• Get all the tracks off of the latest League of Legends right now for free, whether you're a fan of the game or just a fan of having free soundtracks.
• TUG gets more massive after all with the inclusion of its multiplayer mode.
• We managed to get a little more stuff out of PAX South than we talked about last week, starting with a closer look at Moonrise.
• Last but not least, there were high words of praise for Pox Nora, possibly the coolest online card game you don't know exists.

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• 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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• Heroes of the Storm is now in closed beta. Blizz also previewed the Sky Temple map.
• Blizzard announced the 2015 Hearthstone World Championship.
• Riot announced League of Legends' mid-season invitational for May, pushed patch 5.1 live, and revealed Nemesis Draft, a new featured game mode. The game will also be celebrating Aussie players on Oceania servers later this month.
• Elite: Dangerous mapped out the beta schedule for its inbound updates and teased future expansions.
• Path of Exile completed PvP season one with its invitational tournament this weekend.
• Marvel Heroes pubbed its level 52 Hulk review.
• Diablo III patched 2.1.2 and ended season one.
• Borderlands Online revealed its four classes.
• World of Tanks introduced personal missions.
• MOBA Nosgoth's open beta is set to begin on January 21st.
• MMORTS Elvenar explained how to upgrade buildings.
• Square Enix publishe a dev blog for MOBA Lord of Vermilion.
• Infestation: Survivor Stories EP Sergey Titov admitted that the post-apoc game's original name, The War Z, was a "terrible choice."
• King of Wushu released videos for three new playable characters.
• Massively's Jukebox Heroes column reviewed Destiny's soundtrack. The game will launch the hardmode version of Crota's End this week.
• Dota 2 now boasts over 10 million players.
• Netmarble and Visual Toys announced they'll launch MOBA Pirates: Treasure Hunter next month.
• Former pro League of Legends team Vulcan leaped into fantasy e-sports.
• MOBA Summoner's Legion opens its first official server this coming Wednesday.
• Way, way too many devs think MOBAs are smart and sustainable for it to actually remain true. Ahem.

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• Rumors are swirling about a possible "total reboot" for BioWare's episodic OARPG Shadow Realms.
• SMITE's world championships closed with half of a $2.6 million prize pool -- the third largest in e-sports history -- awarded to winners Cognitive Prime. SMITE also revealed character Hou Yi and opened Xbox One beta signups.
• Heroes of the Storm previewed hero league and draft mode, promised new skins and mounts, and posted a Brawl with the Blues event for this coming Wednesday. [Thanks, Dengar.]
• Valve declared that Dota 2's The International 2015 will take place from August 3rd to 8th in Seattle.
• Blizzard's Overwatch has already bumped into trademark issues.
• Hawkgirl arrives in Turbine MOBA Infinite Crisis on January 21st.
• Both Destiny's latest update and its holiday gift to players were guns. Lots of them.
• Elite: Dangerous is expanding both its team and its feature set, and it reversed its decision on how to handle the billionaire players created by last week's bug. Elite: Dangerous players also made headlines with their goal to chart out the whole galaxy for science.
• Blacklight: Retribution's Zombie Studios is shutting down, but the online shooter will live on.
• Hearthstone posted the winners of its ninth ranked season. Grats to SexyEnvelope. Great name too.
• MMO guild site Guild Launch rebranded as Gamer Launch in an attempt to target MOBA players.
• Check out this zombieless fan film honoring DayZ.
• Another university is adding League of Legends scholarships: Kentucky's University of Pikeville.
• War Thunder's WW2 Chronicles event series reached its fourth week.
• MOBA Chaos Heroes Online launched on Steam.
• Minecraft-like Planets³ is now in pre-alpha for pre-order players.
• And speaking of Minecraft: Mojang developer Nathan Adams tweeted that almost a million people were playing the blocky sandbox at what he said was a non-peak time on Friday.

