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2019 was a huge, huge year for MMORPGs. I'm mainly talking about how both Dungeons and Dragons Online and Guild Wars 2 got capes for the first time and how World of Warcraft saw its initial invasion of backpacks. Big, heady times for all games involved. While we contemplate this New Age of Peace and Prosperity that has arrived, it's...

Although she's been understandably distracted from Warframe's story by the Railjacks, Massively OP's MJ is back on track to continue with the tale. Next up in the series is Chains of Harrow. Like with many of these missions, the story is solo. Can she make it through and reveal the next big lore surprise? Join us live at 8:00...

The first few days after the end of the year are a bad time for betas, but we came roaring back this week with Magic: Legends finally strutting its stuff. And it turns out that the question of "how are they going to make this into an MMORPG" has been answered with... not making it an MMORPG at all but...

The next season of SMITE is on its way and with it is a new Joust map for players to... well... joust on. In any case, the folks at Hi-Rez Studios would like to tell you all about it. The Joust map nods to the latest steps forward in the overall narrative of the game, with the world tree Yggdrasil...

The start of 2020 is signalling a new beginning for KurtzPel. A hefty update is due to arrive soon and it's set to change a whole lot of things and maybe bring the multiplayer anime brawler back under the spotlight; readers will recall this piece of free-to-play multiplayer gaming launched into early access in April 2019 (though it didn't...

Video game history and the British Royal Mail don't seem like the kinds of things that would go together, but that's just what has happened with the announcement of a new stamp collection that celebrates video game series and characters designed in Great Britain. A total of twelve stamps are being released on January 21st, with four stamps marking the...

Bungie is joining CCP Games on the short list (so far) of games studios using their titles to help with the Australian brushfire crisis. As the game's weekly missive explains, Destiny 2 players will be able to pick up Destiny 2 exclusive t-shirts, proceeds for which will be given to two different charities supporting those affected by the fires. "We...

Crowfall's founder update hit the ArtCraft site this afternoon, and it's a doozy. The studio's J Todd Coleman says development progress is "fantastic," and he should be excited, since the team just scored a fresh $12M from investors. "As we head into 2020, with beta right around the corner, we are excited to announce the final phase of this strategy...

One of the frustrations we always have when reporting on playerbase size in the MMO industry is that the console market is way more opaque than the PC market. Sure, it's hard to get a specific body count on playerbases without some kind of confirmation from the companies involved - and even the most honest of those will include...