You’ll need to manage fuel and choose your jump points wisely in Star Citizen

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Cloud Imperium is expanding its weekly Star Marine update to include news relating to Star Citizen's upcoming 2.0.0 alpha patch. CIG says that brand new gameplay elements are coming, including refuel, repair, and restock systems that will test your ability to choose your jump points wisely and manage your gas reserves. Last night's update post also touches on Star Citizen's...

Crowfall conducts pre-alpha postmortem

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Crowfall's first "Hunger Dome" pre-alpha test is complete and ArtCraft has many, many numbers to share in its postmortem. During the test, the Confessor was by far the most played archetype, while the Legionnaire was the odd centaur out. ArtCraft was able to take the data and feedback to perform much-needed fixes and adjustments for the game going forward: "The...

Nexus Telegraph: Six little WildStar elements that I love

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With the free-to-play launch calming down somewhat (look man, I can log onto the server!) and fall events kicking off in WildStar, I've been enjoying watching a new crowd come into the game and coo over all of the little details that make this game special. While we can never get a completely fresh first look at any particular game...

Camelot Unchained talks stretch goals, frost giants, and more

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Camelot Unchained posted a new update on its website last night. It describes another productive week on the crowdfunded RvR sandbox, and it confirms that stealth is now an official thing thanks to the completion of the latest stretch goal. The next stretch goal is called Send More Programmers, and it's exactly what it sounds like. If the $250,000 goal is...
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WRUP: Non-interactive text adventure edition

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You are in a field. There are exits to the north, south, and west. The east doesn't count. East is the way that cowards go. Meanwhile, the south is filled with drug addicts who are also cowards and the west is covered in, like, dirty diapers. So you're going north. You went north, and now you're in a forest. There's...

The Daily Grind: Can you ever forgive MMOs?

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The other day I was watching through a YouTube channel of an MMO player who loves lists as much as I do. And while I enjoyed said lists, I noticed that there was one disquieting trend: The creator had an obvious grudge against Star Wars: The Old Republic for what he considered a severe letdown following the launch and massive...
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Betawatch: Overwatch opens up, Black Desert pinpoints release (October 16th, 2015)

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It's a big news duel in the beta sphere this week. Overwatch announced that it will be entering beta on October 27th with a limited testing pool and periodic open events. Black Desert, meanwhile, is launching on this side of the pond in early 2016 with a buy-to-play business model; while it's not yet in beta here, that's still...

Marvel Heroics: Rating Scarlet Witch and Rogue

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I'm back with another installment of rating two Marvel Heroes characters that I've leveled up to 60. Last time I looked at Squirrel Girl and Cyclops, and so today I'm going to turn my attention to two fascinating and powerful female characters that many players have picked up over the past couple of years: Scarlet Witch and Rogue. I had...

The Stream Team: 12 Days of SWTOR, companion bonus day

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Even when the audience can't stick to light side or dark side choices throughout the 12 Days of TOR, there is one thing everyone universally agrees on: !vote flirt. As promised, Massively OP's MJ is dedicating one extra bonus day to becoming pals with bug boy, an audience-favorite companion, before she loses her chance when the expansion hits. Just...

GTA Online’s Lowriders patch gets a trailer

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Did you miss yesterday's announcement about Grand Theft Auto Online's forthcoming Lowriders patch? That's OK, because Rockstar has announced it again today, only this time the firm provided a teaser trailer to go along with the textual description. It features a whole bunch of lowriders, naturally, as well as Lamar, who will sport a bevy of brand new missions when...