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Not So Massively: HoN Tour season four; cheating in Hearthstone and League of Legends
It's been a busy week for online gaming, with Star Citizen releasing alpha patch 1.15 and delving into the details of its new audio...
Marvel Heroics: Help! What hero should I play?
Superheroes are quite used to hearing cries of distress and pleas for help, but who lends a hand when the caped crusaders need assistance?...
Diablo III previews the Ruins of Sescheron for patch 2.3
In one respect, Diablo III is fairly littered with powerful treasures. That's the core of its gameplay. You are assaulted by a rain of...
Devilian spotlights the Shadowhunter and the Talisman mechanic
You wouldn't think that hunting shadows would be a very lucrative profession, since all it takes to catch them is a light source and...
Blizz releases Heroes of the Storm Leoric trailer
Heroes of the Storm, "a raucous online team browser starring your favorite Blizzard characters," has just released a trailer for what is presumably one...
Path of Exile addresses major disconnection bug, plots new content
Not content to rest on its laurels after this month's The Awakening expansion, Grinding Gear Games has penned a quick post revealing precisely what...
Trion Worlds purges Glyph of third-party games
Trion Worlds is apparently getting out of the game distribution service, as least when it comes to games made by other studios.
Scott Hartsman has...
Not So Massively: RUST assigns random genders; US Senator facilitates e-sports visas
Star Citizen rebalanced thrusters, hitpoints and weapons in its latest alpha release to the public test server, and the upcoming Star Marine FPS module...
Devilian shows off Shadowhunter class and devil form
Action-RPG Devilian is cranking up its hype machine, with a pair of informative dev blogs posted this past week about the game's features.
The first...
Marvel Heroes’ Ant-Man patch plagued by nasty bugs (no, really)
Yesterday's Ant-Man patch in Marvel Heroes introduced more than virtual insects to the game, as bugs of a more serious nature plagued the servers....
Marvel Heroes patches in Ant-Man, story consolidation
Go small or go home! That's the mandate from Marvel Heroes today, as the action-RPG added its 49th hero, Ant-Man, to coincide with this...
Watch Marvel Heroes’ Ant-Man control insect swarms
If you could control a few million ants to do your bidding, how would you use them? Probably less responsibly than Scott Lang, aka...
Global Chat: How Marvel Heroes made a dad a hero
I love a good customer service story, because it reminds me that a lot goes right behind-the-scenes at MMOs that's hardly ever reported. Braxwolf...
Skeletal King Leoric joins the Heroes of the Storm brawl
You can't keep a mad king down, they say.
Diablo's Leoric is the latest champion to join Heroes of the Storm's roster. Having scrabbled his...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 22
Justin and Bree discuss Trove's launch, Skyforge's early access, Star Citizen criticism, RaiderZ's sunset, SWTOR's halt to raids, and The Secret World's big grouping push, with mailbag questions on player frustration with WoW's Draenor content drop-off.
Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Awakening and Heroes of Newerth’s new character Skrap
This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding...
Marvel Heroes on Ant-Man and the vote for future heroes
With a panel at last week's San Diego Comic Con and preparations for this week's Ant-Man patch, Marvel Heroes has been quite busy talking...
Find out the secrets of Marvel Heroes’ Ant-Man
Marvel Heroes' 49th hero, Ant-Man, will be coming to the game soon to coincide with the character's theatrical debut. While the game's been selling...
Path of Exile: The Awakening launches today
The ground is rumbling underneath Path of Exile and will soon erupt in a plume of fiery content. The Awakening, a long-awaited content update,...
Path of Exile freeing up inactive character names tomorrow
Path of Exile's meaty Awakening content update hits the servers tomorrow, and while the patch will add plenty to the game, there's one thing...
