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Square Enix had the lid blown off their 3-day campaign to reveal their next game. Game Informer has published the cover of its next issue with none other than a look at Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

During the last few weeks, the most thought-provoking MMOG-related thing that came to my attention may have been this post by veteran developer Gordon Walton about the role he played in the memorable (for most, not in a good way) Star Wars Galaxies New Game Enhancements (NGE). What he wrote led me to think again about what I stated late last year when I listed the SOE / LucasArts title among 5 MMOGs That Seriously Disappointed Me.

You might have heard this week that Sony bought OnLive, the streaming service for games and desktop tools, only to announce that the service will be shut down around April 30th. OK, so maybe many of you expected such a thing, and I am sure that anyone who had tried the service thought it might not last very long.

Turn-based wizard combat RPG, Chaos Reborn, has been updated with some big new features for Early Access players. Gold and experience have been added as well as procedurally generated staves and gear.

Square Enix is teasing a new game being developed by one of its Western studios and has posted a rather cryptic image on its Twitter page. The news about the title will be slowly revealed over three days in an "interactive" format. The first information about the new game is set to come to light today on Square Enix’s Twitch.tv channel, though no specific time has been announced.

While there may be a bevy of solid games going on many years of service to the MMO space, we’re humans. And that means we’re always looking for something bigger, better, and newer to hang our hopes for perfection upon. So today’s quest is a simple one: what upcoming MMO are you anxiously waiting for, and why?

Pillars of Eternity is a game that does a lot of things right for not only its genre, but in general. MMOs and other types of games across our industry could learn a thing or two from what Obsidian has delivered to use in 2015. It’s a game that’s equal parts nostalgic and fresh, both approachable and challenging, and above all else, immensely engaging.

While you can often pick up a first person shooter again a while after stopping, changes to a MOBA’s itemization/passives, abilities, hero remakes, and even simply a frequently changing meta can make returning to a MOBA a daunting task. Read on for this week’s Social Hub as to what could be done about this problem.

It’s just sad that thus far, Music Man Online is only set for Southeast Asia release, because this trailer makes it look like the best thing for show-offs since the Entertainer class in Star Wars: Galaxies.

Today, the Community Manager of the Greed Monger forums told backers the project is currently stagnant, and that owner Jason Appleton has failed to fulfill the project’s Kickstarter obligations.