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Carbine Studios has just announced that there will be an upcoming expansion to WildStar called Invasion: Nexus. This expansion will bring huge changes to the current state of the game, hopefully for the better. One example given is the introduction of contracts. Contracts will give players who are short on time the ability to gear up as well as the [...]
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The expansion to Cryptic Studio's Neverwinter, Elemental Evil was originally slated to come out next week on March 17th. However, a press release from Cryptic and Perfect World has revealed that the date has been pushed back almost a month to April 7th. The Neverwinter team claim that this delay is necessary to guarantee a high quality expansion for fine tuning. [...]
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After finally launching the alpha test earlier this week, Marc Jacobs posted some great news for fans and supporters of Camelot Unchained. As he put it, "alpha was, quite frankly and with as little hype as possible, a huge success." In a very detailed evening update post, Jacobs went over some of the most important details. The alpha test ran for 72 [...]
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Earlier this week, the staff at Cloud Imperium Games hosted an open thread on the Star Citizen forums in order to answer all sorts of questions players might have. One answer though is staggering in its implications. As developer Jeremy Masker posted, "The game compression and asset removal is unlikely to yield such high gains that we will be able [...]
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NCsoft just announced that their latest expansion to the hit game Lineage II would come out in spring of 2015. Titled Lineage II: Infinite Odyssey, this expansion will include new hunting zones, a new raid boss, and numerous new skills for players to use. For the upcoming new content, NCsoft is offering their fans a chance to leave their mark [...]
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As per the yearly tradition, BlizzCon has been announced and the dates have been confirmed to be on the 6th and 7th of November. Like last year's event, the convention will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The tickets will cost $199 and will go on sale in two batches. The first will start April 15th at 7:00pm PDT and [...]
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In an open letter, game director Joel Bylos posted that 2015 would be a big year for Age of Conan fans. Mentioning additions to the achievement system, a revamp to the hidden treasure system, and more dungeons and raids, Bylos paints a very beautiful picture for the future of the game. He also mentioned that the roadmap for 2015 would [...]
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The EverQuest staff posted yesterday about a patch that went live earlier today. As they stated, "There’s an in-game issue we need to fix so we wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and address a couple of other things, namely a few improvements to experience gains." Older zones will yield greater experience for players level 101 to 105 and [...]
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Even though the Kickstarter funded Crowfall has well overshot its intended goal of $800,000, there are still numerous stretch goals that can be reached. Some players might not see the point in backing the game any more, seeing as the game is almost guaranteed to come out now, but it is still a topic of discussion on the forums. Creative [...]
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Webzen just released the anticipated "Chapter 4: Betrayal & Forgiveness" expansion earlier this week. Age of Wulin players will be able to access all of the new features right off the bat, including the six new playable factions, new areas, new abilities, and more. As previously mentioned, the new expansion will give players a unique spin on the MMO trope [...]
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