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• Elite: Dangerous' server issues over the holiday created instant billionaires.
• Destiny is rumored to be due for yet another expansiaDLCpackaddonupdate. If you were hoping to upgrade your game to next-gen console, you can do so for free for a limited time.
• Hearthstone's new ranked season began; there's a new Maraad card to win too.
• League of Legends' Snowdown events come to a close tomorrowday.
• Path of Exile released its PvP Invitational standings to date.
• PlanetSide 2's John Smedley denied that implant changes in the game are a "money grab."
• Star Citizen's Chris Roberts looked back on a year of wild growth for the crowdfunded game.
• SMITE posted videos about Arachne's lore and wrapped up its Odyssey promotion.
• PlayStation Now is now offering subscription services.
• A talented player put Valve's Gabe Newell into Dota 2 as a shopkeeper.
• We dug into research suggesting non-causal links between emotional sensitivity and online games.
• Massively's Game Archaeologist discussed how DikuMUD shaped modern MMOs.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Destiny's rumored DLC, Elite's server blip, Hearthstone's new season

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• Shroud of the Avatar got a nice big update for the holidays as Release 13, um, released. The development team also rolled out the game's plans through early 2015, so you know there's stuff in the pipeline.
• World of Tanks rolled update 9.5 onto the live servers. It includes British tanks and a new map! Who doesn't love those things?
• After some worries regarding its future, TUG has confirmed that more investment capital is secured, thus placing fan concerns about the future of the project to rest for a little while.
• Marvel Heroes goes just a little bit crazy for Venom and all of his hastily added brain-eating ways. It's like the 90s Spider-books all over again.
• Some holiday or another took place over the week. One of the big ones. Halloween, maybe? We weren't paying close attention.

Continue reading Not So Massively: TUG gets funding, Shroud of the Avatar gets a plan, Marvel Heroes gets Venom

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• Jagex announced that it plans to shut down the Transformers Universe MOBA in January.
• Elite: Dangerous launched this week. We compared it to EVE Online and drooled over a ridiculously cool Elite-centered PC rig.
• SMITE explored Awilix in depth, kicked off Saturnalia, and announced a $2,000,000 prize pool for its World Championships. SMITECentral named it the 5th highest prize pool in e-sports history. [Thanks, Sorenthaz!]
• Star Citizen released Arena Commander 1.0.
• League of Legends issues a royal welcome to one and all to its Snowdown 2014 celebration.
• Hearthstone formally launched worldwide on Android devices.
• Marvel Heroes adds Venom and put almost everything in the game on sale for 50% off.
• MechWarrior Online patched in a 64-bit client.
• War Thunder's Steel Generals expansion beta is live.
• A Destiny player beat the expansion's new content solo.
• Riot Games tried to beat League of Legends hackers by hiring them.
• Undead Labs answered player questions about Moonrise.
• DayZ is adding a bunch of new themed items for the holidays. The team also posted an anniversary video.
• Infinite Crisis released playable Swamp Thing.
• MOBA Shards of War introduced new sentinel Bastion.
• After much delay, GTA Online will be getting heists next year.

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• Bungie's been banhammering Destiny players with modded consoles. The Dark Below, the game's first DLC, launched last week, but crazy people beat the raid within just a few hours and went back to mocking the Paul McCartney video.
• Hearthstone players struggled to buy the right expansion packs. But there's good news for (some) Android gamers: The game soft launched today on Google Play in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
• HEX released a new card set expansion, Shattered Destiny.
• Dota 2's engine updates forced Valve to cancel Frostivus events.
• Elite: Dangerous launches tomorrow.
• Marvel Heroes now features a female Wolverine.
• Path of Exile went live with its update 1.2 PvP revamp. It also released a video of Leo Redmane, Master of the Arena.
• Star Citizen's latest patch added another ship and the all-important drunk effects.
• The Crew corrected a bug that was accidentally erasing player stats.
• King of Wushu got new PS4 trailers at the Shanghai PS4 conference.
• SMITE doled out five videos full of advice on breaking into the games industry. There's also a new dev blog on Awilix, Goddess of the Moon.
• MechWarrior Online entered beta testing for Community Warfare.
• MMOFPS Dizzel formally launched.
• NetEase announced the English version of 3-D MOBA Wildfire.
• Shadowrun Online's December 17 update includes bigger parties, skill trees, co-op, and new missions.

