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Ever wonder why WildStar's floppy-eared Aurin are galaxy-hopping instead of staying at home and gnawing on carrots? It's because of an event called the Ravaging of Arboria, and you can learn more about it by reading a new story update (which includes pictures for those who have a hard time with words). Heck, you might even feel bad for the nature-loving race...

If you're excited about Guild Wars 2's upcoming Desert Borderlands map that will be replacing the three old WvW borderlands maps currently in the game, then scoot your butt over to a lengthy dev post on the region's highlights and design. While the number and location of objectives will be similar to existing borderlands, the new map will feature increased...

Massively OP has been contacted by a Cryptic employee -- who wishes to remain anonymous and whose identity we have confirmed -- about the Perfect World/Cryptic layoffs yesterday that one former PWE staffer called a "slaughter." Our source tells us that 18 people were let go from Cryptic itself, approximately 14% of the studio. Half of those were Neverwinter staff, evening out the...

With eight days left in its Kickstarter campaign, Crowfall is pushing hard for last-minute stretch goal milestones. In addition to mounts and caravans if the project reaches $1.3M, the team will hand out a pig pack animal if the 14,500 backer mark is reached and add the God's Reach ruleset and an artifact and relics system to the core...

KOG Games has unveiled a new job and path for Add, the mechanic character in Elsword whose base class is the Tracer. In the game's newest update, Add can unlock the Time Tracer job path to complete his story and add a time manipulation aspect to his playstyle. A tale of the twisting of a mind that would drive even...

Following a tumultuous free play weekend, Line of Defense creator Derek Smart said that the game may or may not go forward with a free-to-play option and will certainly not be doing any similar open weekend tests. Smart wrote a post-mortem of the weekend in which he addressed complaints and "disingenuous" Steam reviews of the early access test. "What we...

Gamers rarely give an MMO a second chance. Far too often, a game bears forever the impression it earned the first time we played it. When I first played the Elder Scrolls Online in beta, I saw its potential, but the game was far from anything resembling the single-player Elder Scrolls games that I'd played before. Still, the storytelling was there,...

Final Fantasy XI feels a bit neglected with all of the hype surrounding Final Fantasy XIV's expansion, doesn't it? That's probably part of the reason the development team is hosting a livestream on Thursday at 3:00 a.m. EDT regarding the future of the game. (It makes more sense when you consider, you know, Japan.) What will be announced in...

The Elder Scrolls Online's buy-to-play transition is finally here -- and in fact started up a day earlier than expected. Along with the business model shift, the team has instituted a new patch to fix up some annoying issues, opened up the game's new cash shop. Players also have the option to stay subscribed as a premium member under...

Ever since players learned Landmark will definitely have another character wipe, we've all been very eager to know all the details. Those details are now in: Producer Terry Michaels has posted answers that address the most frequently expressed concerns. For one, this character and claim wipe combination, which will occur on or near April 29, 2015 (after the Qeynos competition concludes), does not...