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Runes of Magic is now fully integrated into Gameforge’s website

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Runes of Magic has now been completely eaten and digested enfolded into the Gameforge website as of today, giving the MMORPG a new home...

Don’t panic, but Tencent just bought 29% of Funcom

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Whether you follow Funcom for its old-school MMORPGs like Anarchy Online and Secret World Legends, its survival sandbox Conan Exiles, or its up coming...
Well, this isn't ideal.

MMO Business Roundup: Nexon drops Tree of Savior, plus DUNE hires and Pearl Abyss’ new HQ

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Nexon's let go yet another MMO from its publishing stable. According to MMO Culture, Nexon has announced that it's closing down its Japanese server for...

Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is review-bombed, again, as Fig throws shade on Kickstarter

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If Ashes of Creation Apocalypse thought it could avoid a review-bomb with a new Steam portal as Apocalypse hit early access this week, it...
I'm fine. We're fine. This is fine. Everything's fine like wine.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation un-cancels the Apocalypse, Magic the Gathering Arena leaves beta

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What? Yes, we know that Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse was never cancelled, but it was a perfect chance to make a Pacific Rim reference. Besides,...
Nothing really changes.

Rockstar is apparently ‘100% focused’ on Red Dead Online rather than single-player DLC

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As players who prefer PC games wait patiently for Red Dead Redemption 2 to arrive on their preferred platform, the players who already got...
We don't mean anything bad!

Vague Patch Notes: Crime and punishment and intent in MMOs

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Last week, we saw Blizzard explain its philosophy behind why some World of Warcraft bugs in which players got to get more stuff than...

Interview: ArcheAge Unchained’s Merv Lee Kwai on housing, RMT, and the future of the game

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The announcement of ArcheAge Unchained and its buy-to-play, no-pay-to-win ruleset has been one of the big surprises of the season for the five-year-old MMORPG...

Mavericks’ abrupt July sunset was preceded by a revoked SpatialOS loan

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Remember back in July, when Automaton Games announced it was shutting down Mavericks, a "massive" battle royal that was aiming to put 1000 people...
We got it back, after all.

City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue servers are now blocking copyright-infringing characters

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Players on the City of Heroes Homecoming servers enjoyed a privilege they were never afforded during the game's pre-shutdown run time: While NCsoft was draconian...
The vestibule.

Destiny 2 prepares for its Steam jump with maintenance and preloading

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It's almost time for Destiny 2 to enter the verdant fields of Steam, and you had best believe that comes along with some maintenance times....

The Daily Grind: What constitutes a ‘classic’ MMO to you?

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Earlier this week, a job posting on Blizzard's career site made it clear that the company considers Diablo III one of its "classic" games....
We remember, to our detriment.

World of Warcraft: Classic is successfully letting some players reconnect with old friends

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This is just plain nice to see. Regardless of anything else going on in World of Warcraft: Classic, it's good to see people finding old...

Paladins is shutting down in China on November 30

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Publisher Tencent has come to an amicable decision with Hi-Rez Studios to shut down Paladins in China. The decision comes roughly three years since...
I do crimes.

Australian police are investigating crimes linked to an Overwatch esports team

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The obvious old joke to be made was that if esports were real sports, they'd be linked to organized crime. Alas, the joke no longer...
Well, I had fun.

The Daily Grind: Do you appreciate MMOs and games that challenge you mentally?

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MOP reader and backer Avaera proposed an interesting Daily Grind topic recently about challenges in MMORPGs - and no, "challenge" doesn't refer to boss...

SuperData August 2019: WoW Classic drives a massive subscription surge

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Alright, all you armchair business analysts, it's time to look over SuperData's sales research report for August 2019. Get your best arguments ready and...

Make My MMO: Survival sandbox Day of Dragons soars past $325,000 Kickstarter funding

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, MOP reader Winterskorn alerted us to the Kickstarter for Day of Dragons. It's not a pure MMO, but it's...

For Science: Study suggests racial stereotyping underpins campaign to blame real-world violence on video games

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Academics have found a way to make the media and politicians' spurious blame of video games for real-world violence look even worse than it...
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Betawatch: PlanetSide Arena hits early access to a resounding shrug

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The early access for PlanetSide Arena has begun after the game showed off its weaponry. And the results? Players agree that it is definitely......

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