Take a peek at Skyforge character creation and a zone panorama

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What sort of character are you going to make in Skyforge? A new user video shows off the character creator and classes from the most recent Russian test event, walking viewers through the various creation options in some detail. The video is embedded just past the break, and there are plenty of sliders, idle pose options, and the like...

Read the scoop on Neverwinter’s newest zones

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There's a lot to take in with Neverwinter's upcoming Elemental Evil module, including two brand-new zones to the game: Drowned Shore and Reclamation Rock. In a dev diary posted last week, the team delivered the back story on both of these areas and gave players some hints on what to expect when the update goes live. The Drowned Shore used...

SWTOR teases season four PvP rewards

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In previous PvP seasons for Star Wars: The Old Republic, players never had a clue what the rewards for their efforts might be until midway through the season. But this time around, BioWare has teased us with a single image of the weapons we can expect. According to the official post, these weapons are called the Swashbuckler's set, but they aren't the...

Player structures are coming to Pathfinder Online

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It's hard to think of a sandbox game without the ability to create and dwell in player structures, but until now that feature has been missing from Pathfinder Online. Fortunately, this will change with Update 4.0 on February 19th, which promises to bring in the first wave of temporary player structures that can be used to populate the world. The...

Atari announces Asteroids: Outpost MMO

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This has already been such a weird day for MMOs, so why not this? Atari announced that it's reviving one of its most famous classic franchises, Asteroids, as a massively multiplayer title developed by Salty Studios. The new game is Asteroids: Outpost, and according to the official site it's "an open-world sandbox survival game." However, instead of building up wooden...

WoW adds Twitter integration, racing minigame

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Are you doing big things in World of Warcraft that the whole world urgently needs to know about? Maybe not. Do you want to let everyone know about it anyway? Of course! That's why the new Twitter integration feature (with a preview video just past the break) will allow you to tweet about whatever's going on for you in...
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Daybreak layoffs hit Landmark, EverQuest Next, H1Z1, more

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Well, here's a news post I didn't want to write. SOE Daybreak Games has laid off popular Global Community Relations lead Linda Carlson as well as EverQuest franchise lead Dave Georgeson as part of a staff "realignment" that comes in the wake of the studio's sale to a holding company last week. "I have been released from the best and most...

Crowfall releases its first music track

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Crowfall, now dubbing itself a "throne war simulator" on its official website, released the first track to its score yesterday. Not only can you hear the track -- which may be the upcoming title's theme -- on YouTube, but it's also available as an MP3 download. Give it a listen and let us know what you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8XpSkPlh8o

NCsoft Q4 2014: NCsoft financials paint a grim picture for WildStar

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The good news for fans of NCsoft's game catalogue is that the company as a whole is doing well. The most recent earnings report was released today, and it shows an increase in income compared to the same timeframe last year as well as stable figures for nearly all of its games. Lineage and Lineage II continue to do...

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV endures

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Don't call it a comeback; I've been here for years. Last week, I wrote a farewell, and I wasn't happy to be doing so. I knew that I would still be playing and thinking about Final Fantasy XIV, but I also knew that I was done writing about it for the same reason that everyone else was done. I certainly...