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So, how was 2015 for EVE Online? Well, it featured a lot of stuff from the game's development team, definitely. But is that the most interesting thing that happened? No, EVE is a game driven by its players, and the final year-in-review post from the team focuses heavily upon the many player-driven events and content that ran through 2015....

Curious what Star Conflict has been up to over the past 12 months? The developers put together a new video to summarize the major events and updates that took place in this space MMO, including invasions, the tutorial, the test server, and new ships. Even if you haven't been playing the game, it's a neat montage of Star Conflict's...

The number of games our wee little Stream Team covers in the span of a year is staggering. If you ever wanted to know what an MMORPG looks like and how it plays before you shell out money or download a mega-client, the Stream Team is your best bet. We've put together some of our favorite streams from the year,...

It's kind of a nail-biting time to be looking in from the outside when it comes to Red 5 Studios and Firefall. The past few big stories have centered on not patches or content but on the fact that dev pay was delayed over Christmas (which the company says has now been rectified). But it's happy times for the game over...

When it comes to the EverQuest franchise, looking back at 2015 is a much different experience than looking back at 2014 was. That previous year ended on such a high note of hope and anticipation; players (including me) were excited about what was to come. This year, however, is closing out with an air of melancholy, apprehension, and --...

It's sometimes difficult to believe that Final Fantasy XIV has been running for five years now in one form or another. A new letter from producer and director Naoki Yoshida notes that by one metric, the game has already had a significant lifespan as an MMO, but looked at as a whole it's only a couple of years old....

Over the course of my first day in Black Desert, I did a lot of the things you'd expect from the first day in a new MMO: I killed some imps, couriered some items for spectacularly lazy NPCs, and learned a few skills. But I also spent a much larger amount of time doing things that might seem a...

I've been paying rapt attention to the ongoing-though-paused World of Warcraft Legion alpha tests  because said tests are looking good. That's a positive. Whilst the actual decisions being made about testing and the state of the live game don't earn a lot of praise from me, what we've seen of the expansion that Legion is becoming makes me feel very positive....

If you haven't had enough New Year's ball dropping yet, join MassivelyOP's MJ in ARK for another! The devs have given survivors a massive orb that will descend from the sky to bring joy and hope and gifts to all on the island (or maybe utter destruction). It touches down at noon, so tune in live at 11:00 a.m....

Does Activision Blizzard see the business world as one big garage sale from which to cherry-pick deals? It certainly seems so, as the company has snapped up another acquisition for its portfolio: much of the assets of Major League Gaming. Major League Gaming was an e-sports company, and we say "was" because it recently went out of business. MLG's board of...