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Torchlight 2 Pets Update – Shots and Video

Runic Games were teasing an update last night on Twitter and they finally pushed it live. This latest info nugget shows the pets of Torchlight 2 in shots and video. There are also a few new shots of the game which I have to say is looking fantastic.  

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Diablo Podcast #63 – Diablo Podcast #63: Naked Runs, Hardcore, and Beta Difficulty Swings

Flux from Diablo: IncGamers is joined by The Eliminator and Hardcore columnist Xanth to talk about all sorts of recent Diablo 3 beta news. The Eliminator has been playing “naked,” trying to play through the entire beta with no armor and only the starting weapon, and he answers numerous questions about the experience. The podcast is [...]

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Blizzard Reveals Diablo 3 Inferno Mode Changes

Blizzard released an update this evening which reveals the changes they have made to the hard Inferno mode difficulty with a progressive difficulty for Inferno monster levels instead of “flat” linear levels. It just felt wrong. It didn’t feel right to be progressing through the game and have it stay pretty much the same difficulty [...]

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Grim Dawn State of the Game Update

With developer Crate Entertainment putting together a Kickstarter plan for their ARPG Grim Dawn, they thought it was time to issue a state of the game post. The post is pretty detailed outlining exactly where they are with each aspect of the game, everything from zones, gear, story and more. It does look like there [...]

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100,000 More Mists of Pandaria Invites Go Out

Unlike the Diablo 3 Beta where Blizzard dribbled out Beta invites, they are ramping up annual pass invites for Mists of Pandaria with a further 100,000 having just been sent out to WoW players. If you opted in, check your battle.Net account to find out if you have been selected. We’re off to a solid [...]

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Age of Conan Monthly Dev Update for March

Funcom has released the development update for March covering system updates and game improvements, an update on tradeskills, free content updates and news of a new adventure pack the team want to have ready for the end of 2012. It sounds like Funcom are covering numerous features at the same time and the single server [...]

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit Panel Videos

A couple of weeks ago, Bioware held their Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit which included panels covering numerous topic and the v1.2 update. Today they have released high quality videos of the panels which you can view after the break.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic PvP Update, Official Podcast & Community Q&A

It’s been a busy day for the Star Wars: The Old Republic team with numerous updates for the community. First up, a new PvP developer post is now live looking at PvP in v1.2. The end of week community Q&A has also been posted answering questions on topics on the Legacy system. Finally, Bioware has posted [...]

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Gods & Heroes Development Halted – Developers Let Go

Heatwave Intertactive has stuggled with their MMO Gods & Heroes since launch and late last year they announced that subscriptions would stop. We  spoke to Heatwave last year about the future of the MMO and they told us then that they were looking for additional funding to keep the game alive. Since then they have [...]

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What is a Witcher?

Ever wondered what a Witcher is? With the release of Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings Enhanced Edition quickly approaching on April 17, CD Projekt RED has released a new trailer detailing the intricacies of a Witcher for newcomers to the series.

Posted 30 March 2012 | Comments Off

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New DC Universe Online Legendary Membership Benefits

Being a legendary DC Universe Online member just got more legendary with the news that every month Legendary members will receive 500 loyalty points (PS3)  or 500 Satation Cash (PC) , which is $5, to spend at the Loyalty Vendors.  Promethium Lockboxes will also start dropping and if you are a Legendary member there is no [...]

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Fourth EU TERA Beta Weekend Starting Today

The fourth EU Beta weekend brings new content to testers. The Beta starts today at 15: 00 (CEST) and wraps up at midnight on Sunday which should be enough time to check out more of the Eldritch Academy and Dark Cathedral dungeons, and try their hand at the Cultists’ Refuge instance. There is also an [...]

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Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium no longer an MMO – Staff Lose Jobs

THQ has decided to change their Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium MMO to a single player  game in an effort to cut costs. The downside to the news is that 79 employees from Vigil Games and 39 staff from Relic Entertainment have been let go. Commenting on the change of direction, HQ CEO Brian Farrell added: “We believe the [...]

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Dragon’s Dogma Fourth Progression Trailer: Crafting & Quests

Capcom has recently released a fourth video in their Dragon’s Dogma progression series. In their latest video, they demonstrate the game’s crafting and quest mechanisms. Players can gather items for crafting from killing monsters or from gathering materials such as herbs in the game world. These items can later be used to enhance weapons and [...]

Posted 29 March 2012 | Comments Off

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Star Trek Online Goes French and German

Perfect World has announced that French and German versions of the now free to play Star Trek Online are ready beam into action. “The launch of Star Trek Online in Europe is the culmination of our efforts over the past several years to bring gamers the Star Trek universe on a truly massive scale,” said [...]

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