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Deaf Destiny Player Highlights Subtitle Issue

A hearing-impaired Destiny player going by the handle tigersharkdude created a thread on the Destiny subreddit requesting that Bungie flesh out the subtitles for various bits of NPC dialogue in the…

September 17, 2016 | 09:19 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion First Impressions

As a developer, Blizzard has always chosen to master a video game genre instead of innovating it. While the Warcraft and Starcraft RTS games were far from being the first in the genre, they are…

September 15, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Private Match Making Launches Early for Destiny: Rise of Iron

The latest major update for Destiny called Rise of Iron is now a week away and on top on a new raid, strikes, and more private matchmaking is going to be added. The private matchmaking has launched…

September 13, 2016 | 03:00 EDT

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World of Warcraft Players Discovered a Hidden World Boss

Game developers sometimes like to throw little secrets into their games for players to discover, granted they know how to discover it in the first place. These secrets range from easter eggs…

September 7, 2016 | 09:45 EDT

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Destiny - The Collection Announced

When Bungie released Destiny's third expansion The Taken King they also announced a full-priced retail version of the game that included all the content released up to that point in one handy package…

August 27, 2016 | 09:01 EDT

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Overhyped Games: Destiny – A Warning for the Rise of Iron DLC

When success in the video game industry is often measured in increments of millions, it should come as no surprise that most high profile games are under a huge amount of scrutiny from the day that a…

August 22, 2016 | 02:00 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion Devs Breaking Some Raid Assist Addons

Fan-made addons are a staple of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and have been since the game’s release in 2004. Before Blizzard implemented quest tracking the idea incubated from an addon. This happened…

August 22, 2016 | 01:45 EDT

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Destiny: The Taken King PS Exclusives Extended Another Year

Sleight of hand on details is nothing new to publisher Activision, and it appears to have made another appearance in the case of Destiny: The Taken King. Not too long after removing the option to buy…

August 20, 2016 | 08:12 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion Pre-Expansion Patch Coming July 19

It's only a few relatively short weeks away until World of Warcraft players around the globe can take the fight to the Burning legion to make Azeroth great again! In preparation of this, developer…

July 16, 2016 | 10:48 EDT

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Destiny Hunter and Warlock Figurines Revealed

Whatever you might think of Bungie's Destiny, one area where the game has definitely succeeded is in the art department. If you crave something a little less digital to showcase your love for the…

July 5, 2016 | 10:03 EDT

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Destiny Phasing Out Legacy Consoles

Bungie has announced that Destiny: Rise of Iron will only be available on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which means that they are leaving the Legacy consoles, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, behind…

June 25, 2016 | 05:24 EDT

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E3 2016 - Elder Scrolls Online to Receive Customization; Housing DLC

The Elder Scrolls Online is not finished with just The Dark Brotherhood expansion.  During E3 this year, Bethesda confirmed that The Elder Scrolls Online will be receiving more DLC packs for…

June 19, 2016 | 04:33 EDT

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E3 2016 - Elder Scrolls Online Comes to Japan, Removes All Level Restrictions, Debuts Dark Brotherhood Trailer

Bethesda showcased the Dark Brotherhood DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online, debuting the worldwide launch trailer. In it, we see the initiation of the Dark Brother, with stealth kill animations and…

June 12, 2016 | 11:49 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion Gets Series of Animated Shorts

With the August 30 release of the newest expansion pack for Blizzard Entertainment's perpetual cash cow World of Warcraft looming just over the horizon, the American MMO-giant will be starting their…

June 12, 2016 | 12:15 EDT

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Destiny- Rise of Iron Reveal

The livestream reveal for Destiny’s third expansion, Rise of Iron, was congested with upcoming news and features. The stream thrillingly began with a cinematic trailer that featured the Iron Banner’s…

June 10, 2016 | 09:37 EDT

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Destiny: Rise of Iron DLC information from cached page

Bungie is currently preparing for a live stream tomorrow to talk about the next large Destiny expansion. A variety of leaks have appeared though revealing plenty of news about the upcoming Rise of…

June 8, 2016 | 11:30 EDT

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Vanilla World Of Warcraft Private Server Releases Update

Nostalrius Begins, a private World of Warcraft server that was recently thrust into the limelight due to Blizzard Entertainment shutting them down, has released a new statement on their official…

May 1, 2016 | 06:21 EDT

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Bungie Responds to Rumors of Destiny Expansion

Bungie has responded to rumors about their upcoming expansion for Destiny according to Gamespot. The rumors trace back to a post on /r/DestinyTheGame. The post discusses a Reddit account with…

April 30, 2016 | 08:51 EDT

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Are Games Like The Division and Destiny Doomed to Repeat History?

