This past weekend was PAX South 2015, the first PAX held in San Antonio, and our reporters covered not-so-massive online games in addition to MMORPGs, including Star Citizen, Elite: Dangerous, Shroud of the Avatar, Gigantic, Moonrise and State of Decay, Pox Nora, and TUG. Here's what else the week brought not-so-massive fans.
- Jef took a look at sandbox Space Engineers for MMO Burnout.
- League of Legends' 2015 World Championship will be held in Europe.
- Marvel Heroes kicked off a cow-themed promotion and opened pre-orders for the Winter Soldier.
- DayZ has now sold over 3 million early access copies.
- Elite: Dangerous' February patch will focus on "new type of story-driven collaborative content."
- Heroes of Newerth is adding a new quest system and game mode.
- Path of Exile threatened cheaters with the banhammer.
- The Crew announced a new three-car DLC bundle.
- TUG implemented multiplayer.
- World of Warships now has aircraft carriers.
- Borderlands Online posted a trailer in time for its Chinese technical test.
- My.com released a new World of Speed trailer (it's after the cut).
- Heroes in the Sky is yet another WWII arcade battler.
- Shards of War introduced a new playable sentinel named Patches.
- League of Legends new Nemesis Draft mode is not going well.
- Destiny's getting a new PvP mode.
- Hearthstone's January 2015 ranked play season is drawing to a close.
- The "Wyrmius" minigame arrived in Warframe.
- Nosgoth landed in open beta.
- MOBA The Witcher: Battle Arena launched on mobile.
- A town in the Philippines banned Dota following a fatal stabbing over the game.
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