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Albion Online is in the middle of a big revamp ahead of its beta later this summer -- new weapons, new maps, new biomes. Today, Sandbox Interactive adds a retooled guild vs. guild system to that list -- that'd be guild battles, 5v5 fights that allow groups to "fight and conquer territory around the world." The new system will include...

Interestingly enough, there are a few types of video game music that don't often pop up in MMORPGs for various reasons. One of these are victory fanfares or mission completion tunes, for obvious reasons. While your standard game might congratulate you for completing a level or winning a single battle, MMOs tend to give you a brief pat on...

We all remember those important milestones in our life: Our first lost tooth, our graduation, our wedding, and of course, our debut on digital game platforms. So you can join Shards Online in celebrating that the game has been greenlit to appear on Steam in the future. It gets even better: The fantasy sandbox pushed out a patch to its test server a couple...

Gigantic hasn't had the best year, what with two rounds of layoffs, the loss of a community manager, and a major delay. The gorgeous hybrid MOBA's outlook brightened considerably back in May, however, with the announcement that MMO publisher Perfect World had picked up the title to push it the rest of the way to the finish line. And...

After numerous delays, Daum implemented the "rehearsal" version of Black Desert's siege system last week, but it's already decided to postpone the real deal. "Unfortunately the two most recent bugs have proven to be problematic, one prevents siege towers from receiving damage while the other prevents guilds from building towers on time," explained Daum's CM_Jouska on the forums. "Due to these...

Things are looking up! I don't know about you, but I'm certainly feeling more relief-- and not just a little extra excitement -- when I consider the future. Even though I have always had an optimistic outlook for The Secret World, there was no denying those clouds of troubles that would creep in and try to overshadow things. A bit...

Get out your wallets, my darlings, because the Steam sale has arrived, and it's hungry. Yes, everyone's favorite summer event for the most frugal gamers among us has returned, tempting you as always to spend way more than you intended because everything is just so damn cheap! We'll be rounding up some the best MMORPG and MMO-related sales throughout the day...

It's hard to believe that it's actually been an entire year since Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion launched. At the time, I played it and called it almost perfect. And it really is. I still love Heavensward, and I'm very hopeful that the next expansion will be so good that it makes this one look like a pile of...

Have you ever dreamed of being able to take your player housing with you in an MMORPG? Heck, you might just be lucky to get housing, period, in most games. Twin Saga, the upcoming anime MMO, feels strongly that part of the fun of housing is bringing it along for your adventures in the world. That's why players will get...

The current expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic has the Sith and the Jedi working together pretty closely, because it's either that or get annihilated. But let's not forget that the Light Side and the Dark Side are opposed to one another. A temporary ceasefire is in place, but that doesn't mean that everyone is all smiles and...