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A big Elite: Dangerous update called Powerplay is on the way, and with it will come significant improvements to the space sim's mining game. One of the new tools that miners will get is a prospector drone, which will find scan objects to find rich deposits. "After Powerplay launches, mining will become a more viable route to riches," the team...

The official teaser site for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion, Heavensward, has gotten a big update today. If you've been sitting on the edge of your seat hoping for more information about the Au Ra, you have it today; the isolationist Raen secure themselves behind mountains in eastern Othard, while the nomadic Xaela tribe carries the banners of the...

Hope you're not tired of hearing about Star Wars Galaxies because Raph "Holocron" Koster's got SWG on the brain this week, and he's answering reader questions at length. Earlier this week, he addressed the game's PvP system, and in last night's edition, he explains how the Jedi came to be jammed into SWG -- and how they pretty much ruined...

The scenic tour through Hearthstone's Blackrock Mountain continues, as the card game opened up Blackrock Spire yesterday to daring heroes. With the third wing available, there are just two areas left for this solo adventure: Blackwing Lair and the Hidden Laboratory. Players will face off against the Ogre Highlord Omokk, the Dragonkin General Drakkisath, and the Orc Rend Blackhand. They...

Players are not getting a level cap bump with Heart of Thorns; the apex of power in Guild Wars 2 will remain Level 80. But there will be new progression in the form of Masteries, which a new article explores in some depth. The difference is that rather than represent universal power growth, Masteries are entirely contextual character improvements...

Massively OP's Mike Foster said something that resonated with me earlier this week when during a debate about World of Warcraft, he uttered, "I think WoW truly lost me when Blizzard got rid of Shaman totems." I wanted to cheer, but I'm sad about it too. I've never fully quit WoW over its now many years of slowly watering...

MassivelyOP's MJ was torn between starting over to highlight the new player experience or continuing the story with Issue #10. Ultimately the story won out, in no small part due to the ever-increasing anticipation for Issue #11. She's just aching to get into that massive Orochi Tower to explore! So join us live at 9:00 p.m. for a spoiler-filled...

Veteran voice actor Steve Blum is the star of Turbine's latest Infinite Crisis featurette. Blum gives us a bit of background on new champion Lex Luthor's motivation and his kit, and there's some gameplay footage interspersed with Blum's interview. In other IC news, the fastest man alive just got a new costume that's inspired by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Flash...

This week's Massively Overthinking question is posed by Kickstarter donor Winterskorn, who wants to talk about something getting less and less love in MMORPGs lately: PvE. "There are currently a lot of PvP-centric MMOs cropping up. But when companies talk analytics, they always indicate PvPers are small percentage of the population. So the question is why are there no PvE centric MMOs --...

The Guild Wars that started it all will turn 10 years old on April 26th, which means one thing: party time! ArenaNet announced that Guild Wars' 10th anniversary celebration will begin on April 22nd and continue for an extra week until May 6th. Players can participate in several events including dodgeball and rollerbeetle racing. There will be a new pet...