The Scream Team: Storming EverQuest II’s Nektropos Castle

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The time has finally come for MassivelyOP's MJ and the Minions to storm Nektropos Castle! The group has many EverQuest II Heritage Quests that need a trip to this dungeon, and what better time to crawl through the creepy castle than Halloween week? And maybe if they can get through it all fast enough, there will be time for...

Trove summons the bone dragon

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Even as Trove is in the throes of a "very, very squarey" Shadow's Eve celebration, it's also summoning the fearsome bone dragon to terrorize the lands. In addition to adding the bone dragon to the game's reptilian lineup, today's Trove patch changed it so players can delete items from their inventory, triggered a double XP event, discounted all classes in...

Path of Exile’s 14th race season boasts lots of changes

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Path of Exile's 14th race season is tentatively going to be called Soulthirst after the name of a unique belt that Grinding Gear is creating for the event. The dev team says that it will likely introduce a Headhunter race type for the new season, and that it has tweaked Descent races extensively. BLAMT races are back, too, and...

TERA producer’s letter teases new class, talks team members

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TERA's Patrick "Treeshark" Sun has published a new producer's letter that focuses on changes to the game's live team. He introduces new community manager Donna Prior, as well as director of product management Chris Lye. Sun says that "team TERA is as strong as ever, and we're looking forward to some great things coming up in the next few months."...

ArenaNet is tweaking Guild Wars 2’s elite specialization system

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ArenaNet's Colin Johanson says that the firm is updating Guild Wars 2 to reflect feedback received from players who are digging into the recent Heart of Thorns expansion. He says that the new endgame mastery system has been well received, but that the elite specialization system will be tweaked to reduce the cost of unlocking every ability from 400 hero...

Here’s how ZeniMax made Elder Scrolls’ Orsinium

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Orsinium is coming to Elder Scrolls Online next month, but you can get an eyeful of it now thanks to a new ZeniMax dev blog called Creating Orsinium. The region was last seen nearly 20 years ago in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, and the blog looks at how the design and art teams iterated on that initial presentation to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 35: Expansions galore

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Justin and Larry deep-dive into SWTOR's Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion, with news on Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, Halloween, EVE Vegas, ArcheAge, WildStar, and Star Trek Online.
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World of Warcraft highlights the haunted places of Azeroth

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There's a lot of ghostly stuff in World of Warcraft. Some of it, of course, is quite obvious. You fight a lot of ghosts, for example. But then there are the haunted spaces that are a bit more hidden away, the spots of the game that are creepy, disturbing, and unsettling without anything casting Frostbolts at you. A new...

Overwatch knocks down the closed beta door

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Heroes, suit up: Overwatch's closed beta test for both North America and Europe is now live. While the test for the superhero-themed multiplayer shooter has commenced, Blizzard said that it is still inviting players in waves, which means that your lucky ticket may still be on the way. "Our primary objective for the closed beta is to get focused, hands-on gameplay feedback,...

Hyperspace Beacon: Spoiler-filled impressions of SWTOR Knights of the Fallen Empire

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By now, everyone who was in early access for Knights of the Fallen Empire has played through the story at least once. If not, what are you waiting for? Don't you know how amazing it is? But I was highly surprised at how much there was to do beyond the main storyline. Star Wars: The Old Republic started to...