corpses? It's got corpses. You want a depressed guy...

Anyone eagerly awaiting the next LawBreakers closed alpha test will be happy to know that the wait is almost over. There's still a wait to be had, as the next closed test won't start until Saturday, July 9th, but it's better than just shrugging your shoulders and knowing that the next test has to probably happen eventually. This weekend's...

Sitting around your house, bored and sweaty this summer? Don't whine to us, especially after we tell you that Neverwinter has the cure for the doldrums of July. The D&D game has brought back its summer festival, and this year's celebration has a few new twists for its fans. The coolest addition is the Sahha Ball arena, where teams of...