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A large gathering of Ingress players in Rio, Brazil for an anomaly -- a multi-hour in-person gaming event -- has been mostly moved to Seattle due to a WHO travel advisory and fears of players contracting the Zika virus. Niantic Labs decided to downscale the February 27th Rio event in the face of Zika, changing the location from a primary anomaly...

Are you confused about the process of upgrading from Elite: Dangerous to the Horizons expansion? Do you find it frustrating and unclear? Have you screamed "there's got to be a better way" at the computer, informercial-style? The folks at Frontier Developers apparently think that's the case, and thus have changed the retail setup significantly, with Horizons now serving as...

Music has been on my mind a lot lately. OK, so it is always on my mind! From skipping down the streets belting out showtunes, cartoon theme songs, and parodies of other assorted songs (now you know what I did last weekend!) to signing on livestreams, my mind is always aswirl with music. So when EverQuest II Audio Manager/Composer Mark...

Mounts are important in any game. It's nice to be able to choose a noble steed that represents your preferences and your character's personality by forcing another creature to serve as a mobile platform for your butt. Neverwinter's next major expansion is bringing along major changes to the game's mounts, so a new entry on the official site details...

On Sunday, Anarchy Online Lead Designer Henry "Michizure" Senger opened up on the forums with a look at what's going on in the world's most classic sci-fi MMORPG. The big news is that the game is getting Recked. Actually, it's just getting The Reck, a brand-new region loaded with points of interest and daily missions intended for players level...

Square-Enix's fiscal results for the last three-quarters of 2015 are in, and it's good news all around. Net sales were up almost 30% year-over-year, resulting in profits boosted by a nearly quarter compared to 2014. The company attributed its success to multiple franchises and console launches. MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV is named twice as a strong performer. "During the nine-month period...

Star Trek Online is officially discontinuing support of its Mac client. Perfect World says that following the Mac client's recent struggles and the support required to solve them, it has decided to terminate the client. "e looked at our Mac support overall and determined that we cannot promise to deliver an experience on Mac that meets our expectations of quality. After...

Tuesday brought along a big surprise for me in the form of access to the Legion alpha test. I had pretty much resigned myself to living off of datamined information, so you can imagine that this came as something of a shock. Since then, I've spent as much time as possible (which is probably less than you think) working...

The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV brings along a fresh pair of dungeons to the game, which won't surprise anyone. The dungeons in question might be a bit more surprising, however. Patch 3.2 brings the hard mode for Lost City of Amdapor, proving that the ruins haven't gotten any more welcoming now that Diabolos has moved on. It...

Put down your pitchforks, anti-damage-meters zealots: The first mods for The Division are for graphics, at least if you don't count the gameplay hacks and cheats. Reddit user XenthorX has posted a series of shader presets that tweak the game's visuals with sharpening, saturation, and more. Some of the features added by the shaders existed during testing of the game,...