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Make My MMO: Camelot’s new producer, Star Citizen’s alpha 3 features, & SOTA’s R50 (January 27, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained devs say they're getting really close to finalizing the date for beta one. This week, in addition...

Massively Overthinking: Considering pay-to-win MMO peripherals

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MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls recently sent along a link to an insanely awesome 34" monitor that costs more than a lot of...
Arrrrrrrr Pee.

Betawatch: Sea of Thieves hits closed beta (January 26, 2018)

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It was foretold, and then it happened. Sea of Thieves hit its closed beta this week with play anywhere functionality fully intact. The bad...

Epic shutters Paragon over playerbase size woes, declaring it ‘unsustainable’

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When Epic Games admitted last week that Paragon's playerbase just couldn't seem to push past its core, many fans all but expected this announcement,...

Washington state senator proposes lockbox gambling investigation in new bill

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Hawaiian politicians are getting some company on the lockbox front from a compatriot in Washington state. State Senator Kevin Ranker has introduced legislation there that...
Something like that, anyhow.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever taken drugs in an MMORPG?

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Probably my favorite screenshot in an MMO is the one I took back in 2003 or so, when my Star Wars Galaxies character was...
lol, valve

Dota 2 fans boycott ESL’s Facebook streaming platform over Twitch banwave

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In today's edition of "who's boycotting whom now," it's Dota 2 players' turn in the spotlight! According to Polygon, the community unrest began last week,...

Black Desert gears up for a freebie weekend – jump in and play now

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The megaboss Vell is set to descend on Black Desert this weekend, so what better time than now to play? But Bree, you say,...
Try it out.

Wall Street firm sees Destiny 2 ‘struggling with player engagement’

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Destiny 2 is definitely not riding high in its first year of live operation. Warning signs started to appear late last year, as datamining...
Oh well.

SuperData December 2017: Fortnite and PUBG kick butt, while Destiny 2 slumps

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SuperData's December 2017 global revenue chart is out, and it's good news for the industry on the whole, as holiday spending was up by...

PUBG: Cheaters, China, charity, ping-locks, and running the biggest game in the world without a roadmap

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds isn't giving up on performance optimization and cheater crackdowns, you'll be glad to know. In its most recent Steam post, Bluehole says...
yungman

Trademarks, copyrights, and patents: What they mean for you and for video games

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Has the pace of news moved so quickly that we've already forgotten about Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene's statement that video games lack any IP copyright...
uhhhhhhhhhhhh

Age of Conan’s Saga of Zath fresh start progression server launches tomorrow as sub prices drop permanently

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Back in December, Funcom announced that it had plans for the effectively maintenance-moded Age of Conan, and those plans included Saga of Zath, a fresh-start...
Big help.

Blizzard Korea helps Seoul cyber crime police arrest 13 Overwatch hackers and cheaters

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The MOP comment crew was understandably creeped out by last week's news that Tencent was going after PlayerUnknown's Battleground cheaters by working with the...
This should be obvious, but...

Riot partners with the Peach Belt Conference, Blizzard takes OWL toxicity seriously with suspension and fine

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E-sports is continuing its rise in respectability: ESPN reports that Riot Games has partnered with the Peach Belt Conference, known to "real" sports fans...

Fragmented is ‘more or less in maintenance mode’ due to lack of revenue

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Over the weekend, we added a new entry to our "whatever happened to X" series with a quick note about Fragmented, the survival sandbox...

Make My MMO: Greed Monger resurfaces; Camelot Unchained snags $7.5M (January 20, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Greed Monger is back in the headlines, as former owner Jason Appleton told Kickstarter backers that as a result of...

Whatever happened to Ascent: the Space Game, Aura Kingdom, and Fragmented?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
It's a real laugh.

Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria hit with sizable layoffs (January 19, 2018)

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So it looks like things are not all roses and light behind the scenes for Chronicles of Elyria, as the studio has apparently let...

Hell freezes over: Devilian to sunset in March

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Two-year-old Devilian will not make it to its third birthday, we are sorry to report. Trion Worlds announced on Friday that it will be...

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