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If you had to pick six of the most influential video games in history, what would they be? For a panel of experts at the Strong Museum in Rochester, N.Y., the answer is, "Pong, Tetris, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Doom, and World of Warcraft." The so-called "national museum of play" recently inducted its first class of picks into its Video...

Daybreak senior producer Terry Michaels has posted a new letter on the Landmark website. He says that the dev team has been shifting its focus and resources to EverQuest Next, though he has no dates to share because what the team plans to do will take "an unknown amount of iteration, tweaking, and sometimes drastic direction changes." Michaels also says...

What happens when you mix Marvel Heroes with MassivelyOP's MJ during the action RPG's month-long birthday bash? Gifts -- lots of gifts! While players will receive a bunch of goodies throughout the month when they log into the game, including XP bonuses, a pet, a hero of their choosing, and a new team up, MJ is giving away Dr....

If you figure that getting onto Steam is vital for the future of your favorite MMO, then Allods Online players have to be giving a small cheer today. The team announced that the game got enough votes to be officially greenlit on Steam, meaning that it will join the roster of MMO offerings on the platform. To thank the community...

When tragedy struck and the call went out to pitch in, let it be said that the Destiny community stepped up to help. As part of a fundraiser with Bungie, profits from a sale of in-game and real-world gear were donated to Direct Relief for the aid and recovery of Nepal earthquake victims. Along with funds from Activision, the...

It's been said that World of Warcraft's patch 6.2 will not be the end of the expansion's patch cycle, but boy, it sure does feel like it. Just looking at the preview for Hellfire Citadel you can see an enormous collection of show-stopping bosses and battles, covering almost every major enemy that players have encountered on Draenor up until...

As announced earlier this week, Neverwinter's Rise of Tiamat minispansion is gearing up for launch on the Xbox One sometime this month. The game's fifth module is old hat to PC gamers, who have been playing this content since November of last year, but it's gotta be a welcome freebie for folks playing the themepark MMO on console, and console players won't...

Did you miss out on the free Aztecan Builder's Bundle giveaway for Wizard101 earlier this week? That's OK because MassivelyOP's MJ is giving you another chance to snag one! That means you may soon kick up your feet in your own custom-built castle on a private Aztecan isle after a long day of spell-casting, listening to your new sassy...

Torbjörn, aside from having a name that's very satisfying to type when you're familiar with Unicode inputs, is a simple kind of guy. He doesn't rush into danger, he doesn't dance around, he doesn't dual-wield guns. He just fires molten metal and builds turrets while upgrading them with the scrap from fallen enemies. In other words, he's solidly defensive,...

The Kinetic is a class all about understanding the gravity of the situation. More specifically, it's about manipulating and utilizing gravity to fling boulders and/or enemies around. If you like ripping rocks from the earth and throwing them into your enemies at high velocities, congratulations, you've found your class, and you can read all about Skyforge's gravity manipulators in...