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You’re going to want to play new indie MMO One Hour One Life for a lot more than one hour
Looking for something new and interesting to cap off your Friyay? Swing by Steam and take a peek at One Hour One Life. It's...
Gamigo promises ‘new content on a regular basis’ for ArcheAge, RIFT, Trove, Defiance, Atlas Reactor
Players still awaiting more details on what's happening to their MMORPGs following Gamigo's buyout of Trion Worlds' assets have finally received a blanket announcement,...
Star Citizen is delaying quite a bit of alpha 3.4 into 3.5 to make its December goal – including female toons
Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Chris Roberts are back with another episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse - with good news and bad...
Warframe’s Fortuna update is live on PC with a new zone, new activities, and totally rad hoverboards
There's been a lot of hype in the lead-up to Warframe's Fortuna update, including a full-blown ARG in which players were tasked with decoding...
Elite Dangerous updates Beyond: Chapter Four beta build, announces Extra Life event plans
It's the second week of beta testing for the next update to Frontier Developments's online space sim Elite Dangerous, Beyond: Chapter Four, and this...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that aimed at the future… and missed
The future is a weird place. It's similar to the present, but it has a very different outlook on the world, and it wants...
EVE Online’s winter Onslaught update will go live on November 13
Prepare yourself, capsuleers: CCP Games announced this week that EVE Online's winter expansion, Onslaught, will be going live next Tuesday, November 13th, bringing with it...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most iconic MMORPG moment or accomplishment in your memory?
Over the weekend, my husband and I decided to let our son watch bits and pieces of Fellowship of the Ring. My kid is...
Funcom is now working on at least six new games, including a new open-world multiplayer title
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...
Warframe’s Fortuna drops this week as the community tackles the Solaris United ARG
Last month, Digital Extremes announced that Warframe's next major content update, Fortuna, is going to be hitting the PC version of the game sometime...
Star Wars: The Old Republic adjusts operations, hypes Jedi Under Siege
Promising a return to a "much regular update cadence," the Star Wars: The Old Republic operations team has some fixes and adjustments in the...
Elite Dangerous’ player-run Fuel Rats have rescued 50,000 stranded pilots to date
One of the worst things that can happen to a pilot in Elite Dangerous is that you run out of fuel in the deep...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve ever played a WoW expansion?
During BlizzCon this weekend, Eliot and I were chatting about an article series he's working on different periods in MMORPG history. I mentioned 2009...
The Repopulation hires new composer, continues cleanup and revamp of starter map
Idea Fabrik is still plugging away at The Repopulation, according to its end-of-October dev blog. "The last two tests we did gave us some...
One Shots: A star is born
It's time for another amazing Fashion Week here at One Shots! It's like Shark Week, only with sleeker looks and less chum. Last time,...
Elite Dangerous is getting a fleshed-out MMO guild system in Beyond Chapter Four
Frontier is continuing to pump out livestreams highlighting the details of Elite Dangerous' Beyond Chapter Four. Yesterday, the stream's focus was on squadrons, essentially...
Star Citizen on underground bunker design, looking ahead to alpha 3.4, and closing in on $200M
This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse continues the post-CitizenCon catch-up, this time featuring the underground bunker on Hurston, including the layout, design, and...
Ultima Online’s Raph Koster muses on the appeal of MMO experiences
A little weary of killing and nothing else in MMORPGs? You're not alone because Star Wars Galaxies and Ultima Online creator Raph Koster pines...
The Stream Team: A final frolic in WildStar’s Shade’s Eve
Massively OP's MJ is saddened that this will be the last ever Shade's Eve in WildStar. Besides a celebration of her favorite holiday, it's...
Working As Intended: The gamification of the workification of games
Last weekend, my husband made the bold choice to let our young son play The Stanley Parable. I am not entirely sure the kid...
