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Star Citizen dismisses ‘feature creep’ concerns, declares Star Marine has NOT been canceled
The year thus far has not been the best possible year for Star Citizen. The game has seen a few people depart from prominent...
EVE Online previews upcoming nullsec and sovereignty changes
The world of EVE Online's nullsec is changing. It's not getting any safer, no, but the nature of the dangers you face therein are...
Neverwinter’s Summer Festival returns
In the mood for some summer fun that doesn't actually involve leaving the house to go participate in any summer fun? Why not just...
World of Warcraft walks through time to Gundrak
The current expansion for World of Warcraft takes place on a world where there are no trolls, which means that it's unlikely we'll get...
Overwatch unveils the mysterious Soldier: 76
The big lore dump for Overwatch yesterday did not come from nowhere. Hot on the heels of that article connecting the mysterious Soldier: 76 to the...
Derek Smart says Star Citizen, ‘as has been pitched, will never get made’
The most polite possible way to describe Derek Smart is "contentious." He's indisputably worked on several games of huge scope without great reception. But...
Overwatch blog details the legend behind Jack Morrison
It's a little bit odd, on some level, that Overwatch takes place after the eponymous organization is dead and gone. Not unheard of, no,...
Trove details your first five hours of play
When Trove leaves its beta label behind later this week, there will be players jumping in with no idea how the game is supposed...
Guild Wars 2 datamining uncovers Engineer drones
It's been a little while since Guild Wars 2 revealed another of the elite specializations coming to the game with Heart of Thorns, and...
TERA’s latest patch invites you to go berserk
Do you want to get angry? Do you already feel pretty angry? Do you feel so angry that you want other people to hit...
World of Warcraft asks why you use the Black Market Auction House
It turns out that you can bring the Black Market Auction House to your very own Garrison in World of Warcraft if you so...
The Alexander raid dungeon launches in Final Fantasy XIV
Yesterday, Final Fantasy XIV previewed Alexander; today, the game has patched it in. That's a pretty aggressive patching schedule even with the game's reputation of...
Final Fantasy XIV previews Alexander, claims 5M all-time subs
It might not be your cup of tea, but Final Fantasy XIV is certainly the cup of tea for a large number of MMO...
How Neverwinter designs the critters that wreck you
Neverwinter has an advantage in terms of enemy design, since years of Dungeons & Dragons have given it huge amounts of material to work...
RIFT introduces new Planar Crafting mechanics in its next major patch
As long as you're tearing open the spaces between dimensions in RIFT, you might as well get some new crafting materials. The new Planar...
MechWarrior Online talks map design and tree destruction in a new video
Trees are awful. They are the actual worst. MechWarrior Online lets you stomp around in a war machine, but for too long it has...
SMITE adds in Ravana and mixes up the jungle gameplay
The developers of SMITE looked at the game and saw that quite frankly, parts of it were getting stale. The most recent patch notes...
Daybreak overrules EverQuest progression server vote
Part of what keeps the community engaged with progression servers like the most recent EverQuest pairing of Ragefire and Lockjaw is the idea that...
Star Wars: The Old Republic has a resurgence of rakghouls
Well, Star Wars: The Old Republic fans, we've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that another upswing in rakghoul activity...
The Secret World plots its third anniversary
Can you believe that it's been three years since the release of The Secret World? It's even more surreal if you're a developer who...
