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Today's big news is that you can copy as many characters from World of Warcraft as you want without any legal penalties whatsoever. Blizzard's copyright infringement lawsuit against Chinese company Lilith Games has been dismissed by the court in the US. So go ahead and make that game about Garrosh Hellscream becoming a Broadway singer -- because you could...

Wondering whatever happened to Origins of Malu? Apparently the devs were working elsewhere for a while but have now turned their attention back to the title. A new post on Steam revealed that the game will be launching "in stages" over the next few months as a free-to-play MMO. "We will drop the price of our early access when we...

Have you wanted your friends to join you in Shards Online? You've got an extra tool for making that happen with the addition of the game's referral system. If you share your referral link and someone pledges to support the game with that link, you'll earn loyalty points that can be exchanged for items on official servers, meaning that...

Ex-Daybreak President John Smedley took to Twitter last night to throw his support behind MMO emulator projects. While most studios publicly ignore or condemn these fan projects, it was a well-known secret that Daybreak held a favorable attitude about them. "I've been asked recently about my feelings on emulators like SWG Emu and things like Project 1999," he posted. "Now that I'm no...

When the MMORPG genre was young, I spent a lot of time inside of MMORPGs not doing much besides standing or sitting around and talking to friends. You could call it banksitting or peoplewatching or socializing, but either way, we deliberately used MMO clients as chat clients. It seems to me that there's less and less of that as the...

Now that she's been getting a taste of battles in MechWarrior Online, MassivelyOP's MJ wants more: more carnage, more mayhem, and more kills. And what better way to start the week than with lasers blasting? MJ is still searching out which mechs she prefers to use, so if you have a favorite you want to see her try, join...

Have you ever been curious about how different the Final Fantasy XIV experience is on its native Japanese servers? One English-speaking player decided to roll a character on a Japanese world to learn the language and see how the community acted over there. So what was most notable difference that the player encountered in his or her adventures on a Japanese shard? "There...

Linkrealms developer Mythyn Interactive announced today that it's planning a Steam early access launch in March 2016 and as well as a fresh round of beta testing in January. From the 9th of January, all registered users with a Beta Key and all purchasers of a Founder Pack will be able to play Linkrealms continuously for at least 3 weeks. The Ultima Online-inspired isometric MMORPG...

It's no secret that Hearthstone takes its inspiration from World of Warcraft. The former is meant to be inspired by the latter. That means that there are no shortage of legendary Hearthstone cards with direct equivalents in WoW, and an enterprising fan by the handle of Jeppz95 has taken the opportunity to pair the inspirations for the cards with...

Yes, believe it or not, RuneScape is turning 15 years old this year, and by the look of it, this MMO is still doing incredibly well for itself. To mark this festive occasion, Jagex is throwing a full month of events and activities to give RuneScape the proper birthday celebration that it deserves. The party includes special livestreams, a statue collection...