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How do you sell 2 million copies before you officially launch your game? Be a studio with a survival MMO on Steam. And, you know, not abandon your game. That part is not as easy as it sounds. Studio Wildcard issued a press release today to celebrate ARK: Survival Evolved's 2 million copies sold since its early-access launch last June, emphasizing its...

Players of The Secret World already know the history of the eponymous amusement park in The Park, but there's a world of difference between going in there with the powers of a bee or just waltzing in as an unsuspecting young mother. A new video from Funcom shows off some of what players can expect from the game as...

I've got MOBAs on the brain this week, so yes, it's time for another early morning MOBA-themed discussion topic. I recently purchased my first champion in League of Legends, mainly because I'm impatient and wanted to try her out without grinding influence points for a couple of days. I haven't bought any skins yet, and I probably won't buy...

The Secret World has a number of auxiliary weapons, one of which is a spiffy rocket launcher! MassivelyOP's MJ already knows the joy of parading around firing giant rockets at zombies, werewolves, and the Filth, so she's excited to help her friends get their own so they can join in the fun. Tune in live at 9:00 p.m. to...

Back in April, we ran an Overthinking about a perceived lack of high-quality PvE-oriented MMO titles on the horizon, and that's a conversation that keeps coming up whenever we talk about upcoming MMOs, particularly Camelot Unchained, as we did on the podcast last week. And that leads me to this week's question: Would you play an MMO without standard PvE combat? Are...

Armored Warfare transitioned into open beta today, inviting any and all to try out this online tank shooter to see if it has the right stuff. If you need something to sweeten the pot, consider that the studio is promising that beta progress won't be wiped when the game launches. Players can download the 30 gigabyte client to try out...

Beer: The cause of and solution to all of life's problems. Or so sayeth the wise sage. In Aion, at least, beer is an excuse to throw the month-long festival of Octoberfest. Octoberfest has already begun in the game and will continue through November 4th in two phases. In the first phase, players can undergo a daily quest to collect...

Heads up if you play any Perfect World Entertainment or Cryptic games: Your MMOs will be going dark for a 12-hour maintenance period (9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDT) on October 13th. "On October 13th, our teams will be performing an extended maintenance to make networking improvements on our servers," PWE posted. "This maintenance will affect our Arc platform as...

Only a little time remains before EVE Online players congregate in Las Vegas for the EVE Vegas event. If you don't already have your ticket, you're almost out of time to buy one (and while it's a valid approach in the game, you probably shouldn't plan on blowing up someone who already has one). So what will actually take...

ARK: Survival Evolved is transforming to ARK: Fear Evolved -- at least for one week at the end of this month! The survival game will herald the holiday with a brief seasonal change that makes the nights longer, turns the days colder, and colors the moon red. And what Halloween would be complete without some spooky creepy crawlies or...