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Secret World Legends update continues the main story

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Boy, the Secret World Legends story is just clocking right along, isn't it? The game's latest update continues past the end of the "Mortal Sins" mission, so players can start exploring the events leading up to what takes place in Tokyo. You could argue, of course, that the story is clocking right along because it had a very long...
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Game Changers is a movie that follows a team seeking World of Warcraft firsts

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Here's an interesting little movie that may have slipped by your notice. There's a Comic Con trailer out for a film called Game Changers that follows the (presumably fictional) story of two childhood friends who used to compete professionally in online games. As time goes by, the two grow up and apart, taking dull IT jobs. Then they decide to...

RuneScape developer Jagex is hiring for an unannounced free-to-play MMO

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While sitting on top of the enormously successful RuneScape, Jagex has had a difficult go of it producing a follow-up MMORPG. Projects like Stellar Dawn and Transformers haunt the studio with what could have been. But the good news is that it doesn't look like the studio is giving up on this dream. According to a couple of job listings...
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NetEase and Kabam join Blizzard’s star-studded global Overwatch League

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The ESPN report earlier this week suggesting that Blizzard has several agreements from big-name sports-affiliated venture capitalists to host Overwatch League teams across the US and East Asia has now been confirmed and embellished by Blizzard itself, with the addition of NetEase, Kabam, and Misfits Gaming. Here's the whole list: Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots...

SWTOR addresses legacy weapon tuning exploit

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In a rare example of informing the community about the details of an exploit, Star Wars: The Old Republic put up a post on the forums to inform players about a "loophole" allowing for players to circumvent the cartel market and legitimate gameplay to copy weapon tunings and crystals across accounts. "What happened is some players would add the tuning...

Secret World Legends may be punishing groups for farming XP

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Here's your public service announcement for Secret World Legends: You may want to avoid grouping up to farm mobs and XP on the map, as some players have reported being suspended and even banned from the game for doing so. "Last night I ran out of Transylvania quests while being in queue for three or four hours," one player posted. "PVP is...

The Daily Grind: What MMORPG would do better with a different business model?

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When it comes to ArcheAge, it's generally accepted that this is a pretty great fantasy sandbox that was absolutely sunk by a terrible business model (and a few other regrettable studio choices). The topic keeps popping up among that community over whether or not a subscription-only server would do a lot better today. Switching business models is something many MMOs...

Osiris New Dawn CEO to community grumping: ‘I will take these lashings and learn from them’

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Fenix Fire CEO Brian McRae is "not having fun either," according to his latest dev blog on the Osiris: New Dawn Steam page. His comments are in response to what he characterizes as the "recent negativity in the reviews and forums" regarding the survival sandbox's messy and experimental early access development, which "breaks heart," especially when he agrees...

The Stream Team: Climbing to the top of Conan Exiles

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Climb every mountain! Massively OP's MJ is no longer restricted to just singing this in Conan Exiles, she can finally do it! The new patch is in, and MJ is going to practice her mountain goat skills. The world is going to look pretty different now from atop those high peaks -- if she can make it to them....

Shroud of the Avatar’s Portalarium transitions into publishing, may consider partnerships

Barreling toward this month's Release 44, Shroud of the Avatar is (ahem) fleshing out its Elven population with better models and even female models. Elf-lovers need not soil their breeches in excitement, as these are (for now) solely NPC models and nothing that players can take out on the town for mailbox dancing. In addition to polishing the Jaanaford scene...