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Actor Kevin Sorbo, a '90s geek icon for his title role in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, will voice a mostly new character in MOBA SMITE. ... That character is Hercules, of course. In fact, it's Retro Herc, a resurrected version of Hercules from early on in SMITE's development, and he's a gift to the community meant to celebrate the game's 10...

Crowfall has been sporting a pretty distinctive art style from the word go, which is to its credit. The past few big updates on the game have been all about the combat, and that's all well and good, but it has meant that stuff like art has been shuffled off to one side. But the most recent update from...

If you were hoping that Skyforge had left its earlier server issues behind and a glorious new future awaited it free of queues, disconnections, or lag, we have some bad news for you. Another rash of server problems have hit the game, and producer Aaron Biedma wrote a brief letter to the community last night stating that the current state...

Last week, a former pro e-sports player went on the record to say that he -- and pretty much everyone else in the top brackets of competitive gaming -- takes performance-enhancing drug Adderall to help keep ultra-alert and hyper-focused during events. Some of our readers scoffed at the report, saying that everyone does it, from college students cramming for exams...

So much is said and seen of The Secret World's Tokyo zones lately that some folks might forget that there are other amazing locales to adventure in. MassivelyOP's MJ feels the pull to return to the wilds of Transylvania and mingle with the werewolves, vampires, and scarecrows. Join us live at 9:00 p.m. EDT for a jaunt through the...

This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks, "What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize the toxic behaviors that are so prevalent in some of the bigger name MMOs?" I posed Dahui's question to the writers, and now I pose it to you. ​Brendan Drain (@nyphur): The reality is that the internet allows...

Former Daybreak CEO John Smedley may have been a polarizing figure to MMO gamers, but several high profile devs have spoken up in the wake of Smedley's resignation announcement. Former PlanetSide 2 creative director Matt Higby says that he and many other devs owe Smedley a great deal, and he also says that if you're a gamer, Smedley is...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time for your daily installment of Things You're Never Going To Have! Probably not, anyway. Borderlands Online has opened registration for the second wave of closed beta testing, although the game's developers have not yet specified when this second test will be taking place. A new PvP mode will be introduced that...

There are always a lot of things you could potentially ride in video games. Star Wars: The Old Republic is no exception. There are lots of different speeder styles. There are tauntauns. There are various animals on specific planets. There are really big player characters if you're a smaller sort. So the developers have turned to the forums with...

Lord of the Rings Online fans are in for a busy weekend. Turbine has dusted off the game's summer festival, which is ongoing through August 5th. The usual hobbit, dwarf, and horse-racing events return, as well as daily quests and fishing quests that reward summer tokens which may be exchanged for rare items at festival vendors. And don't forget...