For the past decade or so, games have effectively copied each other, integrating the best mechanics of certain genres and improving upon them if needed. Now that's not to say that that's a bad thing…

April 28, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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The Legion comes to World of Warcraft August 30th

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that Legion, the newest expansion for World of Warcraft, will be launching August 30th of this year. Legion is currently available for pre-order and boasts a…

April 18, 2016 | 11:51 EDT

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The Best New Weapons in Destiny (After the Update)

While Destiny's latest update isn't filled to the brim with fresh content per se, it did do two things very well: it made some significant Quality of Life improvements (infusion and loot drops are…

April 18, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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[Updated] Petition for Legacy World of Warcraft Servers Passes 230k

Update: As of 11:30 AM EST on April 26th, 2016 – the petition for Legacy World of Warcraft servers has now reached over 235,000 signatures. Original Article: World of Warcraft, the highly…

April 16, 2016 | 03:20 EDT

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Destiny April Update: What You Need To Know

With Destiny's year two content in full swing, it's time for another big update that adds new content and features to the sci-fi/fantasy shooter on consoles! This update adds a rather large amount of…

April 12, 2016 | 08:00 EDT

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Prominent World of Warcraft Vanilla Server Shut Down By Blizzard

Private servers have been a part of MMO culture for as long as the genre exists, and they have been a particularly stinging thorn in the side of the developers running their official servers. These…

April 7, 2016 | 08:00 EDT

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Most Anticipated Games of 2016 – World of Warcraft: Legion

There is no question that World of Warcraft has been in some turbulent, up-and-down times recently, with subscribers in a definite gradual decline. I personally haven't played WoW on a regular basis…

February 24, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Announces Wipe, Launch Plans

  The Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues's developers Portalarium have announced that the title's final wipe will be for July 28th, 2016. Things that are to be wiped include 'social data' such…

January 29, 2016 | 06:22 EST

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Elder Scrolls Online to get Thieves Guild DLC

Bethesda and Zenimax Online have given details on the upcoming Thieves Guild DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online. Players can expect a new zone and quests that will take them across all of Tamriel.…

January 22, 2016 | 01:55 EST

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World of Warships: Rule the Mighty Seas

  My first game from WarGaming was World of Tanks. It’s a good game, and the concept is insanely simple.  Take tanks from the first half of the 20th century from the major world powers of that era…

January 20, 2016 | 09:00 EST

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Destiny Introduces Level Boost Microtransactions

Destiny players worldwide can now purchase a boost to level 25 for each of their individual characters, should they choose to speed up their leveling process. The new purchasable microtransactions…

December 15, 2015 | 12:56 EST

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New Destiny Weekly Update Outlines Future Content

It's been a good few months to be a Destiny player. The Taken King brought with it a slew of improvements to the game, and players can now race their sparrows against other Guardians in the Sparrow…

December 11, 2015 | 10:33 EST

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Destiny Sparrow Racing League Tips and Tricks

Welcome to the December event for Destiny, it's 3 weeks of pro-sparrow racing with the Sparrow Racing League. This is a brand new take on Destiny as you put away your guns and race around a couple of…

December 8, 2015 | 10:47 EST

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Bungie Confirms They Won't Have Major DLC For Destiny's Taken King

The Taken King, Destiny's most recent DLC, released in September before all of the major fall releases of 2015 and yet millions of hours continue to be played. Competing with Fallout 4, Halo 5, and…

December 8, 2015 | 04:11 EST

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Solar Titans Get Nerfed In Latest Destiny Update

If you, like me, are one of those guardians that immediately runs in the opposite directions of wherever that dreaded 'clink' sound from a Titan activating its Hammer of Sol ability comes from,…

