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EVE Online has a long history of incredible cinematics and player-made videos, but that legacy has somewhat fallen by the wayside in recent years....

When developers get on stage at an event and start talking about things like big data, artificial intelligence, and cloud solutions, it often sounds...

You'd probably guessed it already, but Missing Worlds Media project lead Chris "Warcabbit" Hare has now confirmed the news: Kickstarted superhero MMORPG City of...

Ask a hundred EVE Online players when the game was at its best and you'll get a hundred different answers. For some older players...

Back in August, Realm Royale was struggling. The free alpha game soared then fell, with players and stream coverage both dipping way down. Some...

EVE Online's Onslaught expansion goes live in just a few days on November 13th, and it looks like it has a little bit of...

Ah, the noble lobby! The place where you wait for something interesting to happen! Who doesn't love the lobby? The answer is probably just...

Most of the buzz coming out of BlizzCon's Overwatch reveals centered on the new playable bad-girl Ashe, who is totally not just McCree but...

As I started watching the latest World of Warcraft video to whip people into a furor, I very nearly turned the thing off as...

The latest video from the Crowfall team covers both a monstrous race and bones! How could it be anything less than seasonally appropriate? Of...

The long-troubled Greed Monger, a Kickstarted sandbox MMO that produced a remarkable project implosion, took an interesting turn last week when its former lead...

EVE Online is fundamentally about real conflict between players on massive scales, and yet I would venture to say that wars are literally ruining...

The ship fitting system is one of EVE Online's most powerful and useful features, but it comes with a pretty steep learning curve for...

Using World of Warcraft's latest expansion as an example, many bloggers recently pontificated on the uselessness of adding new levels to MMORPGs if your...

When Pearl Abyss bought out CCP Games last week, the overwhelming message to EVE Online players was that it would be business as usual...

Knives Out, which deserves an award based on the fact that it has the best battle royale game name ever, is coming to the...

Here's a statement that should be rather uncontroversial but might be otherwise: You do not exist in a vacuum. The experiences that have shaped...

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...

Just about a month ago, we covered a brand-new Kickstarter from a brand-new MMORPG called Codename Reality. Actually, European developer Orode Productions called it...

EVE Online has been pretty comfortable in its hardcore sci-fi MMO niche for over 15 years now, working its way through dozens of expansions and...