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Elder Scrolls’ road ahead is paved with virtual currency

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Elder Scrolls Online game director Matt Firor has posted a lengthy Road Ahead update on the game's website. He touches on loyalty rewards (including...

Richard Garriott: Open development and crowdsourcing is a ‘joy’

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There's a lot of debate and discussion these days as to the virtues and usefulness of early access and transparent development, but at least...
Slashy slashy!

Nexon pressures NCsoft as largest shareholder

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While Nexon and NCsoft may be competing developers in the MMO space, business has made strange and hostile bedfellows of both. After purchasing enough shares...

Crowfall will be buy-to-play with optional sub

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Although we don't have the full idea of what Crowfall is, today we know more about how we'll be paying for it in the...

Listen to a Star Wars Galaxies and Earth & Beyond ‘post-mortem’

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If you're looking for a blast to the past of science fiction MMOs, then clear your schedule for an hour of enlightening talk by...

Guild Wars 2 celebrates the Lunar New Year

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It's the Canthan Lunar New Year in Guild Wars 2, so the question you have to be asking yourself is: Do you feel lucky?...

Ever, Jane’s lead developer is building a most unusual MMO

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Have you heard about Ever, Jane and thought to yourself, "Who would make this kind of MMO?" Well, now you can meet the creator...

Trove takes to the skies in a new patch

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What more can sandvox Trove add to its beta program? How about the power to rebel against the forces of gravity and take to...

Configurable corp friendly fire is coming to EVE Online

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February 17th's Tiamat patch for EVE Online will "give player corporations the ability to configure whether friendly fire within the corporation is considered legal...

Darkfall’s next patch nerfs fast travel, tweaks mounts

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Aventurine is teasing Darkfall's latest patch, which is currently scheduled for the "last week of February." A new clan perks system based on the...

Allods’ Broken Chains update is coming March 5

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Allods has announced that its 6.0 Broken Chains update will hit your server on March 5th. "Many innovative features await you, " the dev...

Star Trek Online changes executive producers

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Star Trek Online has a new captain helming its ship, as Stephen D'Angelo has stepped down as executive producer and long-time STO dev Stephen...
Freedom Falls

Forsaken World expansion adds godhood, new race and class

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If you're looking for a reason to try Forsaken World -- or maybe you're looking for a reason to return -- how does a...

Take a peek at Skyforge character creation and a zone panorama

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What sort of character are you going to make in Skyforge? A new user video shows off the character creator and classes from the...

Read the scoop on Neverwinter’s newest zones

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There's a lot to take in with Neverwinter's upcoming Elemental Evil module, including two brand-new zones to the game: Drowned Shore and Reclamation Rock....

SWTOR teases season four PvP rewards

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In previous PvP seasons for Star Wars: The Old Republic, players never had a clue what the rewards for their efforts might be until midway through...

Player structures are coming to Pathfinder Online

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It's hard to think of a sandbox game without the ability to create and dwell in player structures, but until now that feature has...

Atari announces Asteroids: Outpost MMO

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This has already been such a weird day for MMOs, so why not this? Atari announced that it's reviving one of its most famous...

WoW adds Twitter integration, racing minigame

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Are you doing big things in World of Warcraft that the whole world urgently needs to know about? Maybe not. Do you want to...
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Daybreak layoffs hit Landmark, EverQuest Next, H1Z1, more

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Well, here's a news post I didn't want to write. SOE Daybreak Games has laid off popular Global Community Relations lead Linda Carlson as...