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Douglas Firs cripple City of Titans’ framerate

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File this under "amusing development moments:" The City of Titans team was struggling with low framerate performance for its pre-alpha test map, and only...

Crowfall hits stretch goals for mounts, caravans, and free pack pig

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With only a few days to go, Crowfall is hitting stretch goals left and right in its quest to be one of the best-funded...

Asteroids: Outpost tests out the ore buggy

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Classic video game-cum-MMO Asteroids: Outpost is making strides forward in its testing, according to updates on Steam. While the game is in pre-alpha testing...
Now rather finite.

Infinite Crisis’ creative director on making an approachable MOBA

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Lorehound interviewed Infinite Crisis creative director Cardell Kerr at last week's PAX East. Kerr offers a bit of insight into Turbine's decision to redesign...

MMO Week in Review: March 22, 2015

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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! The...
Shroud of the Avatar

Shroud of the Avatar talks dev events, a community app, and more

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Shroud of the Avatar's latest update is typically meaty. It features the usual footnotes related to in-game tweaks and changes as well as blurbs...
Star Citizen

Star Citizen 1.1 adds ships, landing system

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Friday was patch day in Star Citizen, so that's the good news. The less-than-good news is that you'll need to reinstall the game to...
Revival

Revival says it will feature ‘graphic sex’

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Those of you with sex on the brain may find the latest Revival dev post enlightening. Before we get to the bumping and grinding,...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: March 21, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, SOE fans banded together and attempted to Kickstart this year's Fan Faire. You might recall that Columbus Nova...

SWTOR livestream introduces new planet, outfit designer

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Star Wars: The Old Republic teased at the Community Cantina and in the producer's letter that 3.2 would be one of the biggest patches...

Secret World offers cheap pre-Tokyo package for new players

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Another day, another deal! If you've been eying The Secret World after hearing about the recently released Enhanced Player Experience but you're worried about...

Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns stress test begins March 24

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Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion stress testing is set to begin on March 24th, according to emails going out to lucky invitees...
I cannot believe dolphingate is a thing. How is reporting on this my job. How would I explain this to my grandpa. Or my grandkids when I'm old.

Trion makes amends for ArcheAge’s dolphingate

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During its official ArcheAge stream earlier today, Trion Worlds explained just how it will make amends to its players for the dolphingate fallout -- dolphingate being,...

Betawatch: March 20, 2015

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H1Z1 this week announced and then canceled plans to charge a monthly pass for its battle royale mode; it's still happening, Smed says, but not...

Atlantica Online introduces its Shadow Legion update

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Eight new playable mercenaries have joined the Atlantica Online roster with yesterday's patch. The Shadow Legion consists of martial arts beggars who have begun...

Perfect World is bringing HEX to China

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HEX: Shards of Fate may just have hit a jackpot when it sorely needed it. MMO Culture is reporting that the trading card MMO...
mule punchers

Pathfinder Online shows off group play video

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What does it look like when you get a whole lot of players in Pathfinder Online taking on monsters, fighting one another, and milling...
I get the temptation, but you are not actually a captain.

Star Trek Online adds new five-player queue, R&D event

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Star Trek Online's website has updated with a couple of blurbs that may interest you for the weekend. First up is a bonus R&D...

Sword Coast Legends demos single-player mode

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Bummed about BioWare's 4v1 RPG Shadow Realms biting the big one? Then cheer up, little trooper: There might be a good substitute on the...

Own, expand, and develop your own piece of Crowfall’s universe

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While most of Crowfall's playable area will be in temporary PvP campaign worlds, there will be a bastion of permanence in individual player housing...

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