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By the hammer of Thor, it's Marvel Heroes' anniversary once again! Best time of the year, it is. While some MMOs mark their birthdays with some lame fireworks and useless titles, Marvel Heroes carves out an entire month to deliver events and beneficial presents to its players. For its third birthday, Marvel Heroes has a lot in store for superheroes. Starting tomorrow,...

Today is not the day for players to actually take on the new challenges present in Final Fantasy XIV's next major patch. That'll be on Tuesday of next week, after an extended maintenance for new housing areas. But the patch 3.3 notes are already available, and players who just can't wait another minute to get a peek at all...

Admit it: At least at some point, every single one of you had doubts that Landmark would actually ever launch. Hey, it's understandable. I have been there, too. After such an extremely long alpha phase and a lengthy closed beta phase (but no open beta!), doubts were natural -- even expected. Then there was the SOE turns into Daybreak thing....

The Russian version of 2010 fantasy-steampunk MMORPG Allods Online officially launched on Steam back in January, but as of today, its English integration is complete -- including Steam achievements. "After the successful launch of the latest expansion – 7.0: New Order – which is currently enjoying its first of many seasons of content, the timing couldn't be better," says studio Allods Team....

As of the time that I'm writing this, we don't know when the Legion pre-patch will hit World of Warcraft. I had to double-check that; these days, I'm never sure any longer. You would think that wasn't information that could somehow slip through my notice, but with the release schedule and announcements around this expansion, it could theoretically happen....

The Secret World is losing its lead writer, Funcom's Romain Amiel has told players on the official forums. "We are sad to announce that Joshua Doetsch, also known as Scrivnomancer, Lead Writer for The Secret World, will be leaving Funcom this coming Friday. Josh has received a great life opportunity that he couldn’t refuse, and we are really excited for...

NCsoft Producer Nico Coutant has a big community letter out today for Blade & Soul fans discussing the state of the game and where it's headed. To satisfy players confused about what's coming out when, Coutant includes a graphical roadmap for the remainder of 2016 so you know just when to expect dungeons, gear, classes, and skills. In fact, the...

In this week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse, Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Ben Lesnick foreshadow the game's alpha 2.4 patch, which has indeed been released to the public test server. The pair discuss testing bits and pieces too, like the gear and weapons. "I'm still waiting for my female character, devs out there who are watching this,"...

It's been a little over a week since Overwatch launched, and in that short time Blizzard's new team shooter has become a bonafide success in the market. As of yesterday, Overwatch passed its seven millionth player, which represents a lot of revenue for the buy-to-play game. Need some more big numbers before you'll be impressed? To date, Overwatch players have collectively clocked 119...

Every World of Warcraft expansion has featured theme music based upon the same tune, from launch until now. The newest beta build for Legion includes an updated version of the title screen, but more important, it includes the newest incarnation of the login music. You can listen to it just below. The patch contains other adjustments, of course, the usual...