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During a stream of Marvel Heroes led by his wife last night, former Gazillion CEO David Brevik announced that his new company is called Graybeard Games. He didn't elaborate on his first project except to say it will be a PC game, probably "RPG-oriented" and will begin with just himself; he says he can't imagine more than three people...

Look, memes, there's... there's no easy way to say this, but I think we're done. We've had some really good times. The whole "All Your Base" thing was a huge part of my time in college, and some of our shared experiences have been great. And I'm always going to care about you, you know that. But lately, half...

Mounts might have once been a practical mode of transportation and a not-so-transparent speed buff for slow-moving MMO characters. Nowadays it's more about personal expression and customization. What mount you use is an expression of status and preference, showing the world what you've attained and what you think is wicked awesome. Do you have a favorite MMO mount? Sure you...

The good news for eager VR fans is that EVE: Valkyrie's first alpha test will start up on January 18th for use with the Oculus Rift DK2 headset. This comes hot on the heels of the Oculus Rift price announcement, which is means that the headset (and EVE: Valkyrie) will run you a hefty $599 to pre-order. Which is...

There's a little more time before Blade & Soul releases here in North America, but that doesn't mean you can't look forward to the future of the game. Chinese players who are enjoying the game are going to have access to a new class this month, for example, and that's probably coming over to North America eventually. After launch,...

It's a good time to be a Diablo III player, particularly now that Blizzard is on the verge of releasing the much-anticipated Patch 2.4.0 to the game servers. The studio has been pumping up its fans for the patch release and start of Season 5 on January 15th, and this week it released the PTR notes for this update. Patch 2.4.0...

During today's Guild Wars 2 livestream, ArenaNet's Rubi Bayer demoed a video of a character flying... in what looks like Orr. Malchor's Leap, to be precise. Only Orr is in vanilla Tyria, not in the expansion areas to which gliding has heretofore been limited. Is gliding on the way for the rest of the game too? See for yourself in that_shaman's...

Indie sandbox Chronicles of Elyria captured MMORPG players' attention last autumn when it began revealing details about some of its more unusual mechanics, including its character aging and death system. A new dev blog this week sheds more light on how character aging works -- and how you'll use cash money to live again once you've croaked for good. Soulbound Studios...

Indie sandbox TUG has become the beneficiary of a huge windfall. In a new Kickstarter update sent to backers this afternoon, Nerd Kingdom announced that it has raised an additional $8.5 million to "expand on TUG, move into openGL, and put a lot more emphasis on tools and modding bits." That means the development team will be expanding too. The downside...

ArenaNet has announced its plans to change up PvP mechanics as Guild Wars 2 enters the second season of its PvP League system. Matchmaking is due for the biggest change: "Matchmaking for Ranked matches will use your placement in your current league division as your primary matchmaking consideration and pair you against players who are placed in the same point...