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WoW Economist Looks at Catacylsm Guild Economics
What could cataclysm bring about for guild talents
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Posted on Sat, November 7, 2009 by Xerin
What could cataclysm bring about for guild talents
The WoW Economist is back, if you already didn't know, and has a few top notch articles already out there. The latest one, about Guild Economics in Cataclysm, has a really good line about what if...
Aion Updated Patch Notes Introduces Many Fixes
Aether extraction captcha and broker search options round out an interesting list
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Posted on Sat, November 7, 2009 by Savanja
Aether extraction captcha and broker search options round out an interesting list
With the already bursting patch notes list for Aion patch 1.5.1, NCsoft has added to the preliminary list with even more fixes and updates. While the new additions are primarily minor changes...
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Free Character Moves for Select PvP Realms
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Mem
In an attempt to balance a few select realms Blizzard will be offering free character transfers. These transfers became available today (November 5) at 11:15am PST and will be ending Thursday,...
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New Blizzard Store Items
Get yours today
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Mem
Get yours today
Today Blizzard released two unique purchasable pets: Pandaren Monk, and Lil‘ K.T. Each pet is ten dollars each and can be found on the online store in the Collectibles tab. Half of the proceeds...
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Aion Clings to Digital Top 10
Still topping sales charts a month after release
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Savanja
Still topping sales charts a month after release
After topping digital download charts for pre-orders and continuing to dominate after release, Aion is finally dropping to the bottom of the top 10 a month after release. Direct2Drive and Steam...
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Dragon Age: Origins - Inspiring Musicians
Crossing over into the mainstream.
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Dalmarus
Crossing over into the mainstream.

Gamers aren't the only people creating everything they can to show their appreciation for BioWare's latest RPG masterpiece, Dragon Age: Origins. Musical groups have gotten on board to show...
- Dragon Age Origins
Lavasoft Develops New Version of Ad-Aware for Online Gamers
New anti-spyware program made for gamers.
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Martuk
New anti-spyware program made for gamers.
Lavasoft, makers of the popular Ad-Aware Internet security software have developed a new version of Ad-Aware specifically aimed at gamers. The latest version offers real-time anti-virus and...
Frogster Unveils New Raid Details for Runes of Magic
Flame dragon raid instance coming to RoM.
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Martuk
Flame dragon raid instance coming to RoM.
Runes of Magic players will be engaged by a new challenge soon. Frogster has announced details about a new 12 man raiding instance coming to the game with one of the coming updates. Players will...
- Runes of Magic
Star Trek Online Developer's Diary Explains Episode Missions
Episode missions used to evolve STO storyline.
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Martuk
Episode missions used to evolve STO storyline.
Cryptic has released a new developer's diary explaining the episode missions in Star Trek Online (STO). Episode missions play much like an episode of the TV shows and draw the player in to...
- Star Trek Online
Aion Veteran Rewards Now Available
Subscribers finally reap the rewards of membership
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Posted on Thu, November 5, 2009 by Savanja
Subscribers finally reap the rewards of membership
The first month of veteran rewards are now available for players to activate on their Aion accounts. These rewards will generally be available on the first of every month for active players, but...
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Champions Online : New Patch Today
Cryptic updates CO with another patch.
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Posted on Wed, November 4, 2009 by mattlow
Cryptic updates CO with another patch.
Cryptic updates their superhero MMOG, Champions Online, with another patch today. The main purpose of this patch is to fix stability issues with their databases.

You can read the patch notes here.
- Champions Online
New PTR Patch Notes
Arena points without the Arenas?
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Posted on Wed, November 4, 2009 by Messiah
Arena points without the Arenas?
One of the things that stands out as the strangest item I have seen in a patch is the addition of arena points to battlegrounds. Huh? Aren't arena points by definition supposted to come from...
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- Wrath of the Lich King
World of Warcraft Fifth Anniversary Sweepstakes!
Five years already?
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Posted on Tue, November 3, 2009 by Messiah
Five years already?
It seems like it was just the other day... Wow, does time fly when you're having fun. Blizzard is getting ready to celebrate 5 years of WoW. Check out the news post for more details.

This...
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- Wrath of the Lich King
MMOG Gamers Target of Worm Attacks According to Microsoft Security Report
Worm attacks target MMOG gamers.
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Posted on Tue, November 3, 2009 by Martuk
Worm attacks target MMOG gamers.
Make sure that Internet security is up to date. MMOG gamers seem to be the target of Worm and malicious software attacks according to a recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report called...
Al Rivera Talks About Federation and Klingon Factions in Star Trek Online
Al Rivera talks Star Trek Online.
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Posted on Tue, November 3, 2009 by Martuk
Al Rivera talks Star Trek Online.
Star Trek Online lead designer Al Rivera recently spoke with incgamers.com about the upcoming MMOG and what players can expect in the Federation and Klingon conflict. Al also touched on the...
- Star Trek Online
Turbine Extends Pre-Launch Offers for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood Through November 18th
Pre-launch offers extended for Siege of Mirkwood.
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Posted on Tue, November 3, 2009 by Martuk
Pre-launch offers extended for Siege of Mirkwood.
Turbine has extended its pre-launch offer for Siege of Mirkwood (SoM), the upcoming expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online. Players now have until November 18 to take advantage of the pre-order...
- Lord of the Rings Online
Alganon Heads to Open Beta November 11, 2009
Alganon prepares to enter open beta.
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Posted on Tue, November 3, 2009 by Martuk
Alganon prepares to enter open beta.
Quest Online has announced that Alganon will enter open beta on November 11, 2009. Players who want to participate can register to do so on one of Alganon's affiliate sites or the Alganon
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World of Warcraft: Chinese Servers Shut Down Again
Chinese gamers in store for a long period of Tuesday morning blues.
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Posted on Tue, November 3, 2009 by Medawky
Chinese gamers in store for a long period of Tuesday morning blues.
In the continuing on again-off again saga that has come to define Blizzards operations in China, the games servers have once again gone dark. The perpetual tuesday morning that Chinese gamers...
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SOE Joins Forces with Wizards of the Coast to Develop Magic: The Gathering - Tactics
Two powerhouses combine to create a new game.
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Posted on Tue, November 3, 2009 by Martuk
Two powerhouses combine to create a new game.
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) has joined forces with Wizards of the Coast to develop Magic: The Gathering - Tactics, a new online, 3D turn-based strategy game based in the Magic: The Gathering...
2009 Blizzard Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners
At least some people have hobbies other than playing WoW
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Posted on Mon, November 2, 2009 by Messiah
At least some people have hobbies other than playing WoW
It looks like these people have some serious time to devout to hobbies other than playing WoW 24/7. Pumpkin carving at this level is a very serious skill! Awesome work guys.

We're frightened....
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- Wrath of the Lich King