vanguard

Official Site: Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (Wikipedia)
Studio: Sigil Games/Sony Online Entertainment
Launch Date: January 30, 2007
Sunset Date: July 31, 2014
Genre: Retro Fantasy Sandpark
Business Model: F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

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Once upon a time there was an MMORPG called Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. It wasn't the most popular MMO, but it did cultivate a...
See, that's the joke of the name.

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Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...

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I know, I know, another one of these metaverse-blockchain-Web3 startups, but this one is one that MMORPG fans will want to at least take...

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I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...

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WHAT.

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PTS builds aren't always about glamorous updates or big top features; sometimes they're just about applying some needed polish and bug fixes. That looks...

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Today we need to issue a serious warning about our first One Shots: Those who scroll to the full color image may find themselves...

Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in spite of Diablo Immortal

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Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2's results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let's...

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Vanguard Saga of Heroes’ community-run emulator had over 100 players this past weekend

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We recently ran a column on abrupt MMO sunsets, one of which was Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, which SOE binned in 2014 shortly after...
There was so much potential.

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Mister World Orlando Fontaine Warcraft, with a tip of the hat to our commentariat.

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When the Battle Bards get loaded up with money and jewels in MMOs, they head back into town for a shopping spree! And if...

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