Continue reading Not So Massively: HEX gets new cards, Dota 2 cancels Christmas, and Hearthstone lands on Android (sorta)

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• Hearthstone's first expansion, Goblins vs. Gnomes, launched earlier today after major balance tweaks last week.
• Ubisoft's action-driving MMO The Crew launched, landing at #6 on the UK charts.
• Destiny previewed The Dark Below and again rejected raid matchmaking.
• Over 27 million people tuned in to watch League of Legends' world finals.
• Zombie MOBA Dead Island: Epidemic launched into open beta.
• That rumor about a Borderlands MMO was true, though it's coming only to China.
• Warface will sunset on the Xbox 360 in February.
• Path of Exile prepped for its 1.3 update and tournament season one.
• Heroes of the Storm teased model updates and master skins.
• Infinite Crisis dredged up a playable Swamp Thing.
• Star Citizen's Hornet was made available to all backers.
• Frontier teased the Elite: Dangerous trailer and gave away old-school Elite for Mac.
• World of Speed profiled the BMW Z4 roadster in a new video.
• World of Warplanes taught us how to do a canopy roll.
• Nerd Kingdom told backers it's hopeful about an investor for TUG.
• Elvenar's devs posted a video preview of the MMORTS.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Hearthstone's expansion, The Crew's launch, and Dead Island: Epidemic's beta

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• League of Legends revealed Rek'Sai, the Void Burrower.
• Ubisoft pooh-poohed doubts about The Crew's launch tomorrow but refused to grant reviewers pre-launch access.
• Massively's Mike journeyed into Elite: Dangerous' gamma build.
• DayZ plans price hikes over the course of 2015 in the leadup to its 2016 launch.
• Path of Exile plans a massive PvP update for patch 1.3.
• Bungie's COO thinks Destiny and games like it -- so, you know, MMOs -- are special snowflakes that are too hard to review.
• Star Citizen eclipsed $63 million and added pets and a new $350 ship.
• The latest World of Speed vid showed off the Camaro and Mustang.
• Civilization Online demoed its character creation.
• Players datamined 37 Heroes of the Storm characters.
• Bigpoint's MOBA Shards of War introduced new Sentinel Zel.
• Heroes of Newerth put together a 526,372-piece LEGO replica of one of its zones.
• Multiple teams were expelled from the Dreamhack e-sports event over cheating.

Continue reading Not So Massively: LoL's Rek'Sai, DayZ's price hikes, and The Crew's launch

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• Elite: Dangerous navigated the refund controversy over its canceled offline mode.
• OFPS Ghost in the Shell unveiled its debut trailer at G-Star.
• Civilization Online posted a sweet new closed beta trailer.
• Blizzard explained the spare parts mechanic in Hearthstone's upcoming Goblins vs. Gnomes expansion.
• The opening cinematic for Destiny's upcoming expansion DLC was leaked. A demo version of the game is also now available. Bungie is reportedly planning more accommodation for solo play.
• This is how you stop exploits: Riot's paying out cash money to players who find League of Legends bugs. The studio's also working hard to disincentivize leavers.
• Tencent, Riot's main stakeholder, saw its Beijing offices vandalized earlier today.
• SMITE revealed Ao Kuang, the Dragon King of the Eastern Seas.
• Star Citizen explained its death mechanics.
• NCsoft's MOBA, Master X Master, is coming to mobile devices.
• MOBA TOME: Immortal Arena landed on Steam.
• The Crew launches its console beta tomorrow.
• Warframe's Archwing update hits consoles.
• World of Speed uploaded a new teaser focused on Toyota's Supra Mk 4.
• Ingress turned two years old and published an infographic to celebrate.
• GTA Online's character transfers are busted for accounts dormant since 2013.
• World of Tanks' Xbox 360 edition rolled out the German Maus heavy tank.
• The Order and Chaos MOBA, Heroes of Chaos, is due for a large mobile update.
• A StarCraft II player was booted from a tournament after tweeting about raping his female opponent.

