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Albion upgrades its private islands, talks map-making
Albion Online released a couple of dev updates this week. The first focused on private islands, and more specifically, how you can upgrade the...
Chaos Theory: Small steps – The Secret World’s progress
It's certainly been a week of expansion news! More than one game that had sworn off expansions in the past has circled back to...
PlanetSide 2 may give players a continent to settle
The future of PlanetSide 2 is racing toward the community at a rapid pace according to a new developer Q&A that was hosted on Reddit yesterday.
One...
Exploring RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds with Trion Worlds
Coming "really, really soon" to RIFT is the MMO's fourth major update of the year, Into the Wilds. Patch 3.4 is so big, in fact,...
Not So Massively: For the King’s Kickstarter, Hearthstone’s match controversy
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don't really...
Talking to Cryptic about Neverwinter’s new Stronghold PvP
We're on the horn with Cryptic Lead Designer Scott Shicoff and Senior Content Designer John Hopler to talk about Neverwinter's brand-new Stronghold siege PvP...
Host your own sandbox with Wurm Unlimited on Steam
Code Club has just announced a new phase in development for fantasy sandbox Wurm Online: Wurm Unlimited. Arriving on Steam on October 21st, Wurm Unlimited "allows...
Tribes: Ascend test server rewrites classes in a major way
Tribes: Ascend is getting updates again, with the first update hitting the test server soon. So what are you expecting? A bit of balance...
PAX Prime 2015: Don’t hate me because I don’t like Gigantic
If you've not heard of the game Gigantic, then I'm going to have to ask where you've been because Motiga's cross between a MOBA...
Not So Massively: HOTS’ ranking woes, LoL’s server move problems
League of Legends finished setting up its new North American server in Chicago, reducing ping times for east coast players but dramatically increasing them...
PAX Prime 2015: Guns of Icarus breaks ‘preconceived notions’ of naval combat simulation
There are always some games that you look at and think that it would be great to try when you have the time. My...
Crowfall’s combat testing moves to the ‘Hunger Dome’
ArtCraft has created a "greybox environment" called the Hunger Dome for Crowfall's pre-alpha combat testing. The aim is to make the testing more fun...
The next Guild Wars 2 expansion beta starts on Sept. 4
Guild Wars 2's second Heart of Thorns beta weekend event starts on September 4th at 3:00 p.m. EDT. ArenaNet's Colin Johanson says that the weekend...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Am I the only one who doesn’t enjoy Guild Wars 2 datamining?
I know, I know: Solid information about Heart of Thorns is coming really slowly from the Guild Wars 2 PR machine, making for a...
Diablo III patch adds new zone and the powerful Kanai’s Cube
Diablo III players, your journey is not yet complete. Today, Blizzard released the game's 2.3.0 patch, giving adventurers more territory to explore and goals...
Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s crafting scandal; Sins of a Dark Age’s sunset
This week in Not So Massively games, League of Legends players revealed a reproducible exploit that causes skillshot projectiles to become invisible and may...
One Shots: Quiet grace
When I take pictures of people in real life, I almost never ask them to pose. That feels so artificial to me; I'd rather...
World of Tanks’ new global map is live
World of Tanks' new clan wars global map is now live in Europe, North America, Asia, and Korea, according to a company press blurb....
Das Tal preps stress test boss battle
An upcoming public test for Das Tal promises to provide a bit of a surprise for players.
The team announced that it's preparing a new...
Not So Massively: Star Citizen demos live gameplay; Dota 2 team kicks member after $6m win
Last week, Star Citizen released impressive Gamescom 2015 demo videos showing live gameplay footage of players walking around a space port and a mission...
