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Final Fantasy XIV unveils new plans to reduce server congestion for the biggest servers

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After a lengthy maintenance to facilitate the North American data center relocation, Final Fantasy XIV is back online and ready to play once more. Unfortunately,...
RIDE THE LOW RIDER

Listen to Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood’s new opening theme

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A new Final Fantasy XIV expansion means a new theme song for the game, and while we've had the new theme teased before, you can...
Everything old is new again.

Final Fantasy XI will let you pick your own trust companion for the anniversary

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If you're worried about the future of Final Fantasy XI being available, you can rest assured that the 15th anniversary letter by producer Akihiko Matsui...
And all of these men are named Willy.

Erectus stiffens up its competition with the launch of its endgame

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While everyone would like to be the great shaft at the heart of progress in Erectus the Game, the stiff backbone around which all other...
Gosh, it's almost like the problems are real.

Overwatch League allegedly has a $20 million price tag to enter

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Remember how Blizzard started to focus MLG in on Overwatch as an e-sports venue at the same time well-known teams started fleeing the scene?...
Nope!

Runescape Idle Adventures is shutting down on May 15

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Remember Runescape: Idle Adventures? Probably not, which is probably a good part of the reason why the game is rather quietly shuttering its doors...
This was a group effort. Not a good one, but still.

Square-Enix financials show steady incoming but slow sales on online gaming

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If you're worried about the overall health of Square-Enix, a glance at the company's most recent financials should assuage any concerns, since the past...
Alive again!

Diablo III’s Necromancer beta is back from the dead

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The Necromancer beta for Diablo III was around for a short time, then swiftly died off and went quiet as Blizzard tinkered with various...
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home.

Dauntless introduces players to the cramped, cold, unhospitable home base of Ramsgate

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Ramsgate is not the sort of city you would choose as a vacation destination. It's cramped. It's built in a terrible spot. It's right...
Steal something that isn't yours. Why not? It isn't yours.

Grand Theft Auto Online doubles the rewards for Heists

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There's a lot of stuff you can do in Grand Theft Auto Online, a lot of sources of money that don't actually intersect with...
Is this the family? Help us out here.

Black Desert kicks off a new Lauren family event

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You're going to have to forgive us, Black Desert fans, but we don't know much about the Lauren family. We know that the game...
That's not a doll, guy.

Final Fantasy XI preps a new event for its 15th anniversary

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It's been 15 years now since Final Fantasy XI first launched in Japan, and the game is still receiving updates to this day. (Seriously,...
JUST TELL US YOUR STUPID PLANS

Crowfall posts another teaser for the reveal of teasers

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What could Crowfall's teasers for Teaser Week mean? Are they teasing new classes? New races? New combinations of same? Today's teaser is just a...
HAIR

TERA pushes Velik’s Fate live, highlights the challenges of Demokron Factory

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Velik's Fate is live in TERA today, with tier 12 gear and the opening of four rebalanced dungeons (and the closing of a whole...
Big time.

EVE Online’s patch today changes PLEX and adds new Blood Raider ships and shipyards

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The bad news for EVE Online fans is that the game is going to require extended downtime today. There's nothing to be done about...
If you don't like any of this, well... keep doing whatever, I guess.

Razer partners up with Neverwinter for cross-promotional rewards

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Do you like Razer products? Do you like playing Neverwinter? Do you eat beans with George Wendt? If you answered yes to the first...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

WildStar is finishing its switch to ProtoBucks instead of NCoins

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The conversion to a proprietary currency for WildStar microtransactions is almost complete. While WildStar has been using NCoins (NCsoft's microtransaction currency), it introduced ProtoBucks...
Big time.

Ashes of Creation passes the 8,000 backer mark

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It's fun times when a Kickstarter is doing so well that the number of backers alone can unlock stretch goals. Ashes of Creation has...
spooky hiding

Shroud of the Avatar adds a small patch with a hidden message

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There's a hidden message in the patch notes for Shroud of the Avatar's small patch from yesterday. What could it possibly mean? Is it...
This is obviously someone else's fault.

DOTA 2 is getting a co-op story campaign… no, really

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The story of DOTA 2 has generally been considered to be a story of racist epithets uttered at strangers in a video game, or...

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