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The Hearthstone leads Blizz lost last year just scooped up the Marvel IP with their new studio

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Blizzard had a rough year losing key figures at the company last year - heck, this week it lost its CFO to Square Inc....

NCsoft is launching Aion: Legions of War in the west this month

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NCsoft is gearing up for another western launch this month, this time for an Aion sequel on mobile dubbed Aion: Legions of War. "NCSOFT is...

Dungeon Fighter Online is getting a mobile port, arriving in Korea early this year

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It seems that mobile MMO ports are all the rage these days: We've already got Lineage II: Revolution, mobile versions of Mabinogi and Blade...
Why must life be so hard?

Leaderboard: Will you be playing PlanetSide Arena?

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Last month, Daybreak officially revealed its first truly new game in several years: PlanetSide Arena, a large-scale battle royale title set in the venerable...
Caw! Polly is no longer the apex predator!

Atlas struggles to right a ship that is carrying thousands of hopeful players as the global pirate war begins

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If you predicted that Atlas' launch would be a hot mess, then give yourself a hearty pat on the back (and, really, join the...

The continuing early access launch saga of Wildcard’s new pirate MMO Atlas

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(We're updating this post at the bottom as the drama unfolds!) Marking its third delay since its announcement just two weeks ago, Wildcard's pirate MMO Atlas...

Leaderboard: What was the best mobile MMO of 2018?

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While 2017 was a big year for mobile, 2018 was even bigger, as more and more MMORPG companies, from CCP Games and NCsoft to...

Wildcard’s new pirate MMO Atlas has been delayed yet again

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If you've been refreshing Atlas' Steam page all day today (guilty), you might have noticed that it didn't actually launch into early access as...

SteamCraft is a steampunk build-your-own-machine multiplayer shooter for 2019

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Steampunk aesthetics mean never having to ask why you have a steam-powered car with turrets on the sides and a gigantic Tesla coil sticking...
It brewing

Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse is now expected to launch this afternoon

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It's been a bit of a slow start for Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse mode, which was meant to launch yesterday following the deployment of Intrepid's new website, but as the game's Twitter account chronicled, that didn't quite happen thanks to "an issue on the deployment." However, as of this morning the site is live and downloading of the game has begun, though the game isn't actually up just yet.

‘Apocalyptic sandbox MMO’ Fear the Night is Snail Games’ new zombie survival title

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Remember back when zombies were all the rage? Now even H1Z1 has decided zombies are passe, but here we are with the launch of...
I still love you, robot.

Torchlight Frontiers recaps the progress of its second alpha test

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The second alpha for Torchlight Frontiers has guttered to a close, and it turns out that the players involved were fools of the highest order...
Pagan-tastic, I guess.

Wargaming’s new OARPG Pagan Online launches next year

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Grumpy over Diablo Immortal and Diablo III? Path of Exile not your cup of tea? Maybe give Pagan Online a peek for your clicking...

Mortal Online devs will launch Mortal Royale to Steam early access today

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So here's a thing that did not exactly make my list of favorite trends this year: MMOs transparently courting the battle royale market with...

DayZ actually launches with version 1.0, conditions in the underworld described as ‘chilling’

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The day we never thought would arrive has arrived. DayZ has actually launched version 1.0. It has launched. It's actually arrived at launch. No one is...

Text-based sci-fi sandbox MUD Starmourn hits open beta this Saturday

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Hardcore roleplayers and sandboxes may want to give Starmourn a sliver of precious attention this week: The elaborate MUD hits open beta this weekend....

Daybreak’s new game is PlanetSide Arena, and yes, it’s a battle royale

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Earlier this week, Daybreak began sending emails to players and former players teasing a new game being worked on within the studio's walls and...
awesome show great job

Artifact’s playerbase is already dropping fast, just like the value of its cards

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It was years ago that Magic: the Gathering fans learned a very simple fact about collectible card games: Cards are toys, not investments, and...

Daybreak is announcing a new game on Thursday

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Some Daybreak fans, including our own MJ Guthrie, are receiving a cryptic note from Daybreak this week - best check your old email accounts! Apparently the MMORPG company, most recently in the news for a major round of layoffs and best known for the EverQuest and H1Z1 franchises, aims to announce a new game this week on Twitch starting at 1 p.m. EST.

Wildcard’s new MMO Atlas has been delayed a week for polish

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When Studio Wildcard and friends announced a full-scale, 40,000-person MMO called Atlas last week, we were all excited. When they announced it was launching...