December 7, 2015 | 08:30 EST

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Destiny's King's Fall Raid Gets Challenge Mode

After Bungie saw that a lot of players breezed through Destiny: The Taken King's major raid 'King's Fall', the ex-Halo developer decided to implement a new mode to breathe new life into the raid.…

December 1, 2015 | 09:30 EST

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PAX Australia 2015 – Master Of Orion and World Of Warships

As part of TechRaptor's PAX Australia 2015 coverage, I was lucky enough to sit down and have a chat with Randall King and Max Chuvalov of Wargaming.net to talk to them about their recently released…

November 10, 2015 | 01:00 EST

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BlizzCon 2015: World of Warcraft: Legion Panel

Blizzard Entertainment has released a ton of information for their newest expansion for World of Warcraft: Legion today, and as a result here is a roundup of the most prominent news that resulted…

November 6, 2015 | 09:31 EST

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Activision Claims Paid DLC and Microtransactions Can Co-Exist During Destiny Earnings Call

Last month, Bungie announced a plan to introduce cosmetic microtransactions to Destiny, and mentioned that this would allow the smaller future story content patches to be released for free. However,…

November 5, 2015 | 10:00 EST

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World Of Warcraft Subs Down To 5.5 Million

After Blizzard Entertainment announced in their quarterly report released in August that the number of active subscribers to their World of Warcraft MMO had dipped to 5.6 million subscribers in the…

November 3, 2015 | 05:04 EST

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No, Destiny is not going Pay-to-Win

A rumor has been circulating this morning with the latest update to Bungie's popular FPS Destiny. After the new patch came out, the data-mining began so that avid fans of the game could see whether…

October 14, 2015 | 03:15 EDT

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Destiny to get Microtransactions For Cosmetics

Destiny's latest update The Taken King has now been out for almost a month and people are still logging in like crazy. The latest news is coming from the Bungie Blog. Cosmetic items and emotes will…

October 6, 2015 | 12:28 EDT

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Destiny 2.0 – What Changes Have Been Made in Preparation for Oryx?

Destiny 2.0, the latest update to Bungie's multiplayer shooter dropped yesterday, and this one changes a lot! Destiny was originally released last year on the 9th of September to great excitement for…

September 10, 2015 | 12:39 EDT

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Bungie adding Restrictions and Bans to Destiny

Destiny is reaching its one year anniversary as well as the release of the new DLC The Taken King and with it security seems to also be tightening. Earlier this week Deej, Bungie's Community Manager…

August 14, 2015 | 10:23 EDT

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Bungie Explains $40 price tag for Destiny: The Taken King

Bungie's community boss, Eric Osborne, has gone on the record saying that, "[he] doesn't have any trouble saying that The Taken King is well more than twice as much content as the Dark Below." …

August 11, 2015 | 04:10 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion – Mixed Feelings

World of Warcraft: Legion, the newest World of Warcraft expansion, was announced yesterday at Gamescom 2015. As a fan of the lore and occasional player of the game, I was incredibly excited, even…

August 7, 2015 | 11:00 EDT

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Blizzard Gamescom 2015 - World of Warcraft Expansion Announcement

For the last briefing of Gamescom 2015, it's a big one; World of Warcraft is getting a new expansion. With a roaring crowd and a big stage, we're told of the steps that this briefing will take. It…

August 6, 2015 | 03:44 EDT

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Bungie Previews Upcoming Destiny Patch

Bungie has released a preview of its forthcoming Destiny update entitled “Destiny Weapon Tuning 2.0.” As the title suggests, the patch is intended to address a number of weapon balance issues,…

July 17, 2015 | 06:34 EDT

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Blizzard's Mishandling of Warlords of Draenor

When Blizzard announced last year that they wanted to release an expansion to World of Warcraft every year, I didn't really care because it never seemed to be a possibility. They've wanted to do this…

July 6, 2015 | 01:00 EDT

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What is The Plan for Destiny and Why is it Turning Fans Into Foes?

Destiny is a game that from the get go had fans praising it, as well as many others questioning aspects of the game, from how long it takes to complete, to how little story there was and even the…

June 27, 2015 | 12:00 EDT