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Pathfinder Online players have been in a cruel state of limbo these past few months following the collapse of Goblinworks. However, the game's fate might be far from sealed, as Acting CEO Lisa Stevens said that there has been "promising" talks with a new investment company. "Last week, a new company has entered the arena and I am super-excited about...

If there's one thing I've learned from 18 years of playing MMOs, it's that games train us to abide by some pretty weird codes of conduct. Drop a bag on the ground in real life? Anyone who snatched it from the ground at your feet would be chased down and arrested for a thief. Pick up a fallen bag in Ultima...

It's Thanksgiving week, and so it's perfectly understandable to have turkey on the brain. Mmmm turkey. But while you might be thinking about eating turkey, in Trove the turkeys are thinking about eating you! That's not going to stop MassivelyOP's MJ, however; she's willing to face these ferocious fowl for a chance at procuring herself a rare turkey mount....

Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really fit into the MMO category. Join me each week for Not So Massively, where I gather together the top stories from the biggest MOBAs, competitive card games, first person shooters, and other popular online games...

Citadel has announced that Shards Online's third pre-alpha phase will soft launch for all backers at the $75 tier and above on December 3rd. All backers at $40 and above will get access on December 10th. Pre-alpha 3 is "one of the biggest updates to the game since we fully funded its development," according to Citadel CEO Derek Brinkmann. PA3...

Going toe-to-toe with one dinosaur in ARK: Survival Evolved can be a risky proposition, but thanks to the recent addition of the Compsognathus in update 224, players now have to worry about packs. Called Compy for short, this dino is fairly docile when alone or in very small numbers. However, once a gang of them gets together, they become aggressive...

Lead designer Michael Backus has posted on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums regarding the recent companion brouhaha. If you want to read the rationale behind BioWare's decision to nerf the bejesus out of companions in a recent patch, Backus' wall-o'-text is pretty thorough. The TL;DR takeaway is that SWTOR's companions will be buffed going forward. They won't be as powerful...

It's closed beta time for Albion, and if you're a legendary founder, you can log in right now. Or not if you'd prefer to wait until the danger of character wipes has come and gone. Albion revolves around PvP in the form of sieging, claiming, and defending terrority. There's a player-driven economy, too, as well as the ability to customize...

While you collect all of the items in the current SMITE Odyssey, you know that they're building toward a specific reward once they're all yours. So what's this year's reward? Well, the Japanese pantheon is heading to the game in the near future, so the designers added a bit of modern Japan to the game by making Thor a...

Thanks to his friend Amilya, Mo has finally rolled up an alt -- but has he really?