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EverQuest has made a reputation for itself over the years as an MMO that isn't afraid to experiment with progression servers, and as such Daybreak has announced that it is planning yet another such server for players to experience. "The cool thing is that the entire team's been talking about a progression server, and that's one of the ongoing discussions we're going...

Are you looking forward to the newest addition to Guild Wars 2's class lineup, the Revenant? Do you stay awake at night wishing that you could see the Mist-wielding warrior in action? Well, don't do that. Staying up at night is bad for you; a full eight hours of sleep is ideal. Besides, you could just jump on past...

North America and Australia Runes of Magic players, buckle up: You're about to experience some server merger turbulence. During this period, drink service will be suspended and the devs have asked that you remain in your seats with your seatbelts fastened. The team announced the incoming merges last year and recently posted a FAQ about how plans are progressing. The...

Jef and I were talking this past weekend about something Star Wars Galaxies got really, really right: the Jump to Lightspeed expansion, which brought joystick-driven free-form space exploration and combat to the sandbox. More importantly, it brought multi-person ships to a genre that simply had nothing like it. Imagine bringing your ground-based party to a totally different place where the...

Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! Up-and-coming PvP MMORPG Crowfall has been counting down a 40-day timer that ends next week, biding its time with announcements about its destruction-oriented voxel-based tech, physics engine, and new classes. Any guesses as to what's happening when that timer...

This week saw the first concrete reveal of EVE Online's potentially revolutionary new Opportunities system, which promises to replace the current tutorial with a more sandbox-oriented alternative. Rather than leading players by the hand through a series of steps, the new system will give players looser goals to complete and let them explore the game at their own pace....

If you've been having a hard time finding companions to help you through your weekly heroic strikes in Destiny, then Bungie is sending patch 1.1.1 on a mission to rescue you (and others in your situation, of course). In this week's update post, the team said that a major addition with 1.1.1 will be a matchmaking service for weekly heroic...

SOE Daybreak has been all about "F2P your way" for a couple of years now, but comments by EverQuest Next senior producer Terry Michaels and lead designer Darrin McPherson in a recent dev team Q&A indicate that the business model for both EQN and Landmark is very much up for discussion. "Not every model for monetizing a game fits with every...

How big is 2015 shaping up to be for Star Citizen fans? Pretty freaking big, if Chris Roberts' latest Letter from the Chairman is any indication. "We are entering into the tightest schedule we've ever had for public releases," Roberts writes. "In short order, you will see Arena Commander 1.1 (now with REC!), the FPS module, and the so-called...

This weekend's Shroud of the Avatar post is a big one. Update of the Avatar #113 explains how the game's single-player offline mode will function as compared to the online world, with particular emphasis on save games, companions, and spawning rules. Portalarium also says that a few items available for purchase in offline mode (like the castle and keep-sized...