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So Guild Wars 2 players, we hear that there's something going down in your neck of the woods tomorrow. Some sort of expansion where blindfolded beast-people glide through jungles. We bet that the waiting is the hardest part, so the very least we can do is point you to this forum post in which ArenaNet suggests seven tasks that you could undertake...

WildStar and The Secret World aren't the only MMOs getting into the Back to the Future spirit this month. Star Trek Online has its own promotion, as Cryptic's game is giving away free hoverboards to all players who log in this week. If you're interested in getting this "Future Flyer power board" that is in no way infringing on movie copyrights,...

Devilian's first closed beta test is now live, according to Trion Worlds, but there may be a crush to get in the doors. "Given the number of beta invites, we DO expect a queue at CBT1 launch today," the studio said. "We know it's hard for demons to keep calm while waiting!" The test for the action RPG is open to...

Massively OP's overview of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate last month was just the beginning of our coverage of the topics contained within it. I advised MMO players and writers to pick up the book and read it for themselves, but for those who don't, today I'll break down some of the ideas expressed in various chapters...

Halloween is just around the corner, and so is The Secret World's Samhain event: festivities kick off next Tuesday, October 27th.  Every year the game that does Halloween best outdoes itself, and players have been waiting on pins and needles to see what the new event will hold this year. So far we know that there will be a new...

EverQuest II's underground expansion has gone into beta testing in preparation for its launch next month. Daybreak said that any player who pre-orders Terrors of Thalumbra will be eligible to jump onto the test server to see all of the changes and new zones. The studio also teased players with unspecified rewards for being part of the expansion testing crowd. Terrors of Thalumbra...

MMORPGs are looking up in Raptr's latest most-played report. World of Warcraft held onto the #3 spot (in spite of a 20+% play-time drop), with showings also from Final Fantasy XIV and Star Wars: The Old Republic, but it was Guild Wars 2 at #13 that carried September for the genre. "Our biggest gainer of September was Guild Wars 2, which jumped eight...

RuneScape seems to be an MMO that's incredibly easy to dismiss by the wider MMO community for being "too kiddy" or being a little too outside the boundaries of standard big-budget MMOs. Yet ignoring or belittling it would be a mistake: RuneScape has accumulated a massive audience over the years and been innovating and experimenting with ideas that other...

The return of Valor as a currency in World of Warcraft's patch 6.2.3 brings a lot of questions with it. Once you get past several of the obvious questions about why it was removed in the first place under the circumstances, you get down to the specifics of numbers. A new update on the forums outlines exactly what those...

Are your wurms on Steam feeling distinctly limited? Then you should be happy to know that Wurm Unlimited is now available on Steam, giving you the opportunity to jump in and start making your mark on the world. Granted, that mark may involve leaving a smear on the ground after you're slain by a pheasant, but the important part...