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The Daily Grind: What would you do to ‘fix’ Champions Online?

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Whether it's good news or weird news or bad news or bad news that belatedly turns into good news, any post about Champions Online inevitably...

Star Trek Online announces its final Iconian War episode

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Star Trek Online has announced the final episode of its Iconian War arc. The Iconians have been a constant threat for more than five...

Gazillion shares more about the recent Marvel Heroes layoffs

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During a David Brevik's weekly Marvel Heroes livestream, the Gazillion CEO confirmed two of the casualties of last week's layoffs. The two employees among those...

The Daily Grind: What cultural influences do you like to see in MMOs?

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One of the things I miss about Age of Conan is the Chinese influence in the Rise of the Godslayer expansion. Robert E. Howard's Khitai...

Here’s what happened in RuneScape this week

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Jagex has offered up a handy post that summarizes the current goings-on in RuneScape. The annual RuneFest fan event is front and center thanks...
I live, I die, I live again!

Hi-Rez Studios’ COO Todd Harris on Paladins, Tribes: Ascend, and e-sports

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It was kind of a surprise when Tribes: Ascend fans were told this week to expect new stuff for the game after it sat...

Shards Online newsletter talks housing, the economy, and more

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Shards Online's latest newsletter is out, and with it an update from project lead Derek Brinkmann. He says that the dev team is currently...

Star Citizen gets weekly and monthly reports, free DragonCon trial

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If you're attending DragonCon this weekend, you might see various Star Citizen developers chatting up gamers and sharing their perspectives on various dev panels....

The Game Archaeologist: Lucasfilm’s Habitat

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Some of you reading this may simply never have known a world before the internet existed by virtue of your age. It's not your...
There's a thing with this game and redheads, huh?

Betawatch: September 4th, 2015

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The pre-alpha testing for Crowfall has started, which is really great even if it's mostly just people beating the snot out of one another...

GTA Online is having a Labor Day sale plus bonuses

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Rockstar has announced that Grand Theft Auto Online is having a Labor Day sale. No, it's not a cash shop sale, but an actual...

Here are the winners of Guild Wars 2’s emblem contest

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Remember Guild Wars 2's guild emblem contest? Well, it's over! And ArenaNet has chosen five winners from more than 500 entries, after a judging...

EverQuest II is throwing a double XP party all weekend

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Looking for something to do on Labor Day? If you're not going outside, you could always go to Norrath and enjoy a 100 percent...

RSI’s attorney responds to Smart’s Star Citizen demands

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The strange saga of Derek Smart's quixotic campaign against Star Citizen continues. The game developer sicced his lawyer on RSI last month, delivering a series...

Massively Overthinking: Building your dream MMORPG

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor xenaphex wants to hear about our dream MMOs. What really makes you tick? What would you build with a million-bajillion...

Heroes & Generals releases Xylander patch

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Reto-Moto has updated World War II shooter Heroes & Generals with a patch called Xylander. It adds new killing tools for Soviet players as...

EverQuest Next has a big internal playtest today

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EverQuest Next is still very much a thing according to Daybreak producer Terry Michaels. On a livestream recorded earlier this afternoon, Michaels said that...

ESPN is hiring an e-sports editor

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Remember a year or so ago when ESPN CEO John Skipper created a minor stink in the nerdosphere by pooh-poohing e-sports and intimating that...

Trion Worlds shies away from sub-only games, praises Defiance’s console success

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RIFT fans with long memories will recall how the game first launched in 2011 as a subscription-only title, staying that way for about a...
Put these in a room.

Marvel Heroes studio Gazillion hit with layoffs [Confirmed]

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It's sad news for fans of Marvel Heroes and Super Hero Squad Online as at least one of the teams behind Gazillion's successful titles appears to...