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• Smilegate announced Lost Ark, a gorgeous Korean OARPG.
• Destiny updated with a massive 2.44 gig patch. One in five copies, claims Superdata, was sold digitally.
• Blizzard won its lawsuit against Legend of Crouching Dragon, an overt Hearthstone clone. A new HS trailer was also posted.
• Elite: Dangerous canceled the offline gameplay mode it promised during its Kickstarter campaign.
• Jagex announced potential layoffs affecting the Transformers Universe team.
• Dota 2's new update teases the Oracle.
• Warframe attempted to set a Guinness world record for moustaches (results are still pending, but over $9000 was raised -- yes, over 9000).
• Star Citizen's crowdfunding total topped $61 million.
• Riot Games found a way to reward the 95% of League of Legends players who are jerks.
• World of Warplanes celebrated its first anniversary.
• Mobile MOBA Vainglory launches on iOS tomorrowday.
• Infinite Crisis plans to release Arcane Supergirl in November.
• The Crew hyped its season pass in a new trailer.
• SMITE previewed new god Ao Kuang.
• Moonrise's devs discussed the game's PvP meta.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Destiny's patch, Hearthstone's lawsuit, and Lost Ark's reveal

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• Blizzard announced online team-shooter Overwatch at BlizzCon. Chris Metzen says Blizzard is trying to build a more representative game with less hypersexualization.
• Hearthstone is launching in December and getting a new expansion: Goblins vs. Gnomes.
• EA's MOBA Dawngate is shutting down in three months.
• League of Legends introduced Kalista, the Spear of Vengeance.
• MMOTCG HEX dropped its beta key requirement but denied that it is in open beta.
• Heroes of the Storm's closed beta starts January 13th. It's also getting a sweet Diablo III-themed map.
• Diablo III previewed its upcoming season. According to content designer Kevin Martens, Diablo was once considered for an MMO, but no longer.
• David Braben says Elite: Dangerous' December 16th launch date is "sensible."
• Star Citizen passed $60 million in fundraising.
• Quirky indie MMOFPS Hunternet boasts 700-player battles.
• World of Tanks' 9.4 patch added Stalingrad map and tweaked strongholds.
• The Crew hinted at a new "PvP mode" and season passes.
• MechWarrior Online's latest dev vlog covered inner sphere quirks and faction switching.
• Ubisoft said that The Division's PC experience won't suffer because of consoles.
• Some jerk swatted a Bungie/Destiny exec; the internet demands prison time for said jerk.
• The latest World of Speed vid features nearly four minutes of gameplay.
• Bigpoint's Shards of War introduced a new sentinel, Vox.
• Undead Labs discussed balance in Moonrise.
• Dota is now the subject of a course at Chongqing Energy College in China.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Overwatch's reveal, Hearthstone's expansion, and Dawngate's sunset

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Kalista is a marksman who cooperates with her Soul-Bound to deal substantial sustained damage, access her full repertoire of abilities and wither her enemies under her relentless assault. Kalista’s potential is unlocked by solid communication and cooperation with allies rather than raw mechanical skill. While still capable in her own right, Kalista misses out on Soul-Marked's bonus damage and effective use of her ult without direct cooperation from her ally.

