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Ever since hearing about Guild Wars 2's ninth and newest class at PAX South, we've been dying to know more about the Revenant. Well, today is a glorious day indeed, as the team has issued a dev diary to talk all about this "Master of the Mists." While not every skill or weapon is revealed, the diary does outline what...

Are you over the Daybreak Game Company layoffs shock yet? Nope, neither am I. But my shock is compounded by dread over the fate of the studio's games. While Daybreak has reassured players that it's still got teams working on most of its MMOs (and I myself argued yesterday that most of the games are probably safe), some of the studio's titles...

Perfect World has just announced that Neverwinter's sixth expansion, Elemental Evil, is set to launch on March 17th. In what PWE is calling the game's largest update since its original release in 2012, players will be able to roll up a character from the new Paladin class, level up to the raised cap of 70, and tinker with new quests,...

If you're looking for a quick, simple, and charmingly adorable MOBA experience, then we might have the fluffy pick for you. It's called Treasure Arena, and it marries four-player arena action with retro-style sprite graphics. The goal of the game is simple: Grab weapons, kill enemies, avoid death, and collect the most coins to win. This author played a few...

It seems as though there is always room in Star Trek Online to add more ships, and the team is hard at work putting the finishing touches on a bundle of command battlecruisers that are coming to each of the factions. Lead Systems Designer Phil Zeleski penned a new dev diary yesterday to talk abut the creation and details behind...

There are lots of reasons why you might be looking forward to patch 6.1 in World of Warcraft. If you play a Blood Elf, you want your upgraded character models. If you like racing around, you want the new racing feature put into the game. If you have a joke Twitter account for your main character, you want that Twitter...

I'm told that time is money, but the exchange rate is not universal. There are people whose time is, apparently, worth more than my time. But we can agree that the exchange rate is there, and it's one of those aspects used to sell convenience in almost every game going. You can spend a whole lot of time leveling...

Would you like to take part in a race that's all about eliminating your opponents just through skillful driving? The most recent update for The Crew adds the new Elimination format to PvP races, reminiscent of a similarly named mode from Split/Second. Each player starts with a certain number of lives, and there's a timer ticking down; when the...

The Pantheon dev team has turned the tables on its fanbase in a new community Q&A. Developers -- including Chief Creative Officer Brad McQuaid, Lead Programmer Daniel Krenn, and others -- want to know a bit more about player preferences, and their survey covers questions including adventure zone themes, independent vs. restricted crafting, and more. "We would really like to...

If you fancy yourself a storyteller, and you're an Elder Scrolls Online fan, ZeniMax has a new contest that you might want to enter. Tales of the Dead tasks you with providing the backstory for that grim screenshot up yonder. You could win a $25 Bethesda Store gift certificate and an ESO t-shirt for your efforts. Entries must be 500...