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Star Wars: The Old Republic – James Ohlen on SWTOR Regrets, EA’s Influence on Anthem & Much More

Game Informer has a new “post-mortem” interview with former BioWare developer James Ohlen. You may remember that Ohlen left the studio last month after 22 years to take on other challenges. In the interview, Ohlen touches on a number of hot topics when it comes to any discussion of BioWare: Star Wars: The Old Republic, the influence of EA on game development at BW, and what, if anything, the recent departures of longtime employees means.

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Destiny 2 – Players & Fans Gleefully Chasing Down the Mystery of The Whisper & an Unknown Ship

It appears that there is a new secret mission that unfolds inside the “Taken” public event on Io in the Lost Oasis location. Once the champion has been defeated, a portal, and a 20-minute secret mission, appear. Called The Whisper, the known goal is to complete a platforming map and take down the final part of the mission which features waves of Taken and three tough bosses. But wily Redditors have determined that there is much more to The Whisper than meets the eye. BEWARE SPOILERS.

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– Shadows: Awakening – A New Take on the Good Ol’ ARPG

Three people, three stories, and one demon are mysteriously bound together by a strange hooded man. The events started 300 years ago when the God-slayer sword struck down the God-empress of the Garulian empire. Now mortal adversaries fight together for survival. This is our Shadows: Awakening preview impressions.

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Fallout 76 – Beta to Start in October with Selections Starting from Pre-Order Players

The Fallout 76 forum has been updated with a brief post about the start of the first round of closed beta testing. According to the post, the first round of beta testers will be selected beginning in October. Anyone who pre-orders the game will be eligible for selection and, while the first event will be a small scale beta, the plan is to ramp up the number of players as FO76 heads to launch.

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World of Warcraft – Warbringers: Jaina Proudmoore

The first of a trio of cinematic shorts to introduce players to the next World of Warcraft expansion, Battle for Azeroth, has been released. The series is called Warbringers and the first episode showcases Jaina Proudmoore and her motivations for battle. It is, as always, a gorgeous piece of art with a potentially deep story.

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Grim Dawn – Forgotten Gods Expansion to Introduce Challenge Areas with Improved Loot Drops

The latest Grim Dawn “Grim Misadventures” newsletter has been published on the game’s forum. In it, the team reveals a new feature coming with the expansion, namely Challenge Areas. As players venture through the game world, certain locations will provide extra challenges to their skills AND provides the chance at rare or epic loot. These locations can come with extra modifiers and mutators to challenge even the toughest player.

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– Cooler Master MasterCase H500: Quality and Budget Friendly Collide

Cooler Master has released another case following their gorgeous H500M that I reviewed a few weeks ago. This time we’re dropping the “M” and looking at the H500. Like it’s simple name implies, the case lacks a lot of the frills of its older brother, but does it still hold its own in the PC building arena? Read on to find out.

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Path of Exile – Catching Up with GGG – Community Hijinks, Microtransaction Madness & More

Path of Exile developers are some of the busiest people we know, but they’re never too busy for their community. We had the chance to talk with Community Director Bex about the amazing PoE players and fans. We also learned more about how microtransactions brought out from concept to finished product and even a little bit about how the community manages to surprise the team nearly every day. Read on!