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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...

Let me warn you upfront: If you have not yet finished the last major story patch of Final Fantasy XIV and you want to make sure not to see or read any spoilers, please, do not read this article yet. There will be spoilers. Spoilers will flow fast and furious. Your desire to not be spoiled is both entirely understandable...

Did you miss the big Star Wars: The Old Republic cantina livestream from Anaheim? That's all right; the whole livestream is available for you to rewatch, or you can read up in handy-dandy summary form. Among the biggest points are the activation of a major story XP boost (roughtly 12x normal rates) starting on May 4th and running for...

On May 19th, Heroes of the Storm goes into open beta testing, allowing everyone in the world to download and play the Blizzard crossover MOBA with no further restrictions. On June 2nd, the game goes live, which means that everyone can download and play the MOBA... but, you know, for real this time? The distinction is a bit thinner. If...

Last week, the Neverwinter team distributed a little bonus code via email to player accounts in celebration of the Elemental Evil update -- just a little item that could be used to unlock several different toys in-game. Except that the item in question was not bound to players and could be traded or sold on the auction house, and...

MMO loading screen text varies widely from game to game. Some titles choose to put snippets of lore on their loading screens, while others reveal portions of the game mechanics. Still others go with filler text that seems like it was written by an intern with a fleeting grasp of English, the game in question, and the sorts of...