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In this week's Community Spotlight, we take a look back at the Phantasy Star series, examine sidequests in RPGs, introduce ourselves to Guild Wars 2, and more. It's RPG-tastic!

"Freemium" is not a four-letter word. League of Legends is proof that; done right, the model can be both profitable for developers and worthwhile for players.

See why playing S2 Games’ real-time-strategy title can be a bittersweet experience.

Video Blips for May 25, 2011. Check out the manly minds behind Trenched, get your drift on in Dirt 3, mess people up with Abraxas in Realm of the Titans, and more.

One gamers's love-hate affair with online multiplayer and League of Legends.

Xenonauts Project Lead Chris England reveals the dark underbelly of the mod scene.

In this episode of the Mobcast, Gamasutra's Christian Nutt joins Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Demian Linn, and Brett Bates. The group discusses the things in games that they're thankful for, under-the-radar titles, enthusiast and public reactions to the Kinect, which 2009 titles they won't get to until 2010, and the best (or worst?) moments in griefing.

News Blips for October 25, 2010: Nintendo is more concerned with Apple than Microsoft, Blizzard thinks Valve is wrong to attempt trademarking DotA 2, Treyarch is removing Quickscoping from Black Ops, and more.

See a couple of the more advanced Warcraft 3 mods out there.

This week's Reviews Spotlight tag-teams Silent Hill: Shattered memories, picks on Lunar Dragon Song, and officially replaces DoTA.