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2015 is coming to a close, and I've eaten my own bodyweight (and then some!) in festive treats, so it's the perfect time to put my wishes for Guild Wars 2 in 2016 out there while I'm looking forward to the year ahead. With Heart of Thorns so freshly installed on our machines and an action-packed 2015, one prediction I can...

Acting CEO Lisa Stevens has good news for Pathfinder Online fans - the game may have found the investors it has been looking for. According to her most recent dispatch to the fans, the new company is still in negotiations, but if they are successful it would be investing more into the game than Goblinworks had been able to...

The Repopulation's struggles with the money-troubled Hero Engine service have led to game delays, server downtime, and suspended development, and the drama continues today. Earlier this week, an Idea Fabrik Hero Engine rep seemingly defied confidentiality agreements by telling its community that its revenue problems are the result of a single client refusing to pay royalties for two months. "Starting in September 2015, one of...

Last weekend's rumors of a Firefall developer pay snafu were strengthened by a Reddit-vetted anonymous Red 5 employee and other industry voices. Now, it appears that payroll might make it this week. The same anon Red 5 dev told Reddit about an all-staff company meeting: So we will be paid via direct deposit on the 30th. That's been promised. They started the meeting by claiming...

The other day we did a story on Istaria (aka Horizons) and I said to myself in an empty room, "Huh. That's still around?" I find this happens now and then: games that I totally forgot existed pop back into my vision and I have to realign my reality to include them as actual operational titles. Hey, there's about a...

Last time, MassivelyOP's MJ shared one of her favorite Frostfell quests, the chain that leads into EQII's Icy Keep. Tonight she will complete the final quest in the chain, An Exalting Experience! Join us live at 8:00 p.m. as her group ventures into the ice castle itself and faces the frozen dangers there. What: EverQuest II Who: MJ Guthrie When: 8:00 p.m....

As the final pages turn on 2015, MMO bloggers engage in a favorite pastime of recalling their best and most notable gaming experiences of the year. Light Falls Gracefully ranks the author's eight most-played MMOs of the year, starting with a gloomy prediction about WildStar. "I am still in love with WildStar," Mesmer posts. "With that said, it’s going to...

Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, takes to the apocalypse with this week's look at Fallen Earth's soundtrack. What kind of music do you listen to after the end of the world? Turns out that it's a bit westerny, a bit actiony, and very atmosphericy. Battle Bards is a bi-weekly podcast that alternates between examining a...

Indie sandbox Life is Feudal has just pushed live a patch that will bring terrible weather and back-breaking snow-shoveling work to players of the game. You're welcome. Weather and seasons aren't just for show in Life is Feudal: Your Own. While rainy days are great for tree growth, livestock prefer the warmth of sunshine, and the perfect mix of both...

Justin and Bree interview Guild Wars 2's sound design team, then interview our "local" astrophysicist to answer your mailbag questions on space and space games.