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The Elder Scrolls Online’s Welcome Back Weekend starts today
Were you a beta tester on The Elder Scrolls Online but declined to purchase the game? Would you like to see what the game...
The Secret World kicks off a powerful weekend early
The Secret World is kicking off a weekend of power early. What makes this weekend worthy of the nickname of "Power Weekend," exactly? Just...
Trion snaps up Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson
Nothing tells your player community that the transition to a new corporate structure will be totally fine like firing a pillar of community interaction,...
Heroes & Generals update adds Forward Airfield map
Heroes & Generals has Utz! No, not the potato chips. It's a patch named Utz, after General Willibald Utz of the German forces, and...
WildStar deep-dives in the Bay of Betrayal
The Bay of Betrayal is another piece of content being added in WildStar's next patch, and it adds in a few more new ideas...
Wurm launches new Elevation server
The first iteration of Wurm Online's Elevation server had a problem according to the players: the map. People just did not like that map....
World of Warcraft adds retro ‘timewalking’ dungeons
There's no reason for you to go back to older dungeons in World of Warcraft unless you particularly like the look of something that...
Rumor: WildStar box recall and promo might herald free-to-play
The last time the retailer yanked boxes of a game from the shelves and returned them to the distributors, it was The Elder Scrolls...
Black Desert adjusts for ‘casual lite’ Korean market
Every game changes during testing, but Black Desert seems to have changed even more significantly compared to its original vision from the fan standpoint. One...
Salem isn’t dead! It’s launching June 17th
Salem might have slipped off of your radar over the past few years. It's a permadeath, open-PvP sandbox that fell into the perpetual beta trap....
Guild Wars 2’s Stronghold public beta is today; here’s a guide
You can play Guild Wars 2's upcoming expansion PvP mode right now! The Stronghold public beta is today! And then it closes up shop...
World of Warcraft 6.2 adds new dungeon difficulty, zone
If you thought the first major patch of Warlords of Draenor seemed a bit thin on content, you'll be happier with World of Warcraft's...
How to get into Path of Exile’s Awakening beta
So you want to test the next big update for Path of Exile? That's understandable; it's a big update that promises a whole lot...
Black Desert demos its new Valkyrie class
Eager to take a look at the newest class being added to Black Desert? The fine folks at Steparu have posted a trailer demonstrating...
Star Wars: The Old Republic hosting double XP for Star Wars Celebration
So let's assume for the purposes of this discussion that you're a really big fan of Star Wars, but you can't quite make it...
Crowfall unveils the badass lady Champion
Crowfall unveiled the concept art for the female Champion today, and... well, it's pretty great. She's huge, she's visibly powerful, and she's intended to...
Dark Age of Camelot newsletter addresses future changes
The first newsletter for Dark Age of Camelot under Broadsword's management is out now, and it's largely looking to the future. The casual group...
Guild Wars 2 will run a 24-hour public Stronghold beta
Are you unable to contain your excitement for Heart of Thorns much longer? Do you need a taste of the expansion right now? Because...
Skyforge outlines the details of Distortions
The world of Aelion has a whole lot of deities, but players in Skyforge will quickly discover that this is for the same reason...
Diablo III’s Patch 2.2.0 adds and improves items
Health potions are one of the core elements of Diablo III, but they're not actually interesting to stock up on. The game has thus...
