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It's a big week for SMITE, as the deity-filled MOBA has added several new features with yesterday's patch. Arguably the biggest addition is the achievement system, which currently contains over a hundred goals to accomplish. Also with the patch, SMITE began selling 2015 season tickets (which come with extra in-game goodies), overhauled the in-game store, and added new voice packs,...

Dragon's Prophet players in Europe have a handful of inhospitable new lands to explore filled with vicious new species to vanquish thanks to today's extensive content update, Shadow of Betrayal. Runewaker has introduced the region of Sitheran, an area that lives up to its Draconic name, Entrance to Evil. Players will sludge through the toxic waters that flow through...

Following its conversion to the Unreal Engine 4, Land of Britain is champing at the bit to show off its fantastic new visuals. To wit, Potato Killer has released a new video that takes players on a quick tour of its moody Fen Dhathach dungeon, a place that allegedly contains wondrous leprechaun treasures and a sinister new presence. If...

In this episode, Larry, Eliot, Laura, and Matt debate the topic of immersion in the MMORPG genre, pitting City of Heroes against the Final Fantasy franchise.

It's not much fun to play a building game like Landmark if you don't have the materials to actually, you know, build. This is why the game has made dirt, ice, snow, stone, and sand easier to build with, as these five basic materials no longer have a resource cost associated with them. All well and good, but some players had...

Guild Wars -- the first Guild Wars -- celebrates its 10th birthday this week alongside several of my characters who are equally old. I originally picked up Guild Wars as a diversion from World of Warcraft, and at the time, I liked everything about it but actually playing it. Pre-Searing felt like home; it was pastoral and lovely with a haunting score....

BioWare launched Star Wars: The Old Republic's Rise of the Emperor patch yesterday alongside a brand-new trailer we've included below. The patch drops players on the Sith capital planet of Ziost in a continuation of the last expansion's plotline. Massively OP's SWTOR expert Larry Everett wrote about his experiences with the patch on the test server, criticizing the character writing, confusion quest direction,...

There are a lot of games under the publishing banner of Perfect World Entertainment, and the vast majority of them are getting mashed together. In forum terms, anyway - you will not be able to make your Champions Online character pilot a Star Trek Online ship through Jade Dynasty even if you ask nicely. This change will affect the forums of all...

Lord of the Rings Online's Update 16 is heading our way on Monday, May 4th, and with it comes the first new instance cluster in a very, very long time. The team penned a dev diary today that talks about the new Osgiliath instance cluster, which it says was created in response to fan demand. "After thinking things over, we...

Guild Wars 2's beta test for the Heart of Thorns expansion is one of the hottest tickets in town this spring. Because of this, there's a crush of people looking to get into it and some confusion over the details. That's why it's helpful that ArenaNet has posted a 15-point FAQ to clear the air on all of the beta test...