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Raph Koster isn't done talking about Star Wars Galaxies yet, and that's good news for fans, aspiring designers, or really anyone who realizes that MMORPGs can do more. Koster's latest blog post focuses on Galaxies' dynamic world, which he describes as ahead of its time given its detail, complexity, and the fact that DVD drives weren't widespread when the title shipped in...

TERA is adding the Gunner class in its May 5th patch. The fantasy MMO is also arriving on Steam that same day. The Gunner is a ranged DPS archetype that makes use of AoE attacks, arc cannons, and summoned constructs. The Gunner is not playable by all of TERA's races and genders. You'll need to be a female Castanic or...

EVE Online is getting a bit prettier with its April 28th patch. CCP's latest dev blog outlines the visual changes coming to anchorable player-owned star bases and their associated anchorable structures. EVE lore makes use of nano technology in several instances, one of which is the deployment of nanocontainers with material tanks that contain all of the materials required...

World of Warcraft's PLEX derivative has been live in North America for a while now, but EU players haven't been able to to exchange their gold for gametime. That changes on April 21st, when the WoW Token launches in Europe, according to a Blizzard tweet. We've embedded a WoW Token overview video just past the break. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdu3XAs7OCA

Mo becomes discouraged when he finds his recent loot acquisition unsuitable for his class.

Eager to play Triad Wars but not currently in the beta test? There's a brand-new trailer for the game just below, so you can watch that. It's not really the same as being in the testing, but it should serve as something of an analgesic for the time being. Fair warning, however: The trailer below contains both gore and bad...

Anarchy Online is deploying patch 18.7.0 to the live servers on Tuesday, but if you play the game, you'll probably want to look at the patch notes now. Seriously, there's a lot of stuff going on there, starting with an overhaul to the new player experience. All new players will now start at Arete Landing with a set of...

Let me warn you upfront: If you have not yet finished the last major story patch of Final Fantasy XIV and you want to make sure not to see or read any spoilers, please, do not read this article yet. There will be spoilers. Spoilers will flow fast and furious. Your desire to not be spoiled is both entirely understandable...

Did you miss the big Star Wars: The Old Republic cantina livestream from Anaheim? That's all right; the whole livestream is available for you to rewatch, or you can read up in handy-dandy summary form. Among the biggest points are the activation of a major story XP boost (roughtly 12x normal rates) starting on May 4th and running for...

On May 19th, Heroes of the Storm goes into open beta testing, allowing everyone in the world to download and play the Blizzard crossover MOBA with no further restrictions. On June 2nd, the game goes live, which means that everyone can download and play the MOBA... but, you know, for real this time? The distinction is a bit thinner. If...