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Ion Hazzikostas & the World of Warcraft Team Agree: Class Pruning Has Gone Too Far

In the new World of Warcraft Dev Insights video published today, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas spends several minutes speaking to one of the largest community concerns since Warlords of Draenor: Class pruning. While there have been good changes in terms of removing redundant abilities, there has been an overall dissatisfaction with how far those cuts went. “After a lot of reflection & ongoing discussion, ultimately I would like to say that we agree with that.”

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Secret World Legends Anniversary Event Kicks Off Today

Starting today, Secret World Legends players can check into the game for the Anniversary Event that will last through July 9th. During the celebratory event, players will receive special daily log in rewards including an Epic Cache Key with a top-tier reward guaranteed. IN addition, all previously released caches have a chance to drop in the game for the duration. But wait! That’s not all!

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World of Warcraft: Rise of Azshara (v8.2) Ready to Roll on June 25th

The World of Warcraft team has announced that the v8.2 “Rise of Azshara” update will be arriving on June 25th. The announcement came with a new video to showcase all of the new features coming with RoA including two new exploration zones, a new raid tier, a “mega” dungeon, improvements to the Heart of Azeroth and Azerite gear systems and much more.

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Brazen Gaming Chair Review

No Compromise! The headline that adorns the Brazen website is a statement of intent that sets certain expectations so let’s see if the Brazen Puma is up to the task.

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Neverwinter: Undermountain Launches for Xbox One & PlayStation 4

Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have announced that the Undermountain expansion has launched for Neverwinter’s console community. Players will find the expansive new Undermountain story campaign, new Expeditions, a new level cap of 80, a brand new end game dungeon, overhauls to Class Powers & Feats, a retooled Boons system, richer loot drops and much more.

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Bless Unleashed Field Bosses

Bandai Namco has released a brand new trailer that shines the spotlight on Field Bosses that players will encounter throughout Bless Unleashed. Each presents unique challenges and rewards but will require players to band together to fight strategically to gain victory.

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The US (Barely) Overtakes China as the Largest Games Revenue Market for 2019

For the first time in several years, the United States has overtaken China as the largest market for games revenue generation according to NewZoo’s Global Games Market report. This year, the revenue from games in the US will surge nearly 14% to $36.9B while China will fall to second place generating $36.5B. The Chinese market has been hit hard by the 9-month freeze on licensing new games in 2018 that is still being felt well into 2019.

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Monster Hunter: World Iceborne PS4 Beta Dates Revealed

The Monster Hunter: World team has announced the PlayStation 4 beta dates for the Iceborne expansion. PlayStation Plus members can dip a toe in the frigid waters from June 21st to June 23rd. All PlayStation 4 players can check it out from June 28th to June 30th.

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Destiny 2 Population on the Rise with Over a Million Taking Part This Past Weekend

Pyro Gaming is reporting that Destiny 2’s player population is growing. Over the past weekend, over a million players were taking part in the game for the first time since the launch of the Forsaken expansion in fall 2018. Numbers had been sagging, at least according to Activision-Blizzard financial reports, and were cited as a reason for the split between Bungie and ATVI.

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Cyberpunk 2077 ? What?s in Store

At E3 we got the chance to go through the full demo of Cyberpunk 2077. CD Projekt Red was kind enough to give us a release date and now the hype train will move forward in full force for the next 9 months. We have seen the bright lights and Keanu Reeves massive impact this year, however, the demo itself took a different turn, here is how it stacks up.