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Make My MMO: Star Citizen hits $200M in crowdfunds, Reddit drama ensues
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen officially broke the $200 million barrier for total funding collected from the proverbial crowd. That's a lotta ships. Unfortunately, the celebrations over on Reddit took a turn for the dramatic as posts attracted brigaders and were shut down. I'm sure you're all...
H1Z1’s esports league is basically toast, ESPN reports
It looks like H1Z1's Pro League isn't gonna make it. ESPN is reporting this evening that the esports league teams received a letter from Jace Hall informing them that "the 2nd Split has been suspended indefinitely, and that a second league season will not be renewed or scheduled at this time" and that "teams have been immediately released...
Whatever happened to Empyrion Galactic Survival?
Anybody remember Empyrion Online aka Empyrion Galactic Survival? It's one of those space sandbox multiplayer survival games that went for a Kickstarter back in 2014 but ultimately canceled it, having raised only about $26K of its $64K ask. It landed in our Betawatch and then our Make My MMO lists and then... we kinda forgot...
Champions Online pays tribute to Stan Lee with new in-game cosmetic
Champions Online was just one of the many superhero MMOs that came out to pay their respects to comics legend Stan Lee after news of his death earlier this week, and now the folks at Perfect World Entertainment have put out a new post paying tribute to the man without whom their game, and many others...
The Stream Team: More getting lost in ARK: Extinction
When we last left Massively OP's Chris, he had inadvertently become ARK: Survival Extinction's greatest hide-and-seek master as he tried to come to grips with the survival sandbox and make his way to his new clan. Now safely back at camp, he's looking to get more acclimated to his new surroundings and maybe even manage to successfully pet a...
LOTRO Legendarium: Starting on a legendary journey
Part of me was laughing at myself. Here I was, a grown man, shuffling around my weekly schedule to come home in the middle of the day to play an MMORPG that had been out for over 11 years. And more than that, I was practically bouncing up and down because of it.
For those that look at the legendary...
WRUP: The revolution will be available in audio formats edition
Folks, we know that people have been upset about the idea that the revolution will not be televised. Thus, we've made sure that the revolution will be available in audio formats, including narrated audio revolution, a sixteen-track concept album by five guys who swear they absolutely love Pink Floyd, and spoken-word poetry that prominently features the word "revolution" over...
FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Details from the press conference with Naoki Yoshida
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 was quiet and subdued. Of course, it was also for a very different audience, with numerous press representatives gathered into a small conference room for a quick session of questions and answers with producer...
The Daily Grind: Is it better to play MMOs cooperatively or competitively?
It's a fact of MMO life that, sooner or later, we interact with other players in these games. It's kind of one of the big features. And I've noticed that in most of those play interactions, we're either working with or against other gamers.
We play cooperatively when we party, band together to overcome PvE content, help each other out,...
Mythology and modernity collide in upcoming action-RPG Breach
In the world of QC Games's upcoming action-RPG Breach, there are two Earths: the one we know and love, and the mythological Earth, where magic and mythical creatures reign. After thousands of years, the veil between the two is collapsing, and -- surprise! -- our Earth is under threat of destruction at the hands of the fantastic...
Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers’ stress test, Lost Ark’s wild popularity
Torchlight Frontiers' alpha stress test kicked off today; PWE is begging y'all to come stress test the servers. Except literally nobody I know got in, even people who applied ages ago, which seems a little weird? Anyhoo. Get in there and wreck some stuff. The rest of us will be scrutinizing the business model plan.
"Torchlight Frontiers Closed...
Magic: The Gathering Arena’s Chris Clay details planned fixes to the ‘fifth-card problem’
Although fan reception to the open beta/soft launch of Magic: The Gathering Arena has been largely positive, there's one glaring issue that's had the community in a tizzy for some time now -- the so-called "fifth card" issue. For the uninitiated, the short(ish) version is this: As MTGA has no trading or dusting system, once a player has...
Rogue Universe brings intergalactic strategy to Android and iOS
The year is 1983. Interdimensional travel is a new reality, and three factions vie for control of the galaxy. Also, there are dogs with spectacles and bears with Tommy guns, apparently. This is the world of MUSTGAMES's newly announced Android and iOS strategy title Rogue Universe, which will see players "engage in galactic battles while venturing through...
Hearthstone explores the lore and Loa of Rastakhan’s Rumble in latest hearthside chat
At this year's BlizzCon, we got our first look at the upcoming Hearthstone expansion, Rastakhan's Rumble, which centers around the Trolls of Azeroth and their mighty Loa. Yesterday, Lead Mission Designer Dave Kosak sat down for a hearthside chat to give players a look at the lore behind Rastakhan's Rumble and preview a few of...
FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Shadowbringers promises new story, new regions, and new jobs
The plan was to fan a spark into a flame, but now it's getting dark, so who'll remember your name? (Apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda for that.) Yes, it turns out that we are indeed getting another new expansion for Final Fantasy XIV (not a surprise) called Shadowbringers (also not a surprise), but the keynote for the 2018...
World of Warcraft celebrates its 14th anniversary with a historic event
It might be hard to believe, but this year marks the 14th anniversary since Blizzard changed the landscape of the MMO genre with the release of World of Warcraft back in November of 2004. As the saying goes, time flies when you're constantly saving the world from the threat of complete annihilation. Or something like that, anyway....
Blade & Soul’s Theater of Mystery update takes center stage on December 5th
It's almost showtime for Blade & Soul's next update, Theater of Mystery, which will bring a new heroic dungeon and a new solo dungeon to NCSoft's martial-arts MMO. When the update goes live, players will be able to take center stage in the new Dreamsong Theater heroic dungeon, which will "pit players against a playhouse of evil."...
FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: The next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is Shadowbringers
The third expansion for Final Fantasy XIV has been revealed as Shadowbringers during the keynote at this year's Fan Festival. It's coming out early summer 2019. Your theories were right! Or wrong, if you selected something like Final Fantasy XIV: That's Our Zenos Sitcom Edition for your personal theories. That was always silly.
We'll have more information about the expansion following...
The US Army is fielding esports teams for Fortnite, Overwatch, and more
In an apparent effort to connect with America's youth and drive up recruitment numbers, the United States Army has announced that it will be fielding its own esports team. The announcement comes in the wake of a lackluster recruitment year, as military-centric news organization Stars and Stripes reports that the Army fell "about 6,500 recruits short" of its recruitment...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: King Arthur and Merlin join SMITE’s lineup
SMITE doesn't restrict itself to only ancient deities from various pantheons for its lineup of combatants - it also draws on those giants of myth and legend who wield god-like powers or influence. At the opening of Hi-Rex Expo today, Titan Forge Games announced that two heroes of the round table are coming to SMITE's table: King Arthur...