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• Hearthstone sent out two waves of bans and fueled speculation about the title of the upcoming expansion. Concept art suggests something gnomish is afoot.
• Bungie announced that Destiny's The Dark Below expansion will launch December 9th and cost around 20 bucks. The studio also buffed Vault of Glass to make it less steamrollable.
• The alpha for Shadow Realms, BioWare's story-driven OARPG, has been delayed.
• Star Citizen demoed its FPS mode at PAX Australia and released version 0.9.2 of Arena Commander.
• Undead Labs discussed how combat will work in OARPG Moonrise.
• SMITE revealed Nox, Goddess of the Night, just in time for Halloween.
• Blizzard announced a Diablo III Legendary Workshop for BlizzCon.
• Path of Exile is now accepting Karma Koins as currency.
• Elite: Dangerous' third beta went live with new systems, ships, and interdiction mechanics.
• The Crew released PC system specs and prepped another round of closed beta for consoles.
• War Thunder prepared to roll out its US-flavored Steel Generals update.
• King of Wushu demoed its incredible-for-a-MOBA graphics... and flowing hair.
• Motiga says it will be adding "thousands" of new alpha testers to MOBA Gigantic.
• World of Tanks added the French tech tree, 28 new tanks, and two new maps to its Xbox version.
• World of Warships detailed the mechanics of aircraft carriers.
• MOBA Skara: The Blade Remains debuted in early access on Steam.
• TOME: Immortal Arena will launch on Steam on November 21st.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Hearthstone's bans, Destiny's expansion, and Shadow Realms' alpha delay

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• League of Legends is poised to generate $1 billion in annual revenue.
• Hearthstone announced plans to release for smartphones early next year.
• Juggernaut is Marvel Heroes' 40th playable character.
• Shroud of the Avatar posted release 11 and prepared to debut on Steam.
• SMITE's oceanic servers went live today.
• Infinite Crisis revealed creepy alien starfish Starro, a new playable hero.
• Star Citizen detailed its ship design pipeline.
• Guns of Icarus Online overhauled progression and matching.
• Path of Exile deployed patch 1.2.4 and posted the schedule and prizes for its next season.
• The McLaren F1 landed in World of Speed, the only place you can afford one.
• F.E.A.R. Online launched on Steam.
• Crossplatform mobile MMO Arcane Legends infographic reveals 15 million installs.
• Check out new footage from Square's MOBA Lord of Vermilion.

Continue reading Not So Massively: LoL's billion, SOTA's Steam debut, and Hearthstone's smartphone plans

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Continue reading EVE Evolved: Fixing EVE's player activity

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Continue reading League of Legends reimagines Sion, the undead juggernaut

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• Star Citizen hit 55 million in crowdfunding funds, setting a new Guinness record for "the largest crowdfunding anything of all time." Chris Roberts says the team is working even harder on new ships.
• SMITE formally revealed Sylvanus, Keeper of the Wild.
• Destiny considered matchmaking tools, confirmed DLC leaks.
• Massively's Mike Foster streamed the aftermath of Dota 2's 6.82 patch.
• Elite: Dangerous launched Beta 2. Beta 3 is scheduled to begin October 28th.
• Massively's Game Archaeologist investigated the Habitat restoration project.
• Shroud of the Avatar's update 10 stressed stability and challenge dungeons.
• Hearthstone's October 2014 ranked play season has a Halloween theme.
• Path of Exile outlined its plans for race season nine and Hall of Grandmasters development.
• GTA Online launched its Last Team Standing update.
• Chaos Heroes Online entered open beta with a brand-new trailer.
• State of Decay announced it's sold two million copies.
• World of Tanks released its Tank Rally mode.
• Dawngate released a producer's letter, new Ronan video, and a new patch.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Star Citizen's Guinness record, Dota 2's mega patch, and GTAO's last team standing

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Continue reading The Stream Team: Dota 2's 6.82 madness

