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Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs has admitted to backers today that the first round of CU's beta, originally planned for August, will be delayed. Jacobs has explained that the senior programmer hired in June was essentially poached two days after his arrival. While CSE has since hired yet another new programmer, he won't begin until September, making the August beta impossible. Jacobs...

The classic EverQuest progression servers have proven pretty popular, enough that the two servers are going to deviate from one another in terms of update pace. But what if you rolled on one and now want to update pace of the other? Starting on July 30th, you'll have the option of transferring from Lockjaw to Ragefire or vice versa...

Would you like to have a large patch to the nascent Black Desert? "No," you said, "I'd like to have an idea about when and if it's coming out in the US." Well, the large patch is what you're getting, complete with trailers helpfully provided by the fine folks at Steparu. And it actually adds the desert, which you...

Look away from Pluto for five seconds because we're approaching another big astronomy milestone: the 46th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Wargaming is celebrating the moment by adding Lunar Mode back to World of Tanks on the Xbox 360. "While more than 40 years ago man first set foot on the Moon in a bid for adventure and discovery,...

I had a strange thought the other day, at least as regards the MMO genre. I'm kinda having fun here. I know, it surprised me too because it's been an eternity since I found MMOs fun. Don't get me wrong because free-to-play still sucks, people still love lockboxes, and you can't click on a news article these days without reading...

A new Superdata report covering June is surprisingly glowing about the MMO industry. MMOs, combined with social and mobile titles, accounted for $660 million in revenue and increased 13.5% from the month previous. The report praises Elder Scrolls Online as being the key factor for the market growth. The fantasy MMO sold 138,000 digital copies last month in addition to...

The war of words between developer Derek Smart and Star Citizen isn't over yet. A recent livestream for a German fan channel saw director of community engagement Ben Lesnick addressing fans not just on the future of the game but on the recent controversy and the issue of refunds. Lesnick specifically stated that this sort of skepticism is why...

Claiming he's had "enough of the bullshit that is the 'vaporware' that RSI/CIG have foisted on legacy backers," game developer and internet warlord Derek Smart has returned once again to his blog to crusade against Star Citizen. He accuses Chris Roberts and company of libeling him, "engaging in character assassination," and sending forward a "cult-like" "army of White...

Yesterday's Ant-Man patch in Marvel Heroes introduced more than virtual insects to the game, as bugs of a more serious nature plagued the servers. Issues such as lag, disconnects, and even losing progress impacted players. There were reports of players experiencing brutal rollbacks as well. Gazillion moved quickly to address the bugs and scheduled an emergency patch last night. The...