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EVE Evolved: How many subscriptions does EVE have?

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Two weeks ago, a mathemagician over at The Nosy Gamer published some interesting calculations showing that EVE Online's subscriptions may have dropped by around...

El Somni Quas developers issue a design manifesto

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We introduced El Somni Quas to you last week -- it's an old school sandbox created by an indie team in the Czech Republic. But...
ESO

Elder Scrolls Online advertises cash shop item in game

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Nothing helps you get immersed in your favorite MMO like a gaudy multilingual cash shop advertisement pasted on your game screen, right? ZeniMax is...

How Jedi ruined Star Wars Galaxies

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Hope you're not tired of hearing about Star Wars Galaxies because Raph "Holocron" Koster's got SWG on the brain this week, and he's answering...

Massively Overthinking: The pure PvE ‘niche’ of MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking question is posed by Kickstarter donor Winterskorn, who wants to talk about something getting less and less love in MMORPGs lately: PvE. "There...
So it goes.

Grand Chase shuts down but offers fans a tribute post

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There are some games you realize had a long run only after you say goodbye to them. Grand Chase might not have been one...
SWTOR

SWTOR gets its first flourishing mount

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Did you see the Star Wars trailer where Daisy Ridley is riding that popsicle speeder bike? No, I'm not talking about today's trailer, but...
Games of Glory

Games of Glory ‘SHMOBA’ features persistent universe, shooter mechanics

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Are you in the market for a new MOBA? Developer Lightbulb Crew is making one called Games of Glory and it's coming to Steam...
Make my time a priority.

WildStar is now on clearance at Best Buy

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So... you all remember how yesterday saw WildStar boxes being yanked in Australia, combined with that promotion encouraging players to buy more boxes of...
Price shark.

Trion snaps up Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson

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Nothing tells your player community that the transition to a new corporate structure will be totally fine like firing a pillar of community interaction,...

First round of BlizzCon tix sells out

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Within a few minutes of going on sale yesterday, the first round of $199 BlizzCon tickets completely sold out. The good news is that...

How Crowfall will be built for around $6M

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How can Crowfall be made with less than $10 million in this day and age? That's the big question of the day that Executive...
GTA Online

Self Radio is another reason to play GTA Online on your PC

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If you're still mulling whether or not this week's Grand Theft Auto V PC release is worth a purchase, consider the new platform-exclusive Self Radio...
No, saying that you don't care is not actually an answer.

Raph Koster explains Star Wars Galaxies’ TEF PvP system

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A long time ago on a website far, far away, we were having a discussion about modern MMOs and their inability to make sandboxes more than thinly disguised...

EA shutters several online titles, touts SWTOR’s growth

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It's a dark day for several online EA titles that contains ray of light for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The publisher announced today that...
GTA Online

GTA V and GTA Online now available on PC

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A little game called Grand Theft Auto V launched last night. You may have heard of it. Well, technically it launched on the PC,...
Marvel Heroes

Marvel Heroes’ Daredevil gets tuneup, new skin

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Marvel Heroes is cranking up the transmedia synergy by way of a new Daredevil promotion that fits nicely alongside the recently released Netflix television...
EVE Online

CCP recaps EVE Fanfest security presentation

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CCP has published a quick post calling attention to its security and anti-cheat policies in EVE Online. The update is basically a recap of...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: April 11, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we said goodbye to Descent Underground's fundraising campaign. It was a fond farewell, though, since the sci-fi space shooter reboot topped...
ncsoft

NCsoft invests $5 million in Canadian mobile studio

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Is NCsoft scaling back its western MMO operations to focus on mobile development? That's the takeaway from reports at VentureBeat and Gamasutra concerning the...