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Black Desert has just announced that it will be opening name reservations to pre-order players beginning at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 9th. Pre-orders remain open until February 26th. "Don’t forget that pre-ordering either the Conqueror's or Explorer’s package will automatically grant you beta access and in this case you will not need a beta key. The second closed...

If you've been hoping that Bless Online would be making its ways to western shores, then this should perk you right up: It's going to happen. We just don't know when. Fansite Bless Source confirmed today that the fantasy sandbox will be getting a release in North America and Europe: "Neowiz Games Business Manager just confirmed that the European and North...

We've been covering Nick Yee-founded Quantic Foundry's game analytics research as it's fleshing out the Gamer Motivation Model, which seeks to create a modernized personality chart for gamers. This week, Quantic wrote that in its recent survey of over a thousand gamers, it could conclude that at least in first-person shooters, "A higher proportion of male gamers preferred aggressive, close...

While developer Crytek is well known in the MMO world for developing the engine that powers games such as ArcheAge and Star Citizen, the studio has seen a lot of success over the years with its own games. Far Cry and Crysis proved popular with shooter fans in the past, and in 2013 Crytek released a new online first person shooter named Warface. Developed by Crytek...

What's better than watching MassivelyOP's MJ go up against cyborgs in The Secret World? Why, when Justin joins her, of course! The duo is continuing to search for answers regarding the nature of Tokyo's flesh and metal residents for Security Five. The trail leads to Kaidan's hospital. Tune in live at 9:00 p.m. as Justin and MJ infiltrate the...

A reader named Rob provides this week's Massively Overthinking topic. It's a really good one! "Why isn't playing an old MMO from a previous decade seen the same as, say disco dancing in 1986? Seems MMOs have a longer shelf life than other pop culture phenomena." Is he right? If so, why? I posed Rob's question to the Massively OP staff and...

Expressing affection for one's fellow player, bringing like souls together in love, and gorging on many things covered in pink frosting -- 'tis the season in MMOs. And nowhere is the Valentine spirit alive than it is in the EverQuest franchise, as Erollisi Day has returned to bring romance to Norrath. In EverQuest, poor Grimble Grumblemaker feels unloved and needs...

When we interviewed Bitbox CEO Vladimir “Bobik” Piskunov last month, we learned quite a bit about Life is Feudal's transition back into an MMO, from politics to trade to crafting minigames. As next month's beta test draws closer, Piskunov has revealed a few more tidbits, this time regarding plans for PvE and the lack of plans for a console...

The Albion Online team issued a February state-of-the-game letter this morning that explains its focus going forward, and it's good news: Everything is getting bigger, from the world to the staff. "In its current state, the game world can sometimes feel too unified and boring. This is due to the fact that we aimed to create a huge world, with...

The Narc race for upcoming post-apocalyptic MMO Trinium Wars looks kind of adorable. Big fluffy ears, big eyes, delicate features... all the stuff you'd expect from a cute race. But the Narc aren't meant to be cute; they're post-apocalypse survivors that are currently making a new home on the first planet that actually has the vital Trinium needed to...