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In the 11th year of EverQuest II, what did SOE/Daybreak give to me? An emotional rollercoaster ride! This Sunday marks 11 years of Norrathian adventures in the fantasy game, and what an adventure it has been. This year, unlike any other before, has been marked by upheaval and uncertainty for the company behind the venerable franchise. Yet there have...

A new job listing for a senior software engineer at Blizzard revealed that the studio is looking to bring back its classic games catalog in some way. One of the key goals of the job is to make Blizzard's older games playable on modern operating systems. "Evolving operating systems, hardware, and online services have made  more difficult to be experienced...

The western has been limping along for decades now, occasionally rearing its head to produce a well-loved movie or game smash hit before disappearing once more. It's certainly one of the most-cited genres when it comes to speculating about largely unexplored spaces for MMOs, but how feasible is doing an online western RPG really? We've seen some titles tap into the...

The first post-expansion patch for Final Fantasy XIV goes live on November 10th, but you'd better get in all of your gameplay before then. All game servers are going down for maintenance on November 9th at 4:00 a.m. EST, coming back online on November 10th. With the usual allowance for possible extended maintenance, naturally. Why the 24-hour downtime? It's unclear...

Albion Online is ticking down to the official start of its closed beta test on November 23rd, and in a new state of the game post, the developers talk about what changes and improvements will go into the build when players see it later this month. There's nothing earth-shattering in regard to the changes, but most should be welcome. There's...

It looks as though Trion Worlds has thrown in with Humble Bundle's Extra Life promotion, as both Devilian and Trove have made appearances in this week's deal. Players who donate any amount with this promotion will get (among other goodies) access to all of Devilian's beta events as well as a radiant halo cosmetic helm for their characters. If a...

League of Legends isn't going to coast through next year with the same-old client: It has plans to bring a vastly improved version to players in 2016. In it 2016 season update, Riot Games said that it will begin testing the client in early 2016 with plans to roll it out later that year. The new client will be more responsive, easier...

There are few things in this life that I'm sure about, but one of them is the fact that I can't freaking stand MMO story. I wish devs would stop wasting time and money by shoehorning single-player narratives with cutscenes into multiplayer virtual worlds and instead spend time and money building tools with which players can tell their own stories. Or you...

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine alum Chase Masterson was recently interviewed by Star Trek Online executive producer Steve Ricossa. The actress stopped by Cryptic Studios to talk about bringing Admiral Leeta to STO's Season 11: New Dawn update. Leeta "leads the Terran Empire in an attack against the Badlands and Deep Space Nine," according to a Cryptic press release which...

MassivelyOP's MJ has already poked around a bit in a dev-made adventure in Sword Coast Legends during the head-start. But now that the D&D-style game has launched, she wants to play through the story. What adventures will her little rogue have as she helps guard a traveling caravan on its trek between Neverwinter and Luskan? Tune in live at...