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Civilization Online’s Industrial Age gameplay previewed

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If you're still sort of confused about Civilization Online, Steparu's latest review is probably worth reading. In a nutshell, the game is about building...

Roberts calls b.s. on Star Citizen’s feature creep police

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Chris Roberts hasn't really responded to all of the internet angst surrounding sci-fi virtual world Star Citizen. He's kinda been busy with, you know,...

BioWare delays SWTOR’s 3.3 update

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Those of you wanting to roll one of Ahsoka Tano's ancestors in Star Wars: The Old Republic will have to a wait a little...

Guild Wars 2 teases the Tempest

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ArenaNet teased a concept art image on its Guild Wars 2 Twitter feed this morning. The pic appears to be the Tempest for the...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Long talks building narrative on top of a sandbox

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Shroud of the Avatar's latest Update of the Avatar has been released. As per usual, it sums up the major happenings for Portalarium's crowdfunded...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: July 18, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Derek Sm... ah, you know what? Never mind. This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shroud of the Avatar's...

Here’s a guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s Imperial City

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ZeniMax has updated its Elder Scrolls Online website with a basic guide to Imperial City. It covers how to get there and what to...

Star Citizen’s FPS elements to feature ‘slow-paced tactical gameplay’ and consequences for death

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Cloud Imperium has published another one of its weekly Star Marine status updates for Star Citizen. The post covers everything from engineering and coding...

PSA: Skyforge’s downloader defaults to leeching your bandwidth

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If you've downloaded Skyforge and then noticed your internet connection slowing to a crawl, you might want to read a Reddit thread posted yesterday...

Crossout is some sort of post-apoc vehicular MMO from Gaijin

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Have you heard of Crossout? Me neither. Well, actually of course I've heard of it now, but I hadn't heard of it prior to...

Leaderboard: Would you pay for good anti-cheat measures in an MMO?

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Today's Leaderboard comes to us from MOP reader Hagu, who asks how much you value anti-cheat measures in MMOs. Players say they want great PvP,...

Elder Scrolls Online sold 138,000 digital editions in June

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A new Superdata report covering June is surprisingly glowing about the MMO industry. MMOs, combined with social and mobile titles, accounted for $660 million...

Derek Smart demands Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts resign, fronts $1M for audit

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Claiming he's had "enough of the bullshit that is the 'vaporware' that RSI/CIG have foisted on legacy backers," game developer and internet...

Massively Overthinking: On the popularity of the MMORPG genre

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes from Kickstarter donor Syllable, who wonders, "Why do you think MMOs are not as popular as they were few years back?" Is...

Skyforge details its digital collector’s editions

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Want to pay money for the latest free-to-play MMO? Skyforge has a collector's edition with your name on it. You can opt for the...

World of Tanks’ 9.9 is live, and so is this highlight video

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Wargaming has released World of Tanks version 9.9, and the firm has also released a five-minute video diary that's designed to bring you up...

TERA’s Patrick Sun on working with Bluehole and more

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TERA made news as the most played MMO on Steam earlier this summer, so naturally we were curious to see how things are going...
How are you this way.

New Pirate101 producer talks PvP, story, and more

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New Pirate101 producer Leah "Professor Falmea" Ruben has penned a new producer's letter and posted it on the game's website. In it, she details...

NCsoft and Netmarble are making a mobile version of Lineage II

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NCsoft and Netmarble are joining forces to make a mobile version of long-running fantasy MMORPG Lineage II. MMO Culture reports that the game is...

Raph Koster: Crowfall ‘can feel more like a living world’

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ArtCraft's Raph Koster is the star witness of an in-depth interview in which he discusses the development of Crowfall using the perspective of his...