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Goblinworks rolled version seven of Pathfinder Online's early enrollment out to backers last week. The update adds holdings and outposts, though CEO Ryan Dancey says that they will be "iterated substantially" with new features and polish over the next couple of early access revisions. Version seven also tweaks targeting, crafting times, resource replenishment, ranged attacks, monster hit points, and more.

Steam has knocked 66% off The Secret World's asking price. Funcom's spooky modern-day horror thriller is currently $10.19 on Valve's storefront through April 27th. Alternatively, you can pick up The Secret World: Massive Edition for 60% off ($23.99) and you'll receive the full base game as well as issue five, six, and seven.

Do you like Guild Wars 2? Do you like PvP? If you answered yes and yes, the fact that ArenaNet has announced its third Tournament of Legends PvP event may interest you. Or it may not, in which case you can safely skip the remainder of this post. The tourney is open to players of all skill levels and it features five-person...

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...