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This week was all about E3, and for MMO players, it didn't feature a whole lot of new titles. Oh, there was plenty of stuff going on for existing games, but brand-new titles? Those were fairly quiet. LawBreakers managed to make the biggest noise on the testing front, as the game is going into its first closed test this...

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a crowded social environment (shopping mall, concert, military assembly, Senatorial filibuster) and found yourself thinking that you could really go for some Lineage II right at that moment? In the past, that has been difficult, due to the fact that few of these situations are conducive to bringing out your...

Guild Wars 2 legendary gear: You're either mad for it or flee from it entirely. Those who are making the pursuit of obtaining the best of the best armor in the game would do well to pay attention to the wise words of Game Designer Andrew McLeod. McLeod attempted to clear up any misunderstandings by providing illumination about the current journey to...

It's Friday night, and you know what that means: another big announcement from Daybreak. The studio announced this evening that it will be sunsetting the Legends of Norrath card game as well as the original PlanetSide. July 1st, at 4:00 PM PT, we will be closing the PlanetSide 1 server. PlanetSide 1 has a very important history with Daybreak Games...

Darkfall: New Dawn's load lag and subpar performance will be nipped in the bud with the game's next patch -- or so the developers hope. In a new dev blog, the team said that Patch 2 for the reboot has shown positive results with decreased loading times and increased frame rates. Another significant change to come with this update is...

Console-only online games. Doesn't that rustle your jimmies, PC players? For those of us who can't afford or choose not to add an Xbox One or PlayStation 4 to our gaming arsenal, these exclusives can be a source of annoyance, especially when a title becomes quite popular. There's a glimmer of hope this week for PC players who have wanted...

Camelot Unchained is opening a new studio in Seattle. On Twitch this afternoon, CSE studio founder Mark Jacobs told viewers that the second studio will expand the team an additional four programmers with more to come and is being funded by additional investment from himself and the game's chief investor. The deal has apparently been several months in the making....

In this week's Around the Verse, Star Citizen's Sandi Gardiner and Ben Lesnick are still riding high from last week's 24 alpha patch. "We know this has been long awaited," Lesnick says. "Star Citizen Alpha 2.4 is our largest update since the move to 2.0 earlier in the year. It adds persistence, flyable capital sized ships, shopping, ingame economy, all...

Going into E3 this year, I didn't think LawBreakers would be something we'd cover at MOP. I also didn't expect much out of it, even with CliffyB's involvement. I thought focusing on an adult crowd while aiming at a diverse crowd in the lobby shooter genre seemed suicidal at best. However, LawBreakers turned out to be one of the titles at the con that pleasantly surprised...

The latest Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen newsletter has quite a bit to say about the Shaman. The healing and support-oriented class is meant as a conduit for the world's past, channeling spirits of history into modern healing spells and debuffs. This is probably better than attempting to sell ancient relics as upscale decorations for your in-game breakfast nooks,...