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Interview: Bless Online on early access, pay-to-win, and its western refuge on Steam

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Last night's bombshell that Bless Online is closing down its final Korean servers, leaving the game's Steam version in the west as the only...

Fallen Earth is planning on a fresh start server for the future

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The long road to revamp and repackage Fallen Earth stretches ahead of new owner Little Orbit, but to the company's credit, it's making efforts...
Oh, I get it.

Make My MMO: Project Gorgon builds a new city, Camelot Unchained teases Star Citizen

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Project Gorgon has been cooking up a big patch. "Next week's update includes a new city for players with...

The Game Archaeologist: City of Heroes moves into the Paragon Studios era

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As we move into the fourth of five installments in the history, development, and downfall of City of Heroes, you may be wondering why...
Sorry, guy.

Vague Patch Notes: WildStar deserves its shutdown, even though we loved it

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Last week, when we heard that WildStar was being shut down, I penned a truthful, heartfelt eulogy for the game as it could've been....
Doooo not care

Overwatch is headlining this month’s Humble Monthly Bundle

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All right, where's the one person on the planet who does not yet have Overwatch? Who is it? Is it you, the person reading...

Zombie MMO Dead Frontier 2 is in early access to scratch the H1Z1 Just Survive itch

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I'm not quite sure how we missed Dead Frontier 2, but there it is on Steam, happily calling itself an MMO and an MMORPG...

EVE Evolved: What could the sale of CCP Games mean for EVE Online?

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Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online...
All according to keikaku or something

Make My MMO: Crowdfunding for Shroud of the Avatar’s comic and an injured dev (September 8, 2018)

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, it's a minor miracle that anybody is paying any attention to Kickstarted games, what with all the mega...
Free me!

Black Desert and The Division are both free to play this weekend on Steam

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There was a time when it was rare to be able to try out an MMO without buying it, but these days the majority...
Tappy

Final Fantasy XIV introduces paid features on its mobile companion app

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Do you want to be able to buy and sell items in Final Fantasy XIV while you're on the go or just talk with...
awesome show great job

Valve’s Artifact will feature no moderation and no cards earned through play

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Oh boy. If you've avoided hearing about Valve's upcoming digital card game, Artifact, you might want to take a look at the latest interview from...

PAX West 2018: Bless Unleashed is nothing like Bless Online

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Bandai Namco made a huge announcement just ahead of PAX West 2018: It is releasing Bless Unleashed, a console-only, action MMORPG. The team asked me...
Sometimes it's about tweaking the right people.

The Daily Grind: Are free-to-play MMO conversions saviors or signs of doom in your eyes?

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When Dungeons & Dragons Online converted to a free-to-play business model, it was back when I was first working as a writer in the...

Hyperspace Beacon: How BioWare could get SWTOR back on track

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If you have yet to experience the conclusion to the traitor storyline from the latest story update to Star Wars: The Old Republic and...

Elder Scrolls Online is handing out 100K gold for perfect attendance in September

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This coming fall is shaping up to be an unusual period for The Elder Scrolls Online. Toward the beginning of August, ZeniMax hinted that...

Ashes of Creation confirms subscription model, allays fears over IP blocking and region locking

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More overseas publishing information has trickled out of Ashes of Creation this weekend thanks to players funneling info from Discord to the forums. Readers will...

Make My MMO: Dual Universe’s EVE Online inspiration, Ashes of Creation’s publisher, and Star Citizen’s free-fly (August 25, 2018)

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Dual Universe was among the handful of in-development MMORPGs that brought the goods to Gamescom; in one of several...
Shiny!

Massively Overthinking: Pay-to-win vs. cosmetics in MMOs and virtual worlds

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MOP Patron Avaera has entreated us to debate the problems of pay-to-win and cosmetic gear, and indulge him we shall. "The idea that good MMOs...

EverQuesting: The history of the EverQuest franchise

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Back in 2013, I took a walk through the annals of the EverQuest franchise's history. What started as one title not only blossomed into...

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