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Dragon Quest X will shutter in China on May 30

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And now, we announce the closure of a Square-Enix MMO. No, not Final Fantasy XIV and not Final Fantasy XI; those are both going strong, obviously. It's Dragon...
Are you a door or not?!

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida is overseeing a new project that may very well be another big online game

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We don't know what it will include. We don't know when it will be released. We don't even have a title. What we do have...

The Game Archaeologist: The Chronicles of Spellborn

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Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you the I'm-so-bored-with-all-of-these-MMOs gamer! You've been grousing about for years how MMOs never take risks, never innovate, and are merely...
We never claimed to be saints.

Electronic Arts lays off 350 people from multiple teams, draws down presence in Japan and Russia

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EA is undergoing major layoffs today. The nicest thing we can say about them is that at least it's "only" 350 out of 9000...

Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science!

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It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up...

World of Warships brings British boats to bear

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The British Navy just got an expansion in World of Warships today with the introduction of several aircraft carriers, adding to the vehicular combat...
The hour is nearly here.

Final Fantasy XIV reveals its schedule for the final Fan Festival in Tokyo

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A destination! A new job! Possibly another job! More about new races that has been significantly complicated recently! New areas! Awesome outfits! Yes, the Final...

Korean MMO ROSE Online is shutting down permanently after lengthy maintenance mode

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After about thirteen years of operation, one Korean MMORPG is calling it quits. Gravity Corp's ROSE Online closed its doors earlier this week on February...

Gamevil has begun Talion’s global rollout with Australian registrations

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Man, we just did our "mobile games to watch this year" piece, but we forgot about this one: It's called Talion, it launched in...

Revisions to Japanese law make console and save data modding illegal

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Japan's Association of Copyright for Computer Software is going after console modders in some recent revisions to the country's Unfair Competition Prevention Law. According...
WE FALL

Final Fantasy XIV offers greetings for the new year and a real-world wedding package

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The new year is here, and as is traditional Final Fantasy XIV's producer and director Naoki Yoshida offers players a post of celebration and appreciation....
Why are you supporting this?

Fortnite now has 200 million registered users

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To get the obvious fact out of the way, yes, the latest Fortnite milestone is counting only how many registered users the game has and...
Wreckage.

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Details from the press conference with Naoki Yoshida

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In contrast to the high-octane trailer that had opened the day, the final event for the first day of the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

MMO Business Roundup: Japanese lockboxes, POGO and Square Enix financials, and Prima’s end

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"The Good Times Are Over for Japan’s Loot-Box-Style Gaming Bonanza" - that's the brutal headline plonked onto this week's Bloomberg report on Japanese lockboxes....

Funcom is now working on at least six new games, including a new open-world multiplayer title

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Man, just a couple of years ago, there was serious concern that Funcom wouldn't make it another quarter, and now here we are in...
Launch or do not, folks.

Skyforge launches into open beta in Japan on October 11

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If there's one thing Japanese people like, it's science fantasy action RPGs. (If there are two things, the other one is not having kids.)...

Enter to win a Neverwinter fawn mount on Xbox One and PS4 from PWE and MOP!

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To celebrate the arrival of Ravenloft for Neverwinter on console last month, PWE has granted Massively OP 20 of the most adorascary mounts ever: 10 Suratuk’s Banded Fawn...

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...

Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite MMORPG swag of all time?

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In a conversation about the recent Starflight 3 Fig campaign - which you won't see covered here since it's not multiplayer, but let me...

Western qualifiers for Blade & Soul’s $135K esports tourney are this weekend

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Not many MMORPGs take a stab at true esports these days. There's World of Warcraft, of course, but other titles, like Guild Wars 2,...

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