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The folks at Grinding Gear Games has announced the upcoming release of the latest chapter in Path of Exile. Titled Path of Exile: The Awakening, this will be "more than just Path of Exile's fourth act - it improves and expands every part of the game. With a crazy new twist on the iconic Passive Skill Tree and numerous systems [...]
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After announcing earlier that H1Z1's popular battle royale mode would have monthly passes in the future, Daybreak has decided to change their minds. Through a Reddit announcement post, president John Smedley made the following remarks: "We've listened to your feedback. It came through loud and clear. From our perspective we've been really super clear about our plans from even before day 1 [...]
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After enraging numerous veteran players across various social media, Trion has acknowledged what happened earlier this week with what they're calling their "win-back" program. Long story short, they said that they "missed the mark and overestimated". After apologizing, Trion has also stated that they are currently in talks about how to best rectify the situation that they have put themselves [...]
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For veteran users of NCsoft that still have Master Accounts, forced migration time is upon them. If these users do not switch over to the new system before May 1st, their accounts will be permanently deleted. In order to make the transfer a bit sweeter, NCsoft is offering a tidy sum of 400 NCoin to those who make the switch. [...]
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Players logging into Hearthstone will notice that the Blackrock Mountain adventure pack is available for pre-purchase. This second adventure pack will also give those who decide to pre-purchase, the Molten Core card back for free. This pack costs $25 and will unlock all the wings, much like Naxxramas before it. Once the pack comes out, players will be able to [...]
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Today marks the start of Guild Wars 2's second PvP ladder test season. These tests are crucial to ArenaNet to let them know what changes to make to their player position algorithms, so players should help out! Of course, there are incentives to taking part in the ladder tests. Players have a chance at winning an adorable mini llama, or [...]
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For Secret World players that have been slacking on buying the DLC as they come out, the Fall of Tokyo pack is for you. This deal has all the Tokyo content released thus far and also the upcoming Issue #11: Reaping the Whirlwind. Funcom has set the price for $30 and Issues #9, #10, and #11 are all included in [...]
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There is some heavy controversy floating around Trion and ArcheAge over a somewhat scandalous reward package sent to players that quit. While these former players received emails featuring all sorts of goodies including a rare dolphin mount, sunpoints, moonpoints, and much more, veterans got... nothing. While many games give incentives to players to come back in various forms, it is [...]
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After hinting at an upcoming "epic" forum game, Funcom has finally revealed the details on what they're calling #IAMTSW. This contest will go on for several weeks through numerous different contests all relating to #IAMTSW. There are over 35 confirmed player groups and cabals that have agreed to host prizes for the winners. In addition, Funcom themselves have promised their [...]
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ESL has announced that the Season 1 Finals for Blizzard's Starcraft II World Championship Series will take place at Gamers Assembly in Politiers, France. This huge tournament will feature the top 16 players from around the world to do battle from April 3rd - 5th. There is a total prize pool of $217,000 USD, which should definitely make them fight [...]
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