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The Secret World: What is TSW?
Dragon Age: Inquisition: Bioware Reveals the Inquisitor
General: Avalon Lords: Animus Interactive & Alliance Games Merge
WildStar: Next Bonus Beta Weekend Announced
General: MMOs Discover Collaboration's the Key to Success
General: Boothill Heroes: A Quick Dip into the Wild West
Phantasy Star Online 2: Closed Beta Phase 2 Ends
Guild Wars 2: Once You Go Charr, You'll Never Stray Far
Destiny: On Track for September 9th
City of Steam: New Servers Incoming
General: Age of Ascent: Tactical Map Detailed
General: Perfect World Scoops Up 30M Shares of Shanda Games
Star Citizen: Say Hello to Arena Commander
World of Warcraft: New Models and Adventures

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 04:54 PM PDT

Hot off the back of the mankini-gate scandal a discussion has been born asking what the IP of The Secret World actually is. How do you define something with such broad reaching strangeness? The discussion on the official forums has been going on for 19 pages now with everyone from fan to developer chiming in. Can there really be one solid definition of what The Secret World is? And do outfits like the Mankini and Sight for Sore Eyes really detract from the intellectual property?

Dragon Age: Inquisition: Bioware Reveals the Inquisitor

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 06:45 PM PDT

Bioware's Dragon Age: Inquisition is one of the games that sits squarely in the sights of any true RPG fan. DA:I has been shrouded in a lot of mystery with only scant information being released over the last six or so months. However, with the approach of fall 2014 and Inquisition's launch, Bioware is taking the wraps off the game. We had the opportunity to interview Creative Director Mike Laidlaw to find out more about the game's protagonist, the Inquisitor.

General: Avalon Lords: Animus Interactive & Alliance Games Merge

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 06:56 AM PDT

Alliance Games and Animus Interactive have announced a merger agreement to bring the latter's MMORTS, Avalon Lords, to fruition. In addition, the combined teams will work on Alliance Games' Resurgent Empires.

WildStar: Next Bonus Beta Weekend Announced

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 06:50 AM PDT

The WildStar team has announced another surprise beta event for the upcoming weekend. If you've got a beta key, you'll be able to log into the game from Friday, April 25th throughout the weekend.

General: MMOs Discover Collaboration's the Key to Success

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 06:54 PM PDT

Time was, game developers created games in a vacuum, following no guidelines but the ones they invented. Many of them even had a kind of superiority complex they used to create games with obscure, maddening mechanics that made us bang our collective head on the wall. Fortunately, those dark days are over, and today's developers seem to have realized the antagonistic approach is no longer viable.

General: Boothill Heroes: A Quick Dip into the Wild West

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 06:07 PM PDT

I'll admit it, when I hear about a realtime turn-based RPG, I tend to think in terms of the fantasy RPGs such as the Final Fantasy series or the old NES Dragon Warrior series. Boot Hill Heroes from Experimental Gamer bills itself as a spaghetti western fantasy, and in terms of nailing it on the head, they got it right in one. It has all the classic Western tropes in there, and it plays similarly to other turn-based RPGs out there.

Phantasy Star Online 2: Closed Beta Phase 2 Ends

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 02:49 PM PDT

Asiasoft's English language version of Phantasy Star Online 2 has ended its second beta phase of development and the team will spend the next month plus working on polishing the game and preparing it for the May 29th release date. MMOCulture.com has a neat little interview with PSO2 developers that adds a few details about that process.

Guild Wars 2: Once You Go Charr, You'll Never Stray Far

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:36 PM PDT

"Guild Wars 2 will change the way we play MMOs forever!" That was a common claim we heard, both from ArenaNet and from idyllic fans, while the game was in development. While much of what the game did wasn't brand new in the MMO space, the way it was all implemented and brought together made it so that I now have trouble playing a game that doesn't implement those systems.

Destiny: On Track for September 9th

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 12:21 PM PDT

In this era of often disappointing delays in the games we're dying to play, Bungie has posted a heartening developer diary that indicates that the development of Destiny is "on track" for the announced September 9th release date. In fact, it is said to be "hurtling" to the date at epic speed.

City of Steam: New Servers Incoming

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 12:15 PM PDT

In what is surely a good sign for City of Steam: Arkadia, the team has announced that a new US server will be added and that the first EU server will be opening soon. EU players who have been gaming on the US server will be allowed to transfer all characters and currency to the new EU server when it goes live.

General: Age of Ascent: Tactical Map Detailed

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 12:10 PM PDT

The Age of Ascent site has been updated with a new developer diary and video diary to lay out the details on the tactical map that the game will feature.

General: Perfect World Scoops Up 30M Shares of Shanda Games

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 12:05 PM PDT

Shanda Games and Perfect World Entertainment have entered into a share purchase agreement that allows PWE to purchase over 30M in "class A ordinary shares". The purchase price for the 30M shares is $100M USD.

Star Citizen: Say Hello to Arena Commander

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:30 PM PDT

At PAX East we got to see the dogfight module from Star Citizen, now officially titled "Arena Commander". Robert's Space Industries was kind enough to invite us to the premiere party. At $42 million and still growing, Chris Roberts has made crowdfunding history. Finally, after months of waiting, we got to see some real results from all that money.