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After a turbulent partnership, MMO companies Nexon and NCsoft have finally parted ways. Nexon sold its 15.08% of shares back to NCsoft today, ending the two companies' intertwined and sometimes hostile relationship. The sale of 3.37 million shares amounted to a whopping $533 million and was managed by Morgan Stanley. NCsoft Chief Executive Kim Taek-jin bought 440,000 of those shares personally, raising...

Today's Daily Grind question -- more like command! -- from Massively OP Kickstarter donor Tim is short and sweet: Mix features to create your perfect MMO. It always drives me nuts when MMO developers start from scratch -- or borrow the tent poles of a single title -- when building a new game. There are so many great MMOs out there with so...

WildStar offers some robust options for customizing gear in both appearance and stats, but some of those systems were just a bit more pricey than was entirely fair. The latest patch for the game addresses just that by reducing the prices for using dyes as well as the cost of destroying slotted runes. It's the first part of several...

What's better than a birthday? A pirate birthday, arrrrrrrrg! Pirate101 is celebrating another year, and MassivelyOP's MJ is headed back in to party. And what's more party-like than sailing about causing mischief and mayhem? Well, how about getting free gifts? Not only do we have special codes for crowns and a pet to give away, but until 12:29 p.m. EST...

Final Fantasy XIV's first post-expansion patch is hitting the servers in about a month, so it's high time for players to start getting some previews of what the patch will include. A new preview on the official site shows off the 24-person Void Ark dungeon, an airship suffused with evil power that roams the sky as an apparent ghost...

Cloud Imperium has published the first part of a Q&A session with the designers behind Star Citizen's starmap. Last weekend's CitizenCon saw the first iteration of the starmap, which you can play with right now via the RSI website. Turbulent's Ken Hwang as well as CIG Santa Monica's David Haddock, Cherie Heiberg, Adam Weiser, and Will Weissbaum rounded up a series...

Next week's Grand Theft Auto Online update is all about adding some bounce to your vehicle, literally. The Lowrider patch will include lift hydraulics, new velour and leather patterns for your interior, new colors and designs for your instrument dials, and custom covers and air filters for your engine block. You can get all the new stuff at Benny's Original...

It's going to be hard to top the challenges faced by players in Star Trek Online at the end of the Iconian War storyline. What opponent could pose a threat to a galaxy that defeated the Iconians? Well, perhaps an entire other universe with a sinister bent. Yes, the Mirror Universe is coming back in Season 11, complete with...

One... two... five! You may not have a Holy Hand Grenade in EverQuest II, but unless your name is Tim the Enchanter you're going to wish you did this week! Through October 20th, the fantasy game pays homage to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, by introducing tiny little death machines in the form...

We can see the finish line fast approaching! Today's adventures in Star Wars: The Old Republic will lead MJ to the end of Belsavis and onto the mysterious planet of Voss. What will you, the Stream Team audience, choose for MJ to do? Over the last couple weeks, MJ Guthrie and Larry Everett have guided an Imperial Agent through the...