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No Man’s Sky’s soundtrack is on the bill for a November 4 charitable games music concert
If you can travel to the Electric Theatre in Guilford, UK, like the music out of No Man's Sky, and are looking to help...
PlanetSide 2 fans seek to draw in new players to the shooter with the Bring Your Friends PlanetSide event
We would say that it has been pretty tough to be a fan of PlanetSide 2 following the IP being sold off by Daybreak...
Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn says World of Warcraft helped him kick a drug addiction
Actor and DJ Kristian Nairn is a lovable geek icon of the past decade or so, having made his mark as Hodor in the...
Destiny 2 preps more hurricane relief and a speedrun for its newly released dungeon
The Vesper's Host dungeon added to Destiny 2 this week has already had its world first conquerors named, but that doesn't mean that Bungie...
Destiny 2 details Revenant’s updates to gear, shares new seasonal goodies, and highlights hurricane relief
The Revenant season/episode/update is nearly here in Destiny 2, which means Bungie is continuing its long-standing tradition of spilling all of the beans it...
Final Fantasy XIV gets Moo Deng fever as prices for a hippo minion start to climb
The internet is full of flash-in-the-pan moments when a completely innocuous thing suddenly becomes a viral sensation. So it is with a baby pygmy...
Ultima Online devs are working with ClassicUO modders to rehab the ancient client and renderer
We're going for a record here, clearly! This will mark the third time we've needed to write about Ultima Online this week, what with...
Netflix documentary chronicles a World of Warcraft player’s passing – and his impact on the community
We all know that one of the best things about MMORPGs is finding the right kind of community and the human connections that can...
City of Heroes Homecoming’s community is holding a player base real estate auction this weekend
Would you like to own a player base in City of Heroes: Homecoming but can't be bothered to do all of that pesky furniture...
Guild Wars 2 players are building absolutely INSANE houses with Janthir Wilds’ homesteads feature
I've only just unlocked my new player house in Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds and haven't dug my claws into the feature, but for...
Massively Uplifting: Labors of love, generosity, and grief in Warhammer, Terraria, Conan Exiles, Albion, ARK, and more
Labor Day in the United States is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievement of the American workers. The official Department of...
Elite Dangerous confirms a third new ship and Powerplay 2.0’s arrival in October as Lave Radio hits 500th episode
Frontier Developments' monthly studio-wide livestream has once more provided some tasty tidbits for Elite: Dangerous players. Following a teaser image earlier this month, FDev...
The original Diablo can be played on mobile or a web browser once again – here’s how to do it
One of the hallmarks of advancing technology is that power increases while form factor decreases, and now that looks to be true of the...
Old-school web browser MMORPG Tanoth has been resurrected in a playable beta format
Here's a blast from the past that is sure to catch genre fans by surprise. Does anyone here remember Tanoth? It was a web...
MMO studio Daybreak is named 2023 Extra Life Partner of the Year, posts 2024 fundraising plans
Daybreak's charity work has paid off: This week, Extra Life and Children's Miracle Network named Daybreak Games its Extra Life Partner of the Year...
TennoCon 2024: The terrific twos of TennoCon charities and Make-A-Wish
Good things come in twos at TennoCon 2024. Even the year itself is beautifully divisible by twos. But the best of the twos isn't...
Star Trek Online hints at a new ship bundle with mysterious teaser images paired with a cipher
What's a good way to draw hype for an upcoming reveal for Star Trek Online? Offer fans a mystery, apparently: The MMO's Twitter account...
Devs from multiple Bethesda offices formally create a ‘wall to wall’ union of over 200 workers
The unionization movement among video game developers has taken yet another large step forward this weekend, as workers from Bethesda Game Studios offices located...
League of Legends launches its limited-time PvE ‘bullet heaven’ mode and introduces an autistic champion
Usually the words "bullet" and "heaven" are incongruent, unless you're piloting a mecha named Bullet Heaven or are leading a throwback hair metal band...
Bungie and fans continues its free-to-play release of the original Marathon trilogy with Marathon 2’s Steam arrival
Back in May, Bungie and members of the Aleph One fan community decided that the classic series of Marathon FPS games should be re-released...
