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Jagex has announced that RuneFest will return for a fifth incarnation of the annual community event devoted to RuneScape. It happens at London's Tobacco Dock on Saturday, October 3, 2015. A Jagex press release says that players will see the dev team's plans for 2016 as well as take part in themed activities, dev Q&As, and "a host of...

On the surface, ArenaNet killed it at E3, kicking ass with a much-wanted and huge expansion for Guild Wars 2, one of the biggest MMORPGs in the market. The studio unveiled a massive new guild hall system, one players have been begging for, one that will satisfy everyone from teeny tiny guilds to classic Guild Wars fans. Those devs were riding high. They...

Crowfall's latest dev blog talks combat physics, and in particular ArtCraft's goal "to use realistic physics in as many gameplay aspects as possible." The team expects emergent gameplay to result from its physics-based approach, since it's difficult to "predict the results of throwing around massive minotaur and centaur like Pachinko balls in a fight." The post details the difference between...

Star Trek Online's newest feature episode awaits, according to an official tweet this morning that signified the end of the patch maintenance period. Cryptic has also published a blog post on the new Time in a Bottle episode, with systems designer Jon Steady writing about weekly rewards like the Chroniton Split Beam Rifle. It deals anti-proton damage, "with a...

The launch of World of Warcraft's next major patch brings with it the end of the quest to earn a legendary ring for your character. So what do you have to do to sport the ultimate loop of power on your character's ring finger? There's a guide to the whole process available on the official site, which also walks...

Are you interested in playing Voxelnauts, the "VR sandbox MMO" from Retro Ronin? If so, you might consider helping the firm out on its Kickstarter before it's too late. There's a bit over a day to go, and the game has thus far managed to raise just over half of its $200,000 goal. Voxelnauts takes inspiration from the novel Ready...

The dust hasn't even settled from H1Z1's recent base-building update, and already Producer Steve George has revealed to us at E3 2015 another great construction-related feature that will be hitting in the coming weeks. What could be better than the watchtowers and foundation expansions that were just added to the game? How about a way to easily store, manage,...

I first saw MMOTCG HEX at E3 2013 at the same time the Kickstarter was revealed to the public, which was actually after it had been cancelled during its initial development. I was immediately impressed with the idea, but not always the execution. Why put PvP in first? Where's the unique PvE? Where are the guilds? I sympathize with befuddled...

You're in for some disappointment today if you were hoping that Windborne would ever emerge from early access. Developer Hidden Path announced this morning that it's "closing down" the co-op sandbox. We have attempted to secure the needed funding to finish the game in various avenues and unfortunately what was once a not-so- market has now been flooded with games of...

My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV expansion - was to give you lovely folks a drinking game. Each time you see certain things come up in indie MMO Kickstarters, take a shot. And I might still do...