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Albion Online discusses the royal city revamp for its upcoming Merlyn update
The trouble with having one universal hub in Albion Online is that basically no one cares about the five other hubs in the game....
Newest World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth build includes broadcast text for Teldrassil and Mag’har recruitment
We've long known that Teldrassil will burn in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. We've also known for at least a decently long while...
Path of Exile will not maintain the Bestiary League mechanics in the core game
It's hard not to hear about how Path of Exile players like the game's Bestiary League. It's been a real breakout success for the...
Wisdom of Nym: The Alliance Raids of Final Fantasy XIV
When the next major Final Fantasy XIV patch arrives later this month, we'll be staring down the games eighth alliance raid. That might not...
Radical Heights patches in a new scanner and new customization
Where are your enemies in Radical Heights? Considering the fact that it's a battle royale game, they're everywhere. But the latest patch adds in...
Blade & Soul is tweaking dungeon rewards to prefer newer dungeons
Stop just doing the old, familiar dungeons of Blade & Soul. Do the new ones instead. Even if you'd rather not for whatever reason,...
Guild Wars 2’s Deadeye is taking another shot from stealth
The Deadeye is in an all right place in terms of DPS, but that alone isn't good enough in Guild Wars 2. The problem...
Overwatch hackers see jail time in South Korea while competitive season 10 begins and Rialto goes live
If there was any remaining question, let's make sure you know that you really do not want to be an Overwatch hacker in South...
Path of Exile details the overhaul coming to Vaal skills
The purpose behind the Vaal skills in Path of Exile was to offer players big, show-stopping skills that could have a large impact on...
World of Warcraft outlines the advantages and drawbacks for its upcoming War Mode
The changes coming to world PvP in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth means that it's no longer a gap between servers, but a...
Gloria Victis patches in new passive skills for players to use
The passive skill system for Gloria Victis has gotten an upgrade with the game's most recent patch, and the new passives let you be...
Diablo III patches its console versions up to speed with the PC
Oh, it's Diablo III! Remember that game? Probably you do if you want to play a roguelike hack-and-slash on console. The good news for...
PlayerUnknown’s Battleground radically rebalances weaponry with its latest patch
There's going to be a big downtime for a patch for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds tonight; don't count on playing in tonight after 10 p.m. EDT....
Crowfall previews the armor of the High Elves
The next alpha version of Crowfall will allow players to try out the High Elf race, which means that it would be a bit...
EverQuest unlocks the Omens of War expansion on its progression servers
Time keeps on slipping into the future for the EverQuest progression servers, Ragefire and Lockjaw. Both servers have put matters to a vote, and...
TERA outlines its content plans for consoles post-launch
If you have a console from the current hardware generation, you can play TERA on it right now. But there's also a lot of...
Dark and Light makes staff heads far more durable in its latest patch
Staff heads! They head your staff in Dark and Light! And the newest patch has lots of changes directly dealing with staff heads. Do...
Riders of Icarus shows off new merchants and future content after a long silence
It's been a quiet year for fans of Riders of Icarus, so it's probably for the best that the first words of the newest...
TERA prepares a month of events for its six-year anniversary
Can you believe that TERA has been around for six years now? That's not old enough to pass any sort of legal milestones (and...
World of Warcraft Q&A covers tier sets and Azerite armor with Artifact power
If the mere mention of the words "Artifact Power" now send you into apoplectic rage in relation to World of Warcraft, we have bad...