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Hydaelyn International Community Group Celebrating Final Fantasy XIV with a 2-Day Event

Beginning today and running for 48-hours, the Hydaelyn International Community Group is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV. The 2-day event will feature “live streamers, digital artists, cosplayers and more”. In addition a trio of in-game activities will take place including a beauty contest, an epic Parkour exhibition and “opportunities to get an in-game portrait by top screenshotters in XIV”.

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City of Heroes & WildStar Closures – An Alternate Viewpoint from the Inside

An interesting response has been posted on Kotaku as a comment on last week’s news that WildStar and Carbine Studios would be closing later this fall. A poster named exChua, seemingly a former employee of both Paragon Studios and Carbine Studios, admits to creating a burner account in order to “correct the record here”. What follows is an interesting alternative look at how the two companies and games came to their conclusions.

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DC Universe Online to Celebrate Batman ‘Day’ from Now Through September 30th

From today through September 30th, DC Universe Online players can celebrate Batman “Day”. Those who log in “can claim a free painted Batman Day t-shirt for their character to wear and pay tribute to the iconic hero”. Those who sport DC Universe Online membership will also be able to grab a Batman Swarm t-shirt. Lastly, Resurgence Mega-Capsules are back on the Marketplace “with all new materials inspired by DCUO’s Powersets”.

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HyperX Alloy FPS RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review

If I had to name one company as a rising star in 2018, it would be HyperX. They’re not new by any stretch, but for more than a year now their products have stood out as challengers in their respective markets. Today, we’re looking at a refresh of one of their most popular mechanical keyboards with the Alloy FPS RGB. It has all-new switches, a fresh look, full programmability, and comes in at $109.99.

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Fear the Wolves ? A First Look at Early Access

Chernobyl, the site of one of the worst nuclear catastrophes in all of human history. The reactor melted down and caused an area of about a thirty km radius to become highly irradiated, and is still that way today. No living human can live there anymore, but what does still live there? Check out our thoughts on Fear the Wolves.

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A Newb?s Adventures In World of Warcraft – Week 5

I have to be honest. I didn’t play as much World of Warcraft this week due to swinging wildly through New York City in glorious 30fps. (Spider-Man. I was playing Spider-Man). However, I did manage to traipse through Azeroth this week. I finally — FINALLY — completed the Siege of Boralus mythic dungeon with the help of my buddy and MacWorld Editor, Leif Johnson, who kept us all healed.

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Stash Players Are Throwing A First Anniversary Party This Weekend

On Saturday, September 15th, Stash fans and players are invited to head into the game to celebrate the game’s first anniversary. All players logging in starting at 7:00 pm Pacific / 10:00 pm Eastern will be handed an 18-slot pack as a party favor at a randomly chosen time. There will also be additional prizes and a developer AMA.