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You laughed when they brought the selfie camera to World of Warcraft. You rolled your eyes at friends who spammed your Twitter feed with hundreds of headshots. But that this frivolity may actually net you real-world rewards, you're taking it seriously, aren't you? The World of Warcraft selfie scavenger hunt has begun, with Blizzard hosting a multi-week challenge for players...

Good news for those who were inconvenienced by WildStar's extended maintenance the other day: The game will be giving everyone affected a unique cyborg kitty pet as compensation. The enhanced pumera vanity pet has been sent to all current subscribers, supposedly from Mondo Zax himself. WildStar's devs promised "something special" in advance of the maintenance period, although most assumed that...

This morning's Daily Grind question is brought to us by Kickstarter donor Tracergeek, who wants to talk about customization in MMOs -- specifically, the type that happens in the middle of the game, after you've rolled your toon up and played for a bit, like race- and class-swaps. How important is it for you to be able to change your character's...

In a bizarre coincidence, four separate MOBAs announced new champions this week. SMITE revealed an adorable Norse squirrel god named Ratatoskr and officially launched its XBox One closed beta. League of Legends put new champion Ekko on its public test server and pushed Patch 5.9 live with major changes to Ashe and a small change to the game's Attack...

How would you like to shoot down DonnieWahlberg in World of Warplanes? Perhaps you can, assuming that Wargaming didn't just make up the gamer handle in support of its latest competition. The Skywriting: DOGFIGHT contest starts today, and it continues through Sunday, May 24th. In a nutshell, you'll need to spell the word "dogfight" by shooting down pilots whose names begin...

Wired has our first look at Orgrim from Duncan Jones' forthcoming Warcraft film. Who's Orgrim? Well, he's an orc warchief and the creation of actor Robert Kazinsky, with a big assist from the visual effects gurus at Industrial Light & Magic. The CGI beast based on a World of Warcraft race has at least one big fan already. "We've gone beyond...

Are you curious about NCsoft's Master X Master Online? Steparu's put the game through its paces and has nice things to say about it, concluding that it's different enough from the usual MOBA suspects to remain interesting. Aside from the fact that it uses characters from NCsoft titles including Aion, Blade & Soul, and WildStar, the primary thing that sets MXMO...

NCsoft is spending time and money on artificial intelligence, according to a report in the Korea IT Times. "Controlling games mobile environment is becoming more complicated and difficult. If artificial intelligence is applied to games, it will bring bigger fun to users," said CFO Yoon Jae-soo in a recent conference call. The company plans to use its AI technology...

Albion Online is surely milking its acquisition of Game Designer Matt Woodward for all its worth. After Albion heralded his arrival with a level of pomp normally reserved for royalty, Woodward took to the wilds of Reddit for a round of questions and answers with the community. When asked what he is working on right now, Woodward replied, "First thing...

What's going on in the super-powered world of Valiance Online? Quite a lot, actually. The spiritual successor to City of Heroes posted a list of 10 development updates to bring fans up to date on the project. Among the list is word that the team is overhauling the user interface, trademarking a new logo, improving the animations, fixing "hundreds" of...