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• Path of Exile announced a total of 7,000,000 registrations, 154,000 peak player concurrency, and a new patch today.
• SMITE's patch notes reveal Sylvanus, Keeper of the Wild.
• Bungie closed Destiny's loot cave with a nerfing patch. Unsurprisingly, there's a new loot cave. There's also a soundtrack on iTunes and a bunch of leaks about what's coming in the expansions.
• Global Agenda 2's closed beta is expected "before the end of the year if all goes well," says Hi-Rez.
• Hearthstone's sixth season is coming to an end.
• League of Legends is introducing ranked restrictions for toxic players.
• Diablo III's latest patch improved pets, Greater Rifts, and Witch Doctors.
• The Crew's console closed beta launches tomorrow.
• TUG halved its staff to stay afloat.
• Star Citizen hit $54 million in crowdfunds with a letter from Chris Roberts.
• Transformers Universe rolls out Pandemic and Outsider.
• World of Speed put out another cruising vid, this one on the Ford Mustang.
• Infinite Crisis introduced Nightmare Robin and Atomic Joker.
• Line of Defense suffered Steam early access mishaps when a misfiling allowed players to download it for free.
• Warframe deployed Update 14.5 with a new video.
• Check out the splash page for Dota 2's 6.82 Rekindling Soul update.
• World of Tanks' 9.3 update targets "unsportsmanlike" behavior.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Patches for Destiny, Path of Exile, and Diablo III

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• Riot released Imagine Dragons' League of Legends song for free.
• Project Morpheus is 85% complete.
• SMITE published The Great XBox Caper to much lulz.
• Diablo III is buffing pets.
• Elite: Dangerous will launch beta 2 on September 30th.
• Zombies Monsters Robots landed on Steam and previewed its upcoming T-Rekt patch.
• We took a look at StarCraft II from an MMO player's perspective.
• Strife previewed three new incoming heroes.
• Richard Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar sought and achieved Steam Greenlighting.
• Our sister site Joystiq took a look at co-op shooter Battleborn.
• Destiny was targeted with DDoS attacks and released its first raid, already beaten.
• Google released a new introductory video for its MMOARG, Ingress.
• TUG advanced to the Bronze age with a new trailer.
• FPSMOBA Grimoire asked for Kickstarter funding amid controversy.
• World of Warships released a class mechanics video.
• Tank racing coming to World of Tanks on September 29th.
• MOBA Dragons & Titans revamped its business model.
• Skara released a new trailer.
• Heroes of the Storm is being wiped one more time in prep for the final phase of alpha.

Continue reading Not So Massively: SOTA's greenlight campaign, LoL's free song, and Destiny's first raid

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Continue reading Get Imagine Dragons' League of Legends song for free

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• Massively's Justin investigated how Hellgate survived being Flagshipped.
• We examined MMOTCG HEX's closed beta and compared it to Hearthstone.
• Elite: Dangerous' pricing scheme was announced.
• Kukulkan, Serpent of the Nine Winds, slithered into SMITE.
• Marvel Heroes welcomed Rogue into its fold.
• The Crew fired up a new gameplay trailer.
• Star Citizen's racing module went live; the team also announced Citizen Con for October.
• Riot Games kicked off a new e-sports documentary.
• Chaos Heroes Online is now in closed beta.
• Heroes of the Storm introduced a 64-bit client for its technical alpha.
• Wanna hear snippets of MMO composer Chance Thomas' Dota 2 score?
• Sci-fi sandbox Beyond Sol angled for Steam greenlighting.
• A new World of Speed trailer wub wubbed its way through Moscow.
• TUG says multiplayer is still on the way.
• DayZ reminds everyone what early access really means.
• Hearthstone planned balance changes, including nerfs to the Leeroy Jenkins card.
• Vainglory is a new MOBA for Apple fanatics.
• Players discovered a serious Diablo III exploit.
• And of course, Destiny launched, patched, and made a bajillion dollars and scored a free song its first week.

