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Who says Landmark isn't very EverQuest-y? In fact, a stroll through the sandbox right now will yield quite the assortment of Qeynos buildings thanks to the latest building theme. Join MassivelyOP's MJ as she tours houses, towers, blacksmith shops, and more -- all with a Qeynosian flair that would fit right into Norrath. Don't touch that dial! OPTV's infamous Stream...

BioWare has partnered with e-sports company ESL Gaming to host a competition dubbed Operation Victory. It involves speed-running eight-player story mode operations from Star Wars: The Old Republic's recent Shadow of Revan expansion, and qualifying heats start next Tuesday, March 3rd. Prizes include cash, in-game items, and a trip to the Star Wars: Celebration convention. BioWare says that further contest...

New games don't spring into being overnight; they take lots of work and incremental steps to a finished product. That goes double for a small indie team, which is why it's perfectly OK to get excited over seeing City of Titans' test environment, even in a primitive state. City of Titans' art team posted a new dev diary last week,...

Welcome back to Global Chat, the column where we reach out and give props to interesting and well-written articles from the MMO blogosphere. Today we're going to kick off with a positive piece about Crowfall, as Kill Ten Rats' Ravious is particularly pleased with the decision to announce its business model up front. "One of my favorite devs, Jeff Strain,...

Champions Online is still alive! How do we know? It's fiddling with its cash shop prices come March 5th. A forum post explains the situation: Starting on 3/5, we're going to be re-aligning the prices of costume sets in the C-Store. Some will have their prices reduced, while others will be increased. Our goal with this is to match the...

Do you like roaming around and picking up random junk on the ground? Then you might be the perfect player type to handle League of Legends' newest champion, Bard, who gains "meep" pets by snagging chimes hidden around the playing field. According to his reveal, "Bard is League's first support to gain advantages solely from moving around Summoner's Rift. By...

Players who took advantage of an exploit in the new DC Universe Online Hades raid faced the ire of the Daybreak Game Company this past week. The raid, which was part of the new Amazon Fury Part II DLC, apparently had a loophole that allowed players to beat it in a much easier manner than intended. The dev team disabled...

Have you been banned for cheating in H1Z1? Did you write an angry email to Daybreak expressing your remorse and/or incredulity? If so, you might be featured on a new three-minute video wherein H1Z1 devs have a bit of fun by highlighting some of the recently banned ne'er-do-wells. If you're among the innocent who'd never cheat at anything, even your...

It's a good time to be a fan of MMO sandbox PvP, as Camelot Unchained and Crowfall are both poised to bring AAA production values and a wealth of industry experience to bear on that particular playstyle. I'm interested to see how they both turn out, but in terms of which one I'll be playing, it's probably Camelot Unchained (not...

A rather extensive (and we do mean extensive) Path of Exile developer Q&A revealed that the game and studio is growing nicely. "There are many years of Path of Exile expansions lined up," the team posted. "We've expanded up to 57 staff at our office and are hopefully moving to a larger office location in the next couple of...