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Chinese government attacks on Honour of Kings MOBA leads to child locks

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You may not have heard of Honour of Kings, but that's probably because you don't live in China. It's one of the most popular...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Terra Mango, Royal Blood, and The Tomorrow Children

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Welcome back to another edition of MMOs You've Never Heard Of, where we pull together a few interesting little games we don't want to...

Firefall will officially sunset tomorrow

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Did our article yesterday on MMOs in limbo knock one loose? Probably not, but one of them is sunsetting all the same: Firefall. Late last...
It lurks.

League of Legends increases prices in the UK over Brexit currency woes

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Your pounds won't carry you quite as far in League of Legends at this point. The game's prices for Riot Points (i.e., the currency...

With the Lord of the Rings lawsuit settled, LOTRO moves on with sunflowers and Weatherstock IX

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It looks like things are cooling down on the legal front following a protracted court lawsuit between Warner Bros. and the Tolkien Estate concerning...

Crowfall says its biggest parcels are crazy expensive because they’re meant for guilds

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Last month, we included Crowfall among the games discussed in a Massively Overthinking roundtable that focused on MMO monetization running amok. Why? Because Crowfall...
Well, this is fine.

GTAV OpenIV modding continues, but Rockstar’s barred the Liberty City module

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The Rockstar modding fiasco still isn't over. Back in June, Rockstar and TakeTwo began sending takedowns to the operators of modding tools of varying skeeviness,...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo

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The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...

Overwatch teases Doomfist, lays out ambitious plans for e-sports league

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Try not to act too surprised when Overwatch eventually announces Doomfist, as the studio isn't exactly being subtle in its leadup to the team...

Warframe posts drop rates for all its loot, hoping to ‘start a trend’

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Warframe's Digital Extremes is joining the very small list of online game developers being transparent about just what's in their lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes, lootcrates,...
Everything ever forever.

RuneScape is on the Switch (using the Rainway app)

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If you're one of the small army of people wondering when you can play your favorite MMOs on the Nintendo Switch for some reason,...
Ch-ch-ch

Black Desert has no plans for localized China-only content

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Chinese players will be able to enjoy a localized version of Black Desert courtesy of Snail Games, but according a recent interview with developers...

Pokemon Go has pulled in $1.2B in revenue

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Pokemon Go officially has all the money: According to app research group Apptopia, the game has now raked in $1.2 billion dollars in revenue...

MMORPG founding father Richard Bartle establishes new unplayer matrix

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Dr Richard Bartle, best known to MMORPG players for establishing the research that ultimately led to the admittedly flawed but widely quoted "Bartle test,"...

Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous journeys to PS4, we interview Kickstarted MMO devs (July 1, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Frontier launched Elite Dangerous for the PS4, complete with relevant adjustments for touchpad controls and a "fast headlook" mode for...
Who knows any more?

Betawatch: Secret World Legends is here (June 30, 2017)

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Yes, it happened; Secret World Legends has launched for everyone, although it did have a bit of a problem with a whole lot of...

Daybreak Game Company holds job fair, appetizers presumably delicious

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Next month, big things are happening over at Daybreak: Daybreak is holding a job fair in which the studio will seek potential candidates for hire. While the games...
Old-school.

Don’t look now, but StarCraft’s HD remake is going to zerg your base

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Thanks to job postings this wasn't a complete surprise, but yesterday Blizzard officially confirmed that it will be releasing a high definition remake of its...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?

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Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...

Survival sandbox Rust has refunded $4.38M to players so far

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Have you ever wondered how many copies of any particular game players return for refunds on Steam? In the case of the popular survival...

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