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• Destiny is now live! Did you catch the launch trailers?
• League of Legends is rebooting its lore.
• The Stomping Land vanished from Steam.
• What do you play while waiting for Star Citizen's delayed Arena Commander module?
• We looked at Upsilon Circuit, Tome, and Wander at PAX Prime.
• Path of Exile unveiled more of the Hall of the Grandmasters and new flame effects.
• Phantasy Star Online 2's western release isn't a lost cause.
• The Witcher MOBA is now in closed beta on Android.
• Hearthstone announces its sixth season and a new piratey card back.
• Elite: Dangerous released its latest newsletter, this one on exploration.
• Warframe launched on the Xbox One.
• R2Games announced Mythborne, a new OARPG.
• ESPN's head honcho says e-sports aren't sports.
• Firefly Online is recruiting beta testers. (Thanks, Natasha.)

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• Massively's Justin took The Crew's beta and Shroud of the Avatar out for a spin.
• Dota 2 landed e-sports on the front page of the New York Times over the weekend.
• We took a look at MOBAs Strife (now in open beta) and Heroes of the Storm at PAX Prime. HOTS released an interactive battleground page as well.
• Star Citizen's Arena Commander V0.9 patch was delayed.
• Diablo III's 2.10 patch released with week of in-game bonuses.
• Why Marvel Heroes is the industry's surprise success story.
• We talked to the Hearthstone team, which just added a new member, about its upcoming expansion (yes, another one). The latest season of ranked play has now ended.
• Chaos Heroes Online posted a new core features video.
• Elite: Dangerous' latest newsletter discusses upcoming mission additions.
• We got the scoop on State of Decay and Moonrise at PAX.
• NGames announced closed beta for Call of Alliance.
• Pre-order Destiny on Xbox One to pre-load it before launch.
• Heroes & Generals topped 2.6 million registered players.
• We gave away a ton of Dizzel in-game item keys.
• Motiga introduced two new Gigantic heroes via livestream and showed off new gameplay footage.
• TUG's latest update included predators, apothecary, alchemy, and terrain tweaks.

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• Remember Hellgate? It's back, this time on Steam Greenlight.
• Path of Exile launched its Forsaken Masters minispansion.
• Destiny devs explained its lack of trade functionality, released its launch trailer, and took the ice bucket challenge.
• GTA Online's San Andreas Flight School update released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
• SMITE released new Mayan god Cabrakan and a reward program for its world championships.
• Star Citizen's next stretch goal is a player dispute staff position at CIG.
• The Witcher: Battle Arena mobile game launched a trailer and Android beta signups.
• World of Warplanes added a new PvE mode called Battle Against Bots.
• Transformers Universe introduced two new heroes, Macro and Firebreaker.
• The latest Elite: Dangerous newsletter featured the mechanics of outposts and smuggling.
• Hearthstone released another wing of its Naxxramas expansion: Frostwyrm Lair.
• Diablo III's Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition landed in brick-and-mortar stores.
• MOBA Chaos Heroes posted a video describing its development history.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Hellgate's resurrection, Path of Exile's expansion, and Destiny's launch trailer

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• We took an exclusive first look at Path of Exile's Tora, Master of the Hunt.
• Destiny released Mars and Venus trailers and announced its first expansion.
• BioWare announced Shadow Realms, a D&D-inspired co-op dungeon crawler.
• Lineage Eternal's first closed beta is coming to Korea this winter.
• SMITE is headed to the Xbox One.
• Heroes of the Storm revealed new heroes Anub'arak, Azmodan, and Chen Stormstout.
• Shroud of the Avatar posted its opening cinematic (it's after the break).
• Diablo III previewed its new Vault content.
• War Thunder promises a 360-degree panoramic VR view with Project Morpheus.
• The Crew is coming to Xbox 360 but not PS3 or Wii U.
• Elite: Dangerous elaborated on the Stellar Forge system in a new newsletter.
• League of Legends spotlighted Gnar in a new video.
• Riot Games is starting programs to help support retired e-sports players.
• DayZ is headed to the PlayStation 4.
• Warframe announced new Archwing gameplay mode.
• Skara: The Blade Remains plans its launch for October 9th.

Continue reading Not So Massively: Path of Exiles' Master of the Hunt, Destiny's expansion, and BioWare's Shadow Realms

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