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...
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Ultraviolence, virtual worlds, and why I hate myself for loving GTA Online

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OK, maybe that title is overly dramatic. Still, I feel guilty for liking Grand Theft Auto Online. I've touched on this before, as have a number of you in the comments of a previous article, but as it's the only video game that's holding my attention here lately, I'm loathe to let it go even though it forces me...
No, you don't have to feud with monsters.

Pathfinder Online expands holding and adds company feuds

If there's another group of players in Pathfinder Online and you hate their stupid faces, the most recent patch to the game's Early Enrollment servers allows you to declare a feud with them. Yes, you can go to war, and you'll need to go to war if you want to capture towers or the like from another company. Why...
Back in the 90s, I was in a very famous TV show.

Crowfall takes a deeper look at the Centaur

The Centaur in Crowfall is more than just a normal person whose lower body happens to be a horse. If you want to be archetypical, Centaurs are closer to the Elves of many fantasy settings, an old and arrogant race with designs on conquering everything. The latest development post for the game, penned by creative director J. Todd Coleman, walks...

EverQuest’s new progression server comes online (again)

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After a disasterous initial outing and subsequent wipe, EverQuest's Ragefire server came back online last night to welcome players back to the classic era of the game. The latest progression server for EverQuest struggled mightily as gamers stampeded through its doors and filled up the world server. "We have several thousand right now and it's already pretty laggy," Executive Producer...

Win a Moonrise stress test key from Massively OP [All gone now!]

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Undead Labs' OARPGTCG -- I'm totally coining that -- Moonrise is due to hit Steam early access next week on May 27th. It's launching with two editions for PC and Mac: the $15 Warden version, which comes with exclusive skins, gold, and gems; and the $20 Guildmaster version, which comes with even more exclusive skins, gold, and gems. If you'd...