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Go small or go home! That's the mandate from Marvel Heroes today, as the action-RPG added its 49th hero, Ant-Man, to coincide with this weekend's theatrical release. Ant-Man not only uses his shrinking and growing abilities to lay waste to his foes, but can summon up to 10,000 insect buddies to do his bidding. One of his most visually arresting...

Want to pay money for the latest free-to-play MMO? Skyforge has a collector's edition with your name on it. You can opt for the $14.99 digital starter pack which includes 30 days worth of premium account time as well as the usual assortment of titles, in-game funny money, and consumables. If you're feeling generous, you can give the devs $59.99...

Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is about to start looking a whole lot more attractive when you oogle its screenshots. This is because Behaviour Interactive decided to make the switch to the Unreal Engine 4. Behaviour CEO Rémi Racine said that the move will benefit the title in numerous ways: "After evaluating our engine options we decided that Unreal Engine 4...

Players in Star Trek Online are still knee-deep in the war against the Iconians, and the latest patch for the game highlights how the war is intensifying. Season 10.5 is live today with a new featured episode detailing the struggle with the fiendish would-be conquerors as well as several improvements for fleets and individuals. Fleets can now acquire a new...

Albion's summer alpha is going swimmingly, according to an update posted today on the fantasy sandbox's website. So far, 15,400 players from 145 countries have taken part, and they've racked up 12,387 PvP kills and built 28,892 buildings. Sandbox Interactive also released a new content patch today which opened up the Deadlands area, which features both PvP and rare T7 and...

Wargaming has released World of Tanks version 9.9, and the firm has also released a five-minute video diary that's designed to bring you up to speed. Graphical options are a big part of the patch, with new anti-aliasing, improved lighting, revamped shadow rendering, and improved post effects (bloom, God rays, lens flare) all making an appearance. The game's Swamp map...

Let's be real here, everything you do in Guild Wars 2 is some sort of adventure. That's part of the basic premise of the game; you're going out and having adventures. But there's a difference between general adventuring and the upcoming Adventures, which pit players against specific challenges in the game as an evolution of the existing content systems....

Hey, you know what would make you an incredible MMO PvP gamer? If you would just start reading the mind of your opponent already! This is, incredibly enough, the subject of today's befuddling Crowfall developer diary. In it, the team discusses the Japanese concept of "yomi," which is knowing your opponent's mind. "All the complicated decisions in game theory go...

War Thunder's combined arms approach to virtual warfare may be a little overwhelming for new players. But fortunately there's an 11-part video boot camp of sorts to help good little soldiers earn their stripes. The video tutorials on the War Thunder website cover topics ranging from starting out to air maneuvers to tank tactics. The latest video is an intriguing...

TERA made news as the most played MMO on Steam earlier this summer, so naturally we were curious to see how things are going a few weeks later. En Masse Entertainment producer Patrick "Treeshark" Sun was gracious enough to field our questions, and he talks about everything from playerbase gains to working with Korea-based Bluehole Studio in the interview...