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No one does space combat quite like Eve Online. With the launch of the game's 12th free expansion lurking around the corner, patrons of the Eve Online universe are preparing for the changes that will be introduced with Dominion when it goes live on December 1st, 2009. This week CCP sent us the new Eve Online: Dominion trailer for your viewing pleasure. The latest trailer shows a massive battle, a scene that may become all too common once Dominion goes live with its new sovereignty changes.

• Check out the new trailer here.

The story leading up to the beginning of Star Trek Online is filled with conflict and catching up on all the lore can take a lot of reading. However, this week Cryptic sent us the second video in their Future Past series, detailing events that lead up to the setting of Star Trek Online such as the Klingon war with the Gorn and the growing tensions with the Federation. The plot thickens with the return of Species 8472 as they try to infitrate the Klingon and Gorn empires.

• Check out the video here.

Star Trek Online is less than 3 months away from launch, so it's time to start brushing up on your ship to ship combat and customization skills. This week Cryptic sent us two videos to help sharpen your knowledge with the Bridge trailer and Space Combat Part 1 narrated by Craig Zinkievich, Executive Producer and Daniel Stahl, Producer, Star Trek Online.

• Check out the videos here.

Sony Online Entertainment recently announced that pre-orders for EverQuest 2: Sentinel's Fate are now available and with the announcement came several new screenshots and a new game trailer, which includes a look at the newest content in the game's latest expansion. Find out how the lands of Odus have changed over the last 500 years in Norrath.

• Check out the new video here.

Update One to Dungeons and Dragons: Eberron Unlimited launched last week, and a whole new adventure pack is available. Jump into the Vale of Twilight for levels 17 and above and purge the malevolence. The thirteen moons of Zen'drik have aligned and the battle is at its peak.

Watch the video trailer here.

Are you thinking about rolling an alt? Do you want the benefits of healing without the responsibility of being expected to do it in groups? Perhaps a Chanter is right up your alley. Know what's in store for your mid to end game skills with our handy little guide here at Ten Ton Hammer. It involves plenty of staff twirling!

Your hybrid future can be revealed here!

Warhammer Online is about to kick off a Mass Playtest for patch 1.3.3 on its Test Server: Warpstone. Players are being invited to join the developers for two nights of testing and a chance to win some in-game prizes. The event will begin Tuesday, December 1st, 2009, at 8:00 PM EST and will conclude on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009, at 8:00 PM EST.

It's that time yet again!

Time to kick off the 1.3.3 PTS Mass Playtests on everyone's favorite Public Test Server: Warpstone. Come and join the WAR Dev team for two nights of testing and your chance to win an Enslaved Manticore or Imperial Griffon Mount and be amongst the first to see the all new WAR Report feature!

We will hosting two events next week, this first one starting on Tuesday, 12/1/2009, at 8:00 PM EST. This first test will be previewing and putting the WAR Report through it's paces. On Thursday, 12/3/2009, at 8:00 PM EST we'll be conducting a mass battle royale stability test, so come on out and check out the shiny (literally!) new HDR and Bloom graphic features as you storm the PTS battlefield!

As always, we thank you for your continued support and we'll see you on the PTS!

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Eve Online: Dominion is scheduled to go live this Tuesday, but with all big patches comes healthy server downtime. Make other plans this day as the estimated downtime for Eve Online is roughly 19 hours. Deployment is scheduled to begin at 02:00 GMT/UTC and is estimated to end at 21:00 GMT/UTC.

Deployment of EVE Online: Dominion will begin at 02:00 GMT/UTC on Tuesday, December 1, 2009.

Downtime is expected to last for 19 hours and we expect to be back up at 21:00 GMT/UTC. Tranquility will be offline for the duration of the deployment. The EVE API will be unavailable during this time and the EVE website, Account Management and forums, which will be disabled temporarily, will be restored later in the day. Pilots are advised to set a long-training skill for the duration of the deployment. Patch notes can be found here: http://www.eveonline.com/updates/patchnotes.asp

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Every now and again you come across a well written blog that makes you go "Ah yeah, that is EXACTLY what I was thinking!" Keen and Graev's recent entry regarding Aion's first two months and commentary regarding the Vision video trailer did just that for me.

Aion suffers from late game syndrome. You can’t PvP until the late game (don’t tell me you can or I’ll tell you to go PvP at level 30 and report your success). You can’t do many of the things that represent Aion as a complete experience until the late game. What does it need to do to correct this problem? Introduce more content. It’s as simple as that. Give me more dungeons 30-35. Give me more quests. Give me more rewards. Let it take just as long if you’re really that set on keeping it a steep curve, but give me something to do to take my mind off of it.

You can read the rest of Keen's point of view on their blog.

Does this sum up the concerns of the community overall? It seems like NCsoft has a pretty good summarized list of fixes and all it takes is a little time to get it all together. Get in your two kinah by clicking the "Post your comments" link below and posting your thoughts.

BioWare didn't take this Friday off as Star Wars: The Old Republic has just gotten some new screenshots of Princess Leia's home planet of Alderaan, the newest planet announced for SWTOR. You can view the new screenshots of Alderaan here. Make sure to check out the new details on the HoloNet as too!