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If and when The Division releases, expect to find a game that's just as driven by its gear as, say, Destiny. In a brief interview with IGN, Massive Associate Creative Director Julian Gerighty affirmed that most of the RPG mechanics will revolve around the weapons and armor you carry. "The key to our RPG experience are the choices around weapons, skills,...

Let's start today with the bad news for Crowfall fans: While the Siege Perilous implementation was planned for February, at this point it looks as if it's going to be delayed until March. The reason behind this, as explained in the state of the game update (available for viewing just below the break), is that the combat mechanics are...

As announced earlier this week, PvP sandbox Xsyon is going buy-to-play on Steam today. "Although I personally still favor the subscription model, it’s clearly turning away too many players at the moment," the lead dev from Notorious Games wrote. "Without the subscription, new players will be more inclined to join and old players are welcome to return!" Press release: Xsyon: Prelude, the apocalyptic...

There's a changing of the guard for TERA in South Korea this month, as the title is changing up publishers. Bluehole Studio announced yesterday that Nexon will be taking over publishing duties following Hangame's decision to drop the title. This change will require a transfer from the current server to Nexon's own shard and will take place in January. To calm...

During the discussion in the World of Warcraft PvP gear flattening article last week, longtime Massively OP commenter SallyBowls wondered why serious PvPers bother playing MMOs. "Especially in 2015, if you really are about competing, then why are you not playing one of those games, typically an e-sport, where the balance is taken more seriously?" PvP causes balance issues for PvE, the...

The Bethsoft layoffs saga has just gotten weirder. Last week, Irish news outlet The Connacht Tribune reported that 300 customer service representatives had been newly let go from Bethsoft's Galway offices, established in 2011 to support the then-unreleased Elder Scrolls Online. The Tribune claimed only five or six employees remained. In response, Bethsoft told Gamestop-owned blog Gameinformer that the Galway studio was still in...

People who were hoping for Gigantic to hit full retail release some time this year are no doubt a wee bit disappointed that the game is delaying its launch after a round of layoffs. A new post on the official site goes into more detail regarding the layoffs and the launch schedule. The short version? The shift to Windows...

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...

The Elder Scrolls franchise is no stranger to delays, which is why it's almost tradition for it's spin-off card game to reveal that it won't be making its anticipated launch window of this year. When pressed about whether or not The Elder Scrolls Legends would be squeaking into 2015, Bethesda Vice President of Marketing Pete Hines broke the bad --...

This has not been an easy year to be a fan of Pathfinder Online, but the last update fans had was that there were rumblings of a new investor interested in the project. Acting CEO Lisa Stevens recently announced that she will be hosting an end of the year chat with fans on December 29th at 8:00 p.m. EST,...