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Three staffers depart EVE Online after huge financial year for CCP

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CCP Games staff have now seemingly confirmed on Reddit that EVE Online is about to become three people poorer. EVE is losing Lead Game Designer...

Champions Online joins the Deadpool hype with freebie archetype

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Crushing on Deadpool? Champions Online clearly is too, as it's made its "Specialist" archetype, which usually costs 1150 ZEN in the cash shop, free for...

Tree of Savior’s international beta is coming ‘soon’

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Tree of Savior fans, your patience is about to pay off. IMC Games announced today that the open beta for its international version is...

Massively Overthinking: The new normal of early access MMORPGs

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This week's topic comes from Massively OP reader Zadira. "Daybreak has just passed it two-year anniversary for Landmark, and it still has its early access reward options for...

Armored Warfare update finally adds in Chinese tanks and coastal map

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In the realm of updates, late is always better than never! It might have taken longer than expected, but Update 0.13 has finally landed...

Gloria Victis lets you make a guild coat of arms

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How does your guild distinguish itself visually? If you're in Gloria Victis, the answer is by creating a unique-looking coat of arms. A "multilayer" coat of...
ArcheAge

ArcheAge opens paid character transfers on leap day

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If you aren't happy with your ArcheAge server, then Trion has a proposal for you: You give Trion credits, and Trion moves your characters....
Take a shot.

Das Tal plans ‘massive’ spring alpha playtest

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Das Tal's devs have a "massive" test event planned for the coming season. Fairytale Distillery says that its February sneak-peek playtests will be followed...

Uncharted Water goes to Neo-Babylon in its latest update

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Raise the mizzenmast and jib the topsails, it's time for another tour of duty in Uncharted Waters Online! The pseudo-historical Age of Sail sandbox released...
Story arriving!

Shroud of the Avatar prepares for Release 27

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The final wipe for Shroud of the Avatar is approaching, and that means that the development team is moving forward with an eye toward...
Yeah, screw you, dawn! You know what you did.

TERA’s Dawnfall update arrives on March 1st

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Remember the starting zone of TERA? Well, it's gotten just a little bit... messy with the game's next update. The Dawnfall update arrives March...

Valve pours millions of dollars into Counter-Strike e-sports

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There's no doubt that e-sports are starting to get very big, with many of the top tournaments now supporting prize pools in the range of...
This is both awesome and an illustration of what's wrong.

World of Warcraft’s lore book previews the cosmology around Azeroth

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If you've never cared about the lore behind World of Warcraft, the hardcover Warcraft Chronicles book releasing on March 15th is unlikely to change...
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Final Fantasy XIV adds David Bowie Easter egg to latest patch

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If you have the vaguest interest in music whatsoever, you were probably a bit heartbroken when David Bowie passed away in January. The man...

SamuTale lets you explore a sandbox world as a samurai

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"Boundaries" and "limitations" are not words that the makers of SamuTale like to incorporate into their design philosophy. This upcoming sandbox MMO seems to...

Dungeons and Dragons Online starts its 10th anniversary celebration

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All hail Dungeons and Dragons Online, which is now being inducted into the MMO 10 Years Club! To celebrate a decade of the game's...

Black Death pushes back its early release

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Hope you weren't expecting to contract the virtual bubonic plague any time soon. The grim medieval survival game The Black Death announced yesterday that...

Neverwinter enhances its mount system with stables and insignias

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You can always tell when a Neverwinter content release is nigh, as Cryptic will unleash a flurry of dev blogs. The latest? A look...

League of Legends introduces mobile friend app, standardizes penalties

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Why else do you play League of Legends if not to make friends? And when you attain such friends, isn't it important to be...

Allods Online’s New Order will be broken up into four seasons

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Does anyone else find it slightly ominous that the Russian-created Allods Online has an update coming out called "New Order?" Will all MMOs soon...