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StarCraft: Brood War is now available for free as a Blizzard Classic
The year was 1998. Bill Clinton was the president of the United States of America. Everyone spent an enormous amount of time and money...
Carbine Studios is hiring for an unspecified new project
The general consensus for WildStar has been that the game is running on borrowed time for several reasons. That's a sad conclusion, but an...
Neverwinter is making maps look creepy again and strongholds more small-guild friendly
The bright side for environmental artists working on Neverwinter's next module is that so much of the content takes place in familiar areas. That...
Final Fantasy XIV makes everything a little easier with patch 3.57
The last patch for Final Fantasy XIV before the expansion has been released. Does it contain unexpected in-depth content to delight and amaze players...
World of Warcraft patches in some reward adjustments for Nether Portal Disruptors
You there! When you play World of Warcraft, are you just focusing on Nether Portal Disruptors on the Broken Shore? Well, stop that; do...
Diablo III temporarily removes the Necromancer from testing
And lo, it did pass that a select group of players of Diablo III were invited to test the Necromancer in the beta version...
Greg Street discusses balancing League of Legends for all skill levels
How do you balance a video game? It's kind of an ongoing question, but it's also one that Greg Street (aka Ghostcrawler) has been...
Pearl Abyss might be hiring for a Black Desert Southeast Asia localization
It's always tricky to suss out unannounced plans for a developer from nothing more than job postings, but that's never stopped anyone before. Pearl...
Path of Exile offers animated teasers for Fall of Oriath
Video games are usually a pretty visual medium, especially these days, interactive fiction and Dwarf Fortress notwithstanding. It's why we all like screenshots. But...
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a new login campaign and prepares for another live letter
The second expansion for Final Fantasy XIV will be here in just about two months, and players are curious. Sure, we know a bit...
SuperData CEO discusses the money problem of e-sports
Whether you're a big fan of the e-sports scene or you would be quite happy never hearing about it ever again, you are no...
TERA brings in some new dragons and banishes the old dragons
Were you excited when TERA first introduced its current crop of riding dragons? Maybe. But now those dragons are boring and dumb, and so...
WildStar looks forward to more Prime difficulty content over the next year
The first major WildStar patch of 2017 unlocked the Primal Matrix and added the Prime difficulty level for select dungeons. What's next for the...
Star Trek Online highlights the rewards for its upcoming War Games gameplay
The next major season patch for Star Trek Online introduces players to a major new system: War Games. The whole point is good-natured competition...
Final Fantasy XIV updates the Stormblood site with screenshots and lore
We've still got a couple of months to go before Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is released, but at this point we all know what's...
Guild Wars 2’s unofficial card game is now available on Tabletop Simulator
Do you remember the unofficial Guild Wars 2 CCG? If you don't, you should, because it's absolutely awesome. In concept, anyway; while Luke Dowding...
Grand Theft Auto Online has a nasty new money-stealing hack floating around
EVE Online: "No one can have a more toxic player culture than ours!"
GTA Online: "Hold my beer."
Diablo III brings the Necromancer closed beta to life
It's time to start dredging up corpses and making them do what you want in Diablo III, because the Necromancer closed beta has arrived....
Skyforge is live on the PlayStation 4 for real
In the days of early access, endless open betas, soft launches, and head starts, it's still important to note when a game is well...
Blade and Soul’s newest patch revamps class progression and adds new regions to explore
The latest big patch for Blade & Soul has arrived, and it brings with it some major changes. Class trees and skill points, for...
