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SWTOR Announces Seventh Expansion: Onslaught
After the recap of this upcoming content, the team then did the big reveal. SWTOR’s 6.0 iteration is an expansion entitled Onslaught, and the basic story continues increasing the war between Republic and Empire, picking up where the Jedi Under Siege update left off. Players as the Alliance Commander built up during the Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion will get to choose which faction to help.
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[PAX East 2019] Here Be Dragons: Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr
We met with the folks at Bethesda’s subsidiary Zenimax at their unabashed wingding at PAX East in Boston at the tail end of March. Last year’s event merely took over the comedy club in the Westin hotel lobby. This year, they took that and the adjacent Irish pub and restaurant for an even bigger experience. We had a chance to sit down Creative Director Rich Lambert to discuss what was coming in Elsweyr and even have a go playing their upcoming class, the Necromancer.
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[PAX East 2019] Interview with Standing Stone Games’ Rob ‘Severlin’ Ciccolini
I had the privilege of visiting Standing Stone Games during PAX East weekend, and I sat down with SSG head honcho Rob Ciccolini and community manager Jerry Snook to ask questions about the state of their two games, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and Lord of the Rings Online. Here’s the link to the audio of that interview, and below that is a transcript in keeping with our accessibility policy.
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DDO Celebrates 13th Anniversary on a Livestream, New Expansion Preorders in March
Standing Stone Games is celebrating the 13th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons Online with a three-week event quest, thirteen weeks of a giveaway, and a livestream. They have also announced the name and basic information about their next expansion due later this year, Masterminds of Sharn. The anniversary event includes a single quest involving kobolds and an Evil Overlord that players have to find and defeat.
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ArenaNet to Endure Layoffs, Guild Wars 2 Community “Reassured”
After an earlier report on the gaming industry site GamesIndustry.biz with rumors of impending layoffs for the NCSOFT company ArenaNet, it has now been confirmed that some staff reduction is planned.
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Population Zero Leaving Pre-Alpha, Previews New Biomes
The team at Enplex Games is preparing to launch into alpha testing for Population Zero and backers at the Commander level will be able to take part in the final pre-alpha gameplay session starting on February 23rd.
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TERA Teams with PUBG for Ingame Events and Items
En Masse have announced that will be launching a collaboration between TERA and PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, starting on March 5th, across all of TERA’s platforms.
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Guild Wars 2 Video Previews Warclaw Mount
The team at ArenaNet have shared a new teaser video, previewing a new cat mount created for combat and siege warfare – coming to Guild Wars 2 on February 26, and available to everyone who owns the Path of Fire expansion.
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Neverwinter Announces Module 16, Level Cap Increase
The team at Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment has announced the next expansion with both a brief trailer, as well as initial details of sweeping changes to the game – most notable of which includes an increase to the level cap from 70 to 80.
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Astellia Announces NA Launch, New Trailer, PAX South Events
The recently formed North American division of Korean publisher Barunson E&A has announced their first title being brought to the NA market in the form of Astellia – and is planning to hit PAX South with launch parties and panels.
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TERA Launches Update with PvP Battleground, Returning Dungeon
The first content update of 2019 for TERA brings with it a new 7v7 PvP battleground (the titular Shore Hold), new PvP gear sets, a solo PvE Training Ground and the return of the Shadow Sanguinary dungeon.
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Sneak Peek into Guild Wars 2’s Season 4, Episode 5: All or Nothing
Tomorrow, on Tuesday January 8th, ArenaNet will release the latest episode for Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 4 entitled All or Nothing, teased last month with a brief trailer.
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