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Massively Overthinking: Consumer protections in the MMORPG industry

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Veteran Massively OP reader Miol says he's exhausted by a recent string of stories in which MMO companies screw gamers over, one after another:...
Yeah, it doesn't say anything good.

Could Blizzard be working on offline modes for its games?

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Imagine one day sitting down at your computer, firing up the Blizzard launcher, and choosing to play World of Warcraft or Diablo III... offline....

SuperData predicts up to 5M Destiny 2 digital sales in its first quarter

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How big is Destiny 2 going to be? Really big, SuperData predicts. The gaming analysis firm claims that "by analyzing historical data and ...

RuneScape developer Jagex is hiring for an unannounced free-to-play MMO

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While sitting on top of the enormously successful RuneScape, Jagex has had a difficult go of it producing a follow-up MMORPG. Projects like Stellar...
ROBOT!

NetEase and Kabam join Blizzard’s star-studded global Overwatch League

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The ESPN report earlier this week suggesting that Blizzard has several agreements from big-name sports-affiliated venture capitalists to host Overwatch League teams across the US and East Asia...
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Steam bans 40K cheaters in a single day and plans user interface ‘refresh’

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The commandment has come down from the Steam mountain that thou shalt not cheat. As you picture Gabe Newell etching Valve's TOS on rock...

Monetization expert: MMOs are dying because of clueless design, not insufficient demand

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MMORPG players just love it when somebody declares the MMORPG dead, right? All those games you're playing, all the games we're writing about and...
Live by the ripoff, die by the ripoff.

Riot Games files a lawsuit against the developer of an alleged League of Legends clone

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Once upon a time, a studio named Riot Games made a game called League of Legends, which was essentially a Warcraft III map given...
So, probably not.

Oculus Rift price drops to $400

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How cheap does a VR headset and motion controller have to be before you'll consider purchasing it? Facebook is hoping the answer to that...

Major sports VC companies invest in Overwatch League, Blizzard addresses meta balance

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If you thought Blizzard's ask for its Overwatch League was absurdly high for your typical pro e-sports team sponsors, rest assured that they weren't...
Like caw.

Dean Hall calls the pre-launch price hike for ARK: Survival Evolved ‘outrageous’

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Whether you love or loathe the early access survival sandbox genre, you've got Dean Hall's DayZ to thank for it, although he's had far...

ArcheAge’s CM Celestrata is promoted to associate producer

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There's been a reshuffling in Trion Worlds' ranks this past week, as ArcheAge Senior Community Manager Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan announced on the forums that she has...

Albion Online devs apologize for starter pack snafu

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The Albion Online founder community has been none too pleased about Sandbox Interactive's original decision about what non-founders would get in their starter pack...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s alpha 3.0 has been delayed again (July 9, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen dropped more than just its work on procedural planets and moon: It also posted its 3.0 production schedule...
And this time, we mean it.

Betawatch: Albion Online gets ramped up for launch (July 7, 2017)

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It's really just about time for Albion Online to launch, isn't it? Less than two weeks to go, now, so the title is winding...

Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet hires former Ubisoft Creative Director Jason VandenBerghe

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Gamasutra is reporting this afternoon that Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet has picked up former Ubisoft Montreal Creative Director Jason VandenBerghe. His new title...

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...

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