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World of Warcraft prepares for its annual Halloween event
It's the most wonderful time of the year, everyone. No, not December; it's October and a month full of Halloween-related festivities. World of Warcraft...
Ascent updates its interface amidst a galactic smuggling crisis
Did you vote for Galactic President Prolapser in Ascent? Possibly not, but everyone has to deal with what's happened as a result of his...
The Secret World discusses bags and its next dungeon
As we enter October, people are inevitably going to be asking for hoverboards because a movie once posited that October 21st, 2015, would include...
Wakfu launches its Island Moon update
Wakfu is flying players to the moon with its latest update. However, it's important to note that the patch is not lining up with...
RIFT is upping its subscription price slightly with its next patch
If you're considering taking a break from RIFT and dropping your subscription for a month, you may not wish to do that. With the...
Star Trek Online outlines the basics of the Admirality system
Veterans of Star Trek Online have inevitably made use of many, many different ships over the course of the game's lifespan. You get ships...
Hi-Rez Studios felt bad about abandoning Tribes: Ascend
Letting Tribes: Ascend lie untouched for a long while was a smart business decision for Hi-Rez Studios, but it wasn't one that the developers...
Valve developer claims that VR motion sickness isn’t the fault of the hardware
Are you worried about getting hit by a sense of motion sickness whilst using a VR headset? Valve's Chet Faliszek states that you don't...
Guild Wars 2’s former lead designer now develops for Amazon
Amazon has been trying to work its way into game development for a while, but the retailer has a new weapon in its arsenal....
Project Gorgon on the difference between testing and launch balancing
Can we get a quick show of hands indicating who likes logging into a familiar MMO and finding out that every one of his...
Skyforge offers more details on Invasions and Operations
Invasions are a big deal in Skyforge, but not every hero standing against the invaders is at the front lines of the main invasion...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen gets investors, development is continuing
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen missed out on its Kickstarter goals, but that wasn't the end of the road. Visionary Realms, after an extended...
That Wizards of the Coast vs. HEX lawsuit has finally been settled
Good news, virtual card game fans! That long-running lawsuit between Hex Entertainment, Cryptozooic, and Wizards of the Coast is finally out of the way....
Star Citizen studio ‘grows’ dev team, claims layoffs are ‘streamlin[ing]’
It's never exactly calming to hear that a large project is laying people off before release, and that's the rumor swirling around Cloud Imperium...
Guild Wars 2 details the Druid, raiding, and final expansion test weekend
Guild Wars 2 players will be able to get their collective hands on Heart of Thorns very soon, and that's a good thing. The...
How Skyforge’s latest patch has reworked guilds
Some of the changes made to pantheons with the most recent Skyforge update are the result of systems just not working. The clan system...
WildStar’s official F2P transition checklist
WildStar is going to be free-to-play in less than a week now. If you've already been playing the game, your path to get ready...
Catch a flythrough of the two new regions in Aion’s next update
The 4.8 update for Aion in Europe is adding in new regions to the game, and the fact is that they're just a little...
Star Trek Online is giving players the chance to design a ship
The look of ships in Star Trek Online is a big deal; you spend a lot of time flying about in the ships, after...
Guild Wars 2 designers tinker with the Scrapper
None of the elite specializations in Guild Wars 2 has been received wholly without comment or objection, and the Scrapper is no exception. Designer...
