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The newest set of answers from the Defiance developers to player questions is available now. The bad news (always start with the bad news) is that several of those answers come down to "we'll consider it." The good news is that those answers cover a lot of ground just the same. Case in point: The team is aware that...

The dream of seeing City of Heroes reborn is still just that -- a dream. But through the hard efforts of fans of the superhero title, a portion of the game could soon be back online. A team at CoH Titan is on the verge of releasing a new product called Soon™, which will allow players to interact, emote, and...

While Funcom would like to market LEGO Minifigures Online's upcoming June 29th event as a launch of the game, in reality the move is more of a do-over with a new business model. The studio released LEGO Minifigures Online last October as a free-to-play title, although it has not been the revenue generator that Funcom had hoped. To boost its...

I've been playing a lot of ARK: Survival Evolved lately. It's certainly not an MMO, just judging by player count, but it has elements of progression, persistence, crafting, and combat that many MMOs share. My question to you this morning, MassivelyOP readers, is whether or not there's any aspect or feature in particular from ARK or its survival sandbox brethren that you'd...

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! After several years of dud E3s, this year's expo took us by surprise, with big reveals for several major MMORPGs, including Star Wars: The Old Republic, which is retooling its faction system for its upcoming Knights of...

I can't imagine anything more disheartening than going over to a friend's house, knocking on his door, and being coated by burning pitch as a result. Then again, this sort of thing might be more enjoyable in video games. Gloria Victis is getting into the spirit of pouring flaming oil on the heads of enemies with the advent of the...

I'm standing with my PR contact at the Life is Feudal booth when suddenly a guy with a thick Russian accent walks up to me, picks up a toy of a wooden bear at a computer, and starts to move it so the bear paws at the keyboard. "This is how we make games in Russia" he laughs. This was my E3 2015...

Beep... beep... beep. That's the sound of a gargantuan Guild Wars 2 info truck that's preparing to unload its sizable cargo into your cortex. Ready? We'll start with a series of Heart of Thorns guild hall dev blogs on the official site. It begins with a tour through the steps necessary to build a guild hall. Then comes the task...

Salem's "beta" officially ended this weekend, according to a post by Mortal Moments project lead John Carver. "Salem has been designed from both a business model, maintainability, and game mechanics model to weather the storms and provide the maximum assurances of longevity," he writes, though he doesn't mention specifics. The colonial permadeath MMO now features animal husbandry, statues, cannons, booby...

Welcome along to Guild Chat, our comfy place for discussing all your guild dramas in a fun, frank, and empathetic way. You know the drill: Together, we'll get to the heart of readers' problems, helping them make the most out of their guild. Take a seat! Just pop that old suit of armour onto the floor... there you are....