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New datamining points to potential World of Warcraft subraces for the next expansion
First of all, a disclaimer for those who need it: Using datamining to figure out what's going to be in the game in the...
Ashes of Creation shows new images, talks about its ‘mini-Sim City’ design
Following a flurry of blog posts, its PAX West appearance, and its crowdfunding campaign, Ashes of Creation has gone downright silent this fall. It's...
TERA goes on pink overload for breast cancer awareness
We are sure that you are one of the good ones that do not need any prompting to give to worthy causes, such as...
Sea of Thieves offers up its full NYCC panel on multiplayer, holds players to ‘Pirate’s Code’
This month, Sea of Thieves has been beating pretty hard on the drum of "our multiplayer is going to be better than most other...
Trove’s November 14 update revitalizes guilds, adds East Asian biome
Trion has just announced a "massive" free expansion for its cutesy voxel sandbox Trove, launching on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, all on November...
Closers opens up its final alpha weekend to everyone
Here's an intriguing option for your weekend plans: Pour a tall glass of cel-shaded anime combat and down it before the buzzer sounds for...
World of Warcraft (briefly) shows off the 8.0 expansion in testing
Can we officially declare the next World of Warcraft expansion announced yet? Technically, no. But the game's beta version testing very briefly turned to...
Take home a Hand of the Gods Medusa key in honor of the console closed beta launch
Hi-Rez's turn-based strategy card game Hand of the Gods -- you might recall it better as SMITE Tactics or even its internal name, Hotgods...
No, Squadron 42 isn’t going to release this year
All right, let's be honest, you probably didn't actually think that Star Citizen's much-delayed single-player Squadron 42 was coming out this year. Around this...
Frontier Expo 2017: Science, history, and gaming make for a great first con
This past weekend was not the first time I have attended a developer's convention, but Frontier Expo 2017Â was one of only a very few...
The Stream Team: Taking a look at Total War: Arena
At PAX West Massively OP's MJ got to see a demo of Total War: Arena gameplay. Since then, she's been looking forward to playing...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.
Here’s the in-game swag you’re getting with a BlizzCon virtual ticket (including WoW mounts!)
How many of you buy the BlizzCon virtual ticket as much for the in-game swag as for the actual streams? Even if not, you're...
Frontier Expo 2017: Elite Dangerous goes ‘Beyond’ with big plans for 2018
When I spoke to Elite Dangerous' devs at this year's Frontier Expo 2017, the company's first fan expo, they admitted that communication went dark...
From New York Comic Con, SWTOR and Timothy Zahn welcome you to Copero
The developers for Star Wars: The Old Republic held their Cantina Tour event just outside New York Comic Con last night. To help promote the SWTOR content...
Sea of Thieves prepares for its NYCC panel
Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate took a couple of minutes to bring the community up to date on what's going on with...
British alt rock band Muse will close out BlizzCon 2017
Blizzard's going old school once again with its band selection for this year's BlizzCon: UK alt rock band Muse. Here's the spiel:
"Widely renowned as...
Elder Scrolls Online kicks off ‘#10MillionStories’ campaign in honor of 10M players
Back at E3, the ZeniMax Elder Scrolls Online team announced that it had accumulated 10 million unique players since its original launch in 2014 -...
Grab a Total War: ARENA closed beta key from Wargaming and MOP
At the tail end of last year, Wargaming's then-new publishing label, Wargaming Alliance, announced it was picking up SEGA's Total War: ARENA, a "free-to-play,...
Indie space sandbox MMO Dual Universe launches pre-alpha with a fresh trailer
Happy pre-alpha, Dual Universe! The ambitious indie space sandbox MMORPG kicked off the pre-alpha over the weekend, bringing 2500 backers in to test. You'll...
