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Blade & Soul formally launches in the west next week, with its headstart period for preorder buyers opening up today. MMORPG players talk a lot about holding out past the inevitable launch week messes, but many of us will cave in order to play the new shiny anyway. Are you among us? Let's find out in this week's Leaderboard...

Perfect World Entertainment has decided that it will be going back to the drawing board with one of its newest titles. The studio announced today that it will be ceasing current development of World of Jade Dynasty, a sandbox wuxia title that started pre-alpha testing last June. The publisher didn't pull the plug because it was displeased with the game,...

Ever since Elite Dangerous dropped its Horizons expansion and allowed players to land on planet surfaces, captains have been scouring the galaxy for interesting sights. Well one player has found the following definitive proof that we're not alone in the universe: barnacles. Yes, you read that right. Giant alien barnacles with a strange symbol on them were discovered on Merope...

An unpopular change to one of The Secret World's ranged abilities in the last patch might end up benefiting the game's population as a whole. Lead Designer Romain Amiel wrote a post yesterday acknowledging that the new required cast time (or "snare") for anima shot and other builders hasn't gone over so well, despite it being a move to give ranged...

Although Blade & Soul doesn't officially launch until the 19th, the headstart begins today. And that means MassivelyOP's MJ gets to jump in and play. Well, she can play after she creates a character, that is! Instead of taking advantage of the chance to pre-make her main, she's going to show you just how detailed character creation is --...

Here's a fun thought exercise for you all: explain the differences between Fire Mages and Destruction Warlocks in World of Warcraft. But before you do so, let's make things a little more interesting by saying that you cannot use abilities, rotations, or resources to differentiate between the two of them. In other words, you can't differentiate them based upon...

There's no doubt that the gods of Crowfall are powerful. But the last of the lot to be revealed - Illara, mother of cats - is the one deity that could save her followers from the Hunger. She possesses the knowledge to do so. What she lacks is even the slightest inclination; she doesn't care about that or find...

Rumors swirled earlier this week that The Division would start its beta testing this month; lo and behold, the rumors are true. Players can start testing the game on the Xbox One on January 28th, with the beta remaining as a platform exclusive for one day before PlayStation 4 and PC players get into the beta on January 29th. Don't...

If you're keeping tabs on Bless Online, it might cheer you up slightly to hear that it's revving up its Korean open beta later this month. Of course, it might depress you when we say that there's still no word as to when this title might make it over to western shores. The Korean OBT begins on January 27th and...

The skies are a little more crowded today in Star Citizen with the release of Alpha 2.1 to the live servers. The patch added two new flyable craft to the roster: there's the mighty Freelancer base and the surprise addition of the Aegis Vanguard Warden. The Aegis Sabre is also available to check out in the hanger, although it...