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Need for Speed World has entered its final lap. After five years of operation, the game is shutting down on July 14th, with purchases of speed boosts already disabled for current players. New accounts cannot be registered, but existing players will be able to still log in and play until the shutdown date; no reimbursements for cash shop currency...

We don't see a lot of Champions Online pics come through here, probably because of the game's small population. That's a shame because if nothing else, Champions has a vibrant art style and is almost never lacking in interesting sights. One such sight is the image of a teddy whaling on bad guys. We have reader Michelle to thank for this...

I won't pretend that I'm one of the biggest fans of the game, but I'm really glad that Triple Triad is a thing in Final Fantasy XIV. I'm also super psyched that World of Warcraft has its various Darkmoon Faire diversions (though they should really be around more) and I'm even keen on the absurd little pattern-matching Dilithium mining...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned about the new Powerplay update coming to Elite: Dangerous that promises to revamp the space sim's mining profession into something approaching lucrative. We also heard from Crowfall's devs, and more specifically, how they plan to make their ambitious realm war title for a paltry $6 million. Finally, Shroud of the Avatar...

You can get Shroud of the Avatar on Steam for a 25 percent discount this week, according to Update of the Avatar #121. The lengthy post features a bunch of other tidbits as well, including a look at before-and-after screenshots of Vertas Pass with new Unity 5 lighting and high fidelity art assets. We also get to see some of...

At some point this year -- Turbine isn't saying when, yet -- Lord of the Rings Online will be making an effort to consolidate server populations. It's a good move, considering that this MMO has quite a few servers and the players are too spread out. I'm hoping that transferring players from low-pop servers will grow the community and...

Here's another Korean beta to bring to your attention: War of Genesis 4: Spiral Genesis. No, we haven't played one through three, but we'll assume that you don't need to be a hardcore GeniFan to get into the fourth installment. The fantasy title gives players control of up to five characters who can jump through time and fight in...

Nothing helps you get immersed in your favorite MMO like a gaudy multilingual cash shop advertisement pasted on your game screen, right? ZeniMax is apparently OK with the tactic, as the company responded to complaints about its intrusive Elder Scrolls Online ad by downplaying the negative feedback. "We want to make sure everyone is aware that the Senche-Leopard is available - and...

If you managed to avoid all contact with the internet this week, you might have missed that the next Star Wars film got a new trailer this week. Otherwise, you couldn't stop hearing about it. Like, every five minutes. It certainly exists, and there sure are characters on the screen, and it looks like your grandfather is cosplaying as...

If one weapon is neat, then two must be twice as great, right? That seems to be the thought process behind dual-wielding in video games, although it's not something that pans out so well in real life (at least when it comes to guns). Just about every MMO I know allows players to dual-wield in some form, whether it's two...