Interviews

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Raph Koster’s new MMORPG will be more than ‘just hack and slashing your way through levels’

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Yesterday, we reported on something pretty thrilling for long-time MMORPG fans: Raph Koster, one of the brains behind classic MMORPG sandboxes Ultima Online and...

Preview: Dual Universe demos alpha 2’s player economy, solar system, and space stations

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You know that feeling when you follow a game's development and it just keeps getting better and better? I don't mean the promises of...

Guild Wars 2 talks up 2v2 PvP, Swiss tourneys, and the future of ‘expansion-tier features’

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Guild Wars 2 PvP. It seems that you either like it, or you think it's missing a whole lot. But what does ArenaNet think...

Bossa Studios on why Worlds Adrift failed and what’s next

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Although Worlds Adrift sunsetted back in July, developer Bossa Studios did not. Furthermore, it would appear that the company is doing better after dropping...

Star Wars The Old Republic’s Charles Boyd talks up Onslaught’s first planet, Onderon

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The planet of Onderon has a much more vast story history than I was aware of, with the location used in comic book form,...

PAX West 2019: Examining mental health and community in upcoming MMO Destiny’s Sword

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Eager players packed the Washington State Convention Center at this year's PAX West, each greeted with games ranging from high-profile triple-A titles to more...

Interview: Star Trek Online’s Al Rivera on Discovery’s Awakening and beyond

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The Federation's past is meeting its future this week with the rollout of Awakening for Star Trek Online. Set in the "present" timeline of...

PAX West 2019: Elder Scrolls Online’s Rich Lambert on performance, LFG, and dragons

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"Oh man! A new Skyrim!?" proclaimed an eager con-goer as I waited outside The First & Bell in Seattle. As I entered, the venue...
Minnesota is hard done by here.

Guild Wars 2 studio says it ‘knows that there’s a demand for an expansion’

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One of the tidbits of info we confirmed back when ArenaNet lost a third of its studio staff back in February was that Guild...
Nein!

Square Enix vows to support Final Fantasy XIV instead of working on another MMO sequel

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Regular readers will note that Final Fantasy XIV earned our MMORPG of the Year award last year, with many of the staff citing the...

Astellia Online is launching on September 27 – here’s what to expect

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 German website Mein MMO has a Gamescom interview up that seemingly announces the launch date for Astellia Online. "The release of the western version...

Path of Exile announces Blight league for September 6 – here’s our preview interview with Grinding Gear!

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Fall is creeping up on us, and that means back to school is almost -- if not already -- here. That also means it...

Studio Wildcard’s co-founder talks about how ARK: Survival Evolved stays sustainable without microtransactions

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We've all been beaten over the head with lots of news regarding predatory microtransactions practices, and there's certainly plenty of evidence that would lead...

City of Heroes’ Homecoming Team finally posted a new beta patch after months of public quiet

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Apart from its brief announcement last week, City of Heroes' Homecoming Team has been relatively quiet the past few months. Where once the rogue...

No Man’s Sky discusses social spaces, cooking, animal taming, and other features of the Beyond update

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It would appear, considering the timing of our source articles, that a media embargo lifted. No Man's Sky has been making the games media...
Here we go again, not on our own.

Betawatch: Black Desert Online starts testing on the PlayStation 4

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Console edition all the MMOs! Black Desert Online already made the leap to the Xbox One, a console with an installed base of four...

City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue servers have joined the Titan Network/NCsoft negotiations

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Exactly one month ago, tangent to our interview with the Homecoming server team that's part now-flourishing City of Heroes rogue server community, we also...

DDO starts testing permadeath server, LOTRO’s Stout Axe Dwarves will be included in fall expansion

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With the debut of Dungeons and Dragons Online's 90-day permadeath server heading our way on August 16th, it is fairly imperative that Standing Stone...
Still crazy after all these years.

Dungeons and Dragons Online devs talk up the Alchemist and the permadeath server

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Ready to embrace a permadeath lifestyle? While that normally scares off MMO players, the Dungeons and Dragons Online community has fostered this kind of...

Star Wars: The Old Republic offers a peek at how the Mercenary class is changing in Onslaught

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We all know that things are due to shift in Star Wars: The Old Republic, especially in the face of several class adjustments. But...

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