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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...

You've heard the old adage that redheads have a temper? Well imagine if you add red arms, red torso, red legs! Part of this year's anniversary event in The Secret World is facing the enraged Gatekeeper deep in Agartha, who shows off his fiery temper. MassivelyOP's MJ wants to help him get the anger out so he can go back...

That didn't take long -- Nexon is apparently already opening new servers, at least in Europe, to handle the influx of players sweeping into Riders of Icarus' open beta, which got underway yesterday. https://twitter.com/PlayIcarus/status/751107340733034496 Massively OP's MJ Guthrie already scoped out the early access via streams; stay tuned for our written impressions of the soft launch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlrzNewHo30 Source: Twitter, dev blog

Being the Grand Magistrix of Suramar seems like a pretty great gig for the majority of your rule. For one thing, you have power over time. For another, you rule over a deathless magically empowered miracle city where nothing can ever go wrong. It's perfect! Except for the time when Gul'dan shows up with the Burning Legion at his...

We've updated the end of this post with Warner Bros.' statement to us. It sounds as if Turbine may have been hit with another round of layoffs. Former Community Manager Rick "Sapience" Heaton tweeted this cryptic message alluding to bad news for the MMO teams: https://twitter.com/rickheaton/status/751117582619533312 There's a bit more on Facebook: We've reached out to Turbine for more. Everyone affected has our...

While you're still going to have to cough over some cash to grab the full version of Elite Dangerous, the good news for cheapskates is that Frontier is making its close quarters combat PvP mode, Arena, completely free for anyone who purchases it this weekend. "Elite Dangerous Arena will be completely free on Steam and the Frontier Store this weekend,"...

A few weeks ago, Hi Rez Creative Director Sean McBride announced that he was leaving the company. "Unfortunately at this point in time Hi-Rez and myself are not aligned," he wrote on Reddit. McBride was well known for his work injecting life into Tribes: Ascend, and he addressed that game's community directly. "As most know, the Tribes IP has been...