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Over the past weekend, we had the opportunity to check out the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion now that the non-NDA-bound closed beta has begun. We've got a lot to share about MoP so keep reading!

Mists of Pandariais a really ambitious expansion for Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. The disenfranchised will blow it off as another lame attempt at the company to get back missing Azerothians, but really… they’re missing the point. Mists is probably the first time since Blizzard first brought us into WoW that they’re trying to really bring something for everyone back into the game. One of the reasons World of Warcraft was such a success in 2004 was because it was the first MMORPG that was for both the hardcore and the casual gamer. It worked on each level. As time ground on the expansions came and were mostly about progression – whether by level or gear – and less and less about a world to explore and enjoy.  Along the way to its massive success as the decade defining MMO, WoW lost its sense of wonder.  Mists of Pandaria is a return to form for World of Warcraft.

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Vindictus players will want to check into the game for the latest update. Called The Armies of Colhen, the new update features a 24-player raid featuring three brand new bosses to conquer: the Ravenous Queen and her giant spiders, Stribog the polar bear, and Elchulus, one very angry red dragon.

Each of the three new raid encounters require a minimum of 16 players, but wise leaders will form a full consort of 24 mercenaries in order to ensure the greatest chance for success. These new bosses are far from pushovers – players must demonstrate strength, skill, speed, coordination and ingenuity on the battlefield. In the Elchulus encounter for example, players must learn to harness the environment to their advantage. Building defensive structures, extinguishing the dragon’s lingering flames with enchanted water, and manning massive ballistae to strike the dragon down from the sky will all be necessary for victory.

In a new interview at GameSpy, Blizzard’s World of Warcraft team sat down to chat about the game and what may lay in store for it in the future. In one particularly significant quote, Lead Quest Designer Dave Kosak said, "I can’t say any more about that, but I’ll tell you that we’re not going to significantly change up WoW at any point in the future."

Aika Online devs have teamed up with Razer to give players an opportunity to score one of several gaming peripherals. Winning is simply a matter of killing monsters and collecting special Razer tokens. At the end of the contest period, the player with the most tokens wins!

Each player must charge into the lairs of vile monsters to loot the most Razer™ Tokens, found throughout the various lands of Aika. At the end of the contest period on April 20, the triumphant player holding the most Razer™ Tokens will be rewarded with the Razer™ Tiamat 7.1 Headset.  Four second place winners will receive a Razer™ Lycosa Keyboard and ten third place winners win a Razer™ Death Adder Mouse!

Find out more of the details on the Aika Online page.

The second in a series of eBooks based on the lore of the TERA universe has been published. Called "Killer", the story features an unlikely pair of characters: Moorg, a kulkari scorned by his tribe and Lakhia, a human child. "Killer" was penned by En Masse Entertainment writer Jessie McKenna and can be purchased at Amazon.com for $0.99.

Check out a chapter from "Killer" on the TERA site.