The Stream Team: Gotta steal them all in GTA Online

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It's no secret that appropriating cars is a major component of GTA Online; besides giving you a set of wheels for those moments when walking simply isn't the safest option, it's also a way to pad your wallet. As a car lover, MassivelyOP's MJ loves taking various vehicles for a spin. And there are so many awesome cars out...
SWTOR

BioWare posts update on SWTOR’s Season 5 win-trading

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BioWare community manager Eric Musco posted a brief update on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums yesterday concerning trolling and win-trading in Season 5 PvP. "Since we started communicating about win-trading and the actions we were going to take, nearly 90% of the previous reports and related win-trading activity have stopped," he wrote. Musco says that BioWare sent out...

Here’s a new(ish) trailer for The Repopulation

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A couple of days ago, The Repopulation announced that it was launching in Q4 2015. The dev team also put a new trailer on YouTube, though it escaped my notice at the time. No matter, though, because it's just as interesting on May 22nd as it was on May 20th, as you'll see if you click past the cut. The...
At least the baddies are... present?

Blade & Soul’s announcement livestream features gameplay and Q&A

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Surely by now you've heard that Blade & Soul is heading west. You probably even read our hands-on impressions from a recent NCsoft event. You may not have seen the inaugural Blade & Soul livestream, though, which is what I'd like to direct your attention to now. The hour-and-20-minute presentation is hosted by NCsoft's Julianne Harty, Mark Hulmes, Omeed Dariani,...

Blizzard takes cigar from Heroes of the Storm character, internet flips tables

Tychus is now on the nicotine patch. Blizzard has removed the cigar from its depiction of the Starcraft II character in its upcoming Hereoes of the Storm, setting off a minor internet conniption. "We know smoking is bad, everybody does," one Reddit poster wailed. "BUT! It's not Blizzard's job to make sure we don't do it anyway. It's an iconic...

Allods Online looks for approval on Steam Greenlight

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Allods Online is looking to join the not-very-exclusive Steam club by going through the greenlight process. Right now the game is up on Steam Greenlight for a yay/nay decision from the community, after which its fate on the platform will be decided. Allods is hard at work preparing Patch 6.0.1 for release on June 4th. The new update will contain...
Still crazy after all these years.

Turbine on the future of Dungeons & Dragons Online

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Dungeons & Dragons Online is not one of the biggest titles on the market, but it was one of the first major subscription games in the west to make the switch to free-to-play. It's also one of two games based on the original tabletop roleplaying franchise, which makes it a bit of an oddity in that few IPs have...

SkySaga starts alpha 4, unveils new website

SkySaga is not lying low these days; the colorful sandbox recently launched its fourth alpha test, which it has expanded to include more players than before. There's also a brand-new North American website for fans to ooh and ahh over. Alpha 4 isn't merely more of the same, either. The test includes several new features, including social hubs, guild questmasters,...

League of Legends tests automated punishments for bad player behavior

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Getting on top of bad player behavior in League of Legends may be an impossible job -- for mere people, that is. But what if you could create an automated system that could be the judge, jury, and executioner of naughty acts? That's exactly what's being tested right now on the North American servers. The new system will receive player...
He had the lobes for it.

Captain Nog joins the Star Trek Online cast

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In the first episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Commander Sisko tells Jake not to hang around with that Ferengi boy Nog. He's worried the boy will be a bad influence on his son, you see. Here we are in that same timeline many years later, and Captain Nog is joining the fight against the Iconians in Star...