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Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Offline player characters

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Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...
Sometimes, less can indeed be more.

World of Warcraft patch 6.2.3 is bringing Valor back

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Between the Timewalking token system and Apexis Crystals, World of Warcraft has been providing players with a variety of currencies to purchase rewards after...

ArcheAge has been live for 1,000 days in Korea; here’s a trailer

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ArcheAge recently celebrated its 1,000th day as a live game in Korea. Developer XLGAMES published a trailer to mark the occasion, which is pretty slick...

The Secret World continues Manufactory dungeon, increases gear cap

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Hey, would you like a heap of The Secret World fixes and improvements today? Either way, you're going to get them. Update 12.5 is out,...
It's been a long time.

Check out a teaser for RuneScape’s 15-year anniversary documentary

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Next year, RuneScape will be celebrating 15 years of continual operation. Even if you don't play the game and consider it one of your...

Black Desert Online confirms early 2016 launch with buy-to-play model

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The race for 2016 is officially on. Daum Games confirmed this week that Black Desert Online will be coming out in North America and Europe in...

Divergence Online cracks Steam Greenlight’s top 10, starts work on combat

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It's been a very good week indeed for Divergence Online, as the upcoming sandbox MMO has shot into the top 10 list of Steam...

Buy a founder’s pack, get into this weekend’s Blade and Soul alpha

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If you're looking for a sure way to get into Blade and Soul's alpha test, then it won't hurt to hand NCsoft a little...

Funcom’s The Park coming out on October 27th

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Funcom's The Secret World spin-off The Park finally has a release date that gets it out in time for Halloween: October 27th. In addition to its...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most toxic community?

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I ran across a weird thread on Reddit  a week or two ago from a poster asking about toxic MMO communities, not because he...

Elite Lord of Alliance is in beta as of today

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Elite Lord of Alliance, or ELOA if you'd prefer, has begun its initial beta test. Webzen sent out a press release earlier today that...

Check out WildStar’s ‘impossible maze’

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Give players a wide range of player housing tools and you're going to get some interesting results. Perhaps one of the most fascinating creations...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 33: Ascent’s James Hicks

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Justin and Bree fête Ascent's James Hicks discussing Star Citizen, Wurm Online, Ultima Online, WildStar, Daybreak's mystery game, Elite: Dangerous, RIFT, and Funcom.
oh no not again

BlizzCon posts its two-day event schedule

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BlizzCon 2015 is less than a month away, and fans of World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, Overwatch, and Heroes of the...
Keep it going, folks.

Das Tal opens up its first persistent test server on October 31st

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An MMORPG is going to put any set of network architecture under an incredible amount of strain. It's going to dropkick your netcode and...

Guild Wars 2 dives back into Halloween on October 23rd

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Expansion? Who is thinking about expansions when Halloween is prowling about? Guild Wars 2 players will have plenty with which to keep themselves occupied later...
Today's mission is to wander around on the Brain Slug planet without a helmet.

EverQuest II previews the Thalumbra region

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The next expansion for EverQuest II is leading players into a tourist trap. Not in the sense that it's filled with overpriced stores and...

The Crew’s expansion to feature monthly tourney, player-created missions

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The Crew's first expansion is coming on November 17th, and Ubisoft has dropped a looooong post on its website that examines the various feature-adds....

Not So Massively: Star Citizen’s map is amazing (October 12, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Department of Recursion Department

Shroud of the Avatar goes recursive with Release 23

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Shroud of the Avatar is the most recent game that Richard Garriott has worked on, so why not spend your time in that game...