The Stream Team: Win Dr. Doom during our Marvel Heroes anniversary party

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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....

Allods Online gets Steam Greenlight go-ahead

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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...

Destiny’s community helps to raise $1M for Nepal recovery

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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...
Startlingly lacking in curiosity.

World of Warcraft previews the bosses of Hellfire Citadel

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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...

Neverwinter’s Rise of Tiamat Xbox One trailer rawrs at you

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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...

The Stream Team: Create your own Aztecan castle with Wizard101 giveaway

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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...
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Overwatch shows off the turret-building gameplay of Torbjörn

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,...
I was hoping to punch things.

Skyforge previews the Kinetic class

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...
It's a miracle anything ever works.

Elite: Dangerous launches the Powerplay update

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The latest update for Elite: Dangerous does not allow players to personally claim big chunks of the galaxy, but it does allow players to sign up with the people who do. After a little over a week in testing, the game's Powerplay update is hitting the live servers, complete with a new trailer down below to get you all...

The Soapbox: The fallacy of ‘F2P insight’ in the MMO market

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I read with disgust a recent GI.biz piece about free-to-play and its supposed coming of age. The business model has of course run amok through the western MMO industry since Turbine's Dungeons & Dragons Online started the dominoes rolling in 2010, and it has been the weapon of choice for separating browser/mobile game players from their money since browser/mobile...