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Embers Adrift’s devs discuss the Digital River payment fiasco and temporary F2P shift

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Earlier this week we had the unfortunate duty to report a serious legal and financial crisis for Embers Adrift developer Stormhaven Studios: The company...
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Vague Patch Notes: Solipsism and what it means for playing MMORPGs

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We've been talking for the past couple of Vague Patch Notes columns about the fact that MMOs are, as a genre, defined by having...

City of Heroes rogue server Rebirth delays its next patch to 2025 – but it features full-color costume customization

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The teeny City of Heroes rogue server Rebirth updated players on its Issue 7 patch yesterday - and it's good news and bad news....

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you consider to be truly niche titles?

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Someone said something in Final Fantasy XIV the other night that just stuck in my craw: "FFXIV is kind of a niche title." I...

The Stream Team: Tinkering with multi-ton nuclear walking tanks for funsies in MechWarrior 5 Clans

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MOP's Chris isn't exactly the most industrious sort of person. In fact, he should be kept as far away from toolboxes as possible. However,...

Fntastic is hosting a map-making contest for its revised prop hunting game, and no, players won’t get paid

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Remember last month when developer Fntastic said it wouldn't use volunteer labor to build its upcoming prop hunting rehash game Items? The studio is...

The Stream Team: Seeking out crash sites and settlements to loot in Elite Dangerous

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MOP's Chris is once again heading out into the galaxy of Elite: Dangerous with his best friend to seek out trash! All right, maybe...

RIP Harry Potter Magic Awakened – NetEase officially killed it off last night

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It’s never easy to say goodbye to an MMO – especially one that you’ve personally spent every day playing since launch. Of course, we’ve...

Lost Ark opens Ignite transfers and kicks off a newbie-friendly Mokoko Bootcamp event

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Perhaps the name Mokoko Bootcamp sounds like a good way to have a bad time, but it's just not so in Lost Ark, where...

Star Citizen player reports CIG is making him sign an NDA before getting a refund

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We've chronicled the weird steps players have needed to take to get refunds from Star Citizen numerous times before, but now it looks like...

The Daily Grind: What was the worst-designed class in the history of MMOs?

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Not all MMO classes are made equal. Some have their periods in the spotlight of developer love and become the most popular picks, while...

Choose My Adventure: Throne & Liberty’s endgame blends genuine fun with intense social requirements

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One could be forgiven for thinking that headline was written by somebody who just discovered MMORPGs can be grindy, but I promise that's not...

Embers Adrift says Digital River has been stiffing it since June, so it’s going temp F2P and heading to Steam

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Embers Adrift has some good news bad news - good news for players, but bad news for the studio, which is apparently being screwed...
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World of Warships kicks off a community event to support K9s For Warriors charity

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If you don't know much about military veteran suicide rates, you might not realize that it is a constant and real problem. K9s For...

PlanetSide 2 is abruptly (and happily) merging its European servers into one today

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There are two kinds of merges in the MMO genre. There's the kind of merge a studio does to a game that was supposed...

The Daily Grind: How much in-game money are you willing to spend on an MMORPG house?

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A few weeks back, we did a piece rounding up some of the cool stuff Guild Wars 2 players have been building in Janthir...

WarCraft III Reforged’s temporary 2.0 version update on an internal PTR sparks rumors of a revival

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Four years ago, Blizzard gave the world Warcraft III: Reforged. It was... not good: Our own Eliot referred to it in his first impressions...

Tarisland’s arrival to Steam is met with low player numbers and mostly negative review scores

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Part of Tarisland's big shiny launch of Blight Dragon Elegy was the MMORPG's arrival to the Steam store, so that means it's time for...

ArenaNet, Standing Stone Games, and Daybreak all queue up Extra Life charity drives this weekend

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With everything happening across our neck of the gaming woods this month, it's easy to lose sight of the more warm and fuzzy things...

Star Citizen players raise the alarm over internet spaceship nerfs that conveniently favor newer options

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Generally, official forums for games are unhappy places in the best of times, but backers of Star Citizen are getting vocally resistant to ship...