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Dragon Nest NA operator takes over SEA branch

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If you've followed its history over the past half-decade or so, you might have noticed that the action-MMO Dragon Nest hasn't had the easiest...
We could have planned better.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 134: You are my… Destiny

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, Wander, ARK, Funcom, Destiny 2, Cloud Pirates, Perpetuum, EVE Lifeblood, Villagers & Heroes, and helping out with Harvey, with mailbag questions on favorite MMO moments and finding a good guild.

Exploration MMO Wander quietly died and almost no one noticed

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Cast your mind back to 2015 and see if you can recall an odd MMO launching on PC and PlayStation 4 called Wander. It...

Perpetuum ends active development, eyes private servers

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It's both an end and a beginning for Perpetuum Online. The team announced on September 3rd that it is no longer actively developing for the...

Make My MMO: MMOTCG HEX is coming to PS4 (September 2, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, HEX announced it is officially coming to PS4 on September 9th under a hybrid HEX: Card Clash moniker, which...
Again, again.

Betawatch: Destiny 2 storms to PC (September 1, 2017)

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The open beta for Destiny 2 finally hit the PC, and while I'm generally reluctant to say that anything is the preferred platform for...

Funcom celebrates ‘most profitable half-year’ in studio’s history and changes logo

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Pop the cork and down some champagne, because Funcom is on a roll. In today's Q2 2017 investors report, the studio crowed that it...

Cloud Pirates is sunsetting at the end of September

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Aw, damnit. My.com is giving up on its Allods-themed Cloud Pirates MOBA already. The company doesn't say why, but given the successes of its...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories

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Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...

Tamriel Infinium: ZeniMax’s Rich Lambert on Elder Scrolls Online content development, past and future

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Morrowind was very likely a great boon for The Elder Scrolls Online. Although ZeniMax Online Studios hasn't released any solid numbers, the staff has...
Bye Felicia.

Lawbreakers seems to be doing very poorly on Steam

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Lawbreakers seems to be turning into another one of those sad reminders that even renowned game designers have their failures from time to time. The...

Trion Worlds’ Scott Hartsman rebuffs financial panic rumor

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A business-oriented piece on Delidded Tech overnight seems to have rustled up Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman in response. Delidded digs into this week's shareholder...
Very dynamic.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 133: Gaming Gamescom

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, sunsets for Ghost in the Shell Online and SkySaga, Closers, ArcheAge 4.0, Star Citizen's Gamescom demo, SWTOR, and WoW Argus, with mailbag questions on Marvel Heroes and MMORPGs as a drug, plus a PAX West preview.

Microsoft encourages industry to talk about crossplay cooperation

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If games industry giants can be seen as extremely territorial siblings, each jealously guarding his or her own possessions and unwilling to work with...

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida on Stormblood’s release, AI issues, and MMO history

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After all this time, I'm sure some of you forgot that my original E3 2017 interview with Final Fantasy XIV's Naoki Yoshida was supposed to...

Absolver launches with a flurry of kicks, punches, and prospects

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"Strange men in masks are not to be trusted." Wise words from the classic film Princess Bride, and advice that we carry with us...
Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tops Steam concurrency, drawing from CS:GO’s playerbase

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Remember a few weeks back when PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds took League of Legends to town on Twitch, beating Riot's giant for eyeball share on the...

Revelation Online’s premium service looks cheap and useful

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It's kind of assumed these days that all free-to-play MMOs are really games with hybrid business models that include a monthly subscription option. Revelation...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s Gamescom demo, Camelot Unchained’s beta progress (August 26, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen brought a playable (though tweaked) version of 3.0 to Cologne for Gamescom this week, a demo apparently endlessly...
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Betawatch: Star Citizen chatters about the still-absent 3.0 (August 25, 2017)

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The team behind Star Citizen is on the floor at Gamescom talking about 3.0, which would be pretty awkward if that update wasn't already...

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