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. Clan members now have access to customizable, floating Clan Castles and new Clan Battlefields which can be used "to generate their own gameplay." Clan Citadels can be upgraded a full seven tiers with unlocks such as travel portals and a dragon perch for your very own Clan Dragon available. Jagex are certified masters at shoving a whole mess of Java programming into our little overworked browsers.

"The fires of Isengard will spread," The next major expansion for Lord of the Rings Online "Rise of Isengard", approaches start to the end of September. Players will soon be able to advance to level 75, will visit three new regions, including the Gap of Rohan and stumble their furry hobbit feet in the 24-player raid Draigoch. Anyone keen enough to pre-order will be in fancy extras like XP increases, a Rohirrim mountain style and preference shares Beta access to a shower (which began on Wednesday.) Isengard is not just for naughty old magician more.

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"Earth Abides" -- a free-to-play title that died before leaving Closed Beta. Damnit, am I the only one with my hand up again? This little-known title featuring a veritable zoo of animal races, such as fox and bear, is back (under the new ownership of TurnOut Ventures.) If you like your playable races covered in fur and sporting claws you'll want to investigate the new Beta.

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David Moore has run the site gamebunny.com for the past ten years and co-runs torwars.com, a site focused on all things Star Wars: The Old Republic.