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Shards Online adds referral options and details player-run merchants

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Have you wanted your friends to join you in Shards Online? You've got an extra tool for making that happen with the addition of...

John Smedley on player emulator projects: ‘Good for them’

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Ex-Daybreak President John Smedley took to Twitter last night to throw his support behind MMO emulator projects. While most studios publicly ignore or condemn these...

Jumping onto a Final Fantasy XIV Japanese server can be a culture shock

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Have you ever been curious about how different the Final Fantasy XIV experience is on its native Japanese servers? One English-speaking player decided to...

Linkrealms announces winter beta, Steam early access in March

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Linkrealms developer Mythyn Interactive announced today that it's planning a Steam early access launch in March 2016 and as well as a fresh round of beta testing in...
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Check out legendary Hearthstone cards with their inspirations from World of Warcraft

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It's no secret that Hearthstone takes its inspiration from World of Warcraft. The former is meant to be inspired by the latter. That means...

RuneScape throws a month-long party for its 15th anniversary

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Yes, believe it or not, RuneScape is turning 15 years old this year, and by the look of it, this MMO is still doing...

ARK lets you hop around on a prehistoric kangaroo

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Bet when you woke up this morning you didn't know that you were going to learn what a Procoptodon was. Well you are right...

Oculus Rift will begin accepting preorders this week

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All right! Who's ready to hand over what will likely be more than $350 for virtual reality equipment? Oculus announced today that pre-orders for the...

RIFT raiding guild drama results in player suspensions

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Guild Wars 2 isn't the only game to have recently been smacked with a spate of raiding guild drama: The normally unassuming MMO themepark...

Hardcore sci-fi sandbox Divergence Online preps for Steam early access launch

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Sci-fi sandbox Divergence Online is on the way to Steam's early access program -- at least, it will be when someone at Valve wakes...

Escape from Tarkov starts taking preorders

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Gear up, mercenaries: Escape from Tarkov has started taking preorders for four different game packages, even though the title hasn't gone into testing yet. The...
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Shroud of the Avatar previews the towns of Resolute and Aerie

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The new year is here, and it brings with it the promise of more content and options in Shroud of the Avatar. Not in...

MMO Week in Review: What to expect from Black Desert (January 3, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! This...

Valiance Online tests new client-to-server architecture, previews new website

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Crime never sleeps and superhero MMOs never take a holiday from patching. Valiance Online has been hard at work whipping up a couple of new...

The Underground is a cute 2-D sandbox

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"Do anything, craft anything, be anything." That's the promise of The Underground, a 2-D MMO that harkens back to an earlier era of online game...

Subdivision names its streets after World of Warcraft

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How would you World of Warcraft fans like to live on Ashenvale Way in real life? What about moving into a house on Stormwind...
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Make My MMO: Crowfall’s big reveal (January 2, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, crowdfunding is dead. Just kidding. But a whole lot of you said you're not planning on Kickstarting anything...
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Armored Warfare producer shares plans for the game in 2016

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The most recent letter from Armored Warfare's producer specifies that the game is still one with great potential. It's not a negative letter by...

MMORPG science in 2015

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Better not scoff at academic research: From Superdata to in-house economists, from feminist theory to Bartle, and from education applications to NASA mapping, science is...

City of Titans gives a glimpse of its character creator, hints at 2016 testing

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City of Titans doesn't seem to mind that some of its demo videos came to light over the past month, although the studio said that...