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Justin and Bree discuss E3, STO, ESO One Tamriel, GW2, UO, Sea of Thieves, Dual Universe, WoW, Marvel Heroes, Camelot Unchained, and four sunsets, with mailbag questions on gameplay tension and MH team-ups.

What's the perfect way to get ready for Shroud of the Avatar's summer pseudo-release? Why, by cracking open a brand-new prequel novel, of course! The Sword of Midras: A Shroud of the Avatar Novel came out today, co-written by Tracy Hickman and Richard Garriott. "Aren Bennis is a Captain in the Obsidian Army who has seen enough of what a...

Epic Games has today released yet another hero for its upcoming MOBA Paragon. Khaimera is described by Epic as a "high-risk, hi-reward" melee jungler and goes live with today's 27.1 patch. (Khaimera is described by Kotaku, on the other hand, as Skull-Face McMoonhead, which seems pretty accurate.) "The TL;DR on Khaimera is that he is a melee fighter who excels at...

A dear Patreon patron has requested a livestream of The Elder Scrolls Online's Dark Brotherhood DLC. Alexander, your wish is coming true. MOP's most rabid Elder Scrolls fans, Larry Everett and Bree Royce, will dive into the Den of Sithis today and work through the story of this cult of assassins. Larry has run through the DLC before to get his first...

At this year's E3, I sat down with Elite: Dangerous' Senior Designer Sandy Sammarco and PR/Communications Manager Michael Grapper to talk about the game's successes and stumbling blocks. Before jumping in, let's get the Engineers delay out of the way: Sammarco told me it stemmed from the team just not feeling the progress made by the original due date could have been better,...

ZeniMax is busily teasing its plans for The Elder Scrolls Online's Update 11 today. If you're a fan of the franchise's lizard peeps, you're gonna love it. "As with our previous updates, The Elder Scrolls Online's Update 11 will come in two parts: the DLC dungeon pack, and the base game patch," explains the studio. The DLC dungeon pack, Shadows...

It's no secret that Saga of Lucimia is very much a group-based MMORPG, and as such, players will need to find other adventurers for their own survival and advancement. But what if you don't have a ready-made group of friends at hand? That's where a looking for group (LFG) tool usually comes to the rescue -- but not in Saga...

Knights of the Fallen Empire has truly changed the storytelling ways of Star Wars: The Old Republic. And even though it’s popular to flame the game because of the lack of focus on endgame, the casual player and those who are interested in fun, character-driven tales are likely to be enjoying the monthly chapter releases. This month, we get a treat because...

As we covered in our last Make My MMO, the Kickstarter for NeuronHaze's post-apoc MMO Vigor Roads ended unsuccessfully over the weekend. The studio accepted the fault for the failure, saying it had been "overconfident" and that it was unable to prepare a quality game build in time for the campaign. Still, the game itself is far from over. "But we do not despair. We...

Today's content update from Elite Lord of Alliance might just make you sit up and notice this anime hack-and-slash MMO. Epic 2: Outlaw's Emperor is the type of patch that we love to see in online games, with plenty of great additions to appreciate. Outlaw's Emperor starts off by raising the level cap from 40 to 50, then throws in a...