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Update 13.1 has landed with an ominous thud in the middle of The Secret World's Kaidan, and players can only shudder at what unholy visions they will see when the patcher gets to 100%. The first small patch for Issue #13 adds some more content to the game in the form of four side missions in Tokyo: "Furious Road," "Pieces of...

MMO veterans might be familiar with The Realm (also known as The Realm Online), which was one of the first class of graphical online RPGs. While it's been trucking along since 1996, creator Stephen Nichols accused the current owners of letting The Realm lapse into "deep neglect" and wants to remake the game for modern sensibilities. "2016 marks the 20-year anniversary of The...

Back in November, Activision-Blizzard announced it was launching a TV and movie studio to build out its franchises. Former Disney exec Nick van Dyk was tapped to co-lead the endeavor, and today, we know who his creative co-lead will be: Academy Award-nominated Hollywood producer Stacey Sher. Sher's producer credits include Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, and Gattaca, among 45 total projects. The company told...

Dogma: Eternal Night is not about to let a flopped Kickstarter campaign get in the way of its money. Er, dreams. Well, probably dreams and money. The studio wasted no time in getting a new pre-order page up for fans who would like to back this dark supernatural MMO, even though alpha access is a while off yet. The pre-order...

In January's Crowfall Q&A video, Design Lead Thomas Blair and Founder/Art Director J. Todd Coleman discuss Crowfall as an "experimental project." So many game design elements, Coleman explains, are subject to change because of the team's experimental mentality. "We're going to find out what this game is all about, and we're going to do it by trying things out. Some...

Some MMO studios have decided as part of their efforts to foster understanding with the community to implement player councils. These councils, which are made up of regular players who may or may not be elected by their fellow gamers, serve as representatives for their communities and provide personal feedback to developers that may or may not shape the...

If you're one of the many Destiny players hoping to see more of the planet Mercury, you may be in luck. Destiny was reportedly supposed to have more content on the planet Mercury, but in the end it got only limited content through the Trials of Osiris event. Anyone who achieves a perfect score of nine wins to zero losses in...

Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to announce what they want to do with the year. Take for instance Telwyn, who has quite the laundry list of to-dos for 2016. "Thinking back on my first impressions of Trove and also the time I’ve...

This week on the Battle Bards podcast, the crew branches out from the familiar territory of MMO soundtracks and into the wild, untamed regions of MOBA scores. With a survey of titles such as League of Legends, Infinite Crisis, SMITE, and Heroes of the Storm, it's a musical journey that will rouse the fighter in all of us! Battle Bards is...

MU: Origin, the mobile spin-off of Webzen's MU Online, will start closed beta testing on Android devices later this month. Players can sign up on the website for a chance to be admitted to the January 25th CBT, although only a few thousand will be chosen. If you're looking for an ultra-casual mobile MMO, MU: Origin might be it. The game advertises...