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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Square Enix pimped out 2-D action MMO hopeful Dragon of Legends as part of its Indie Collective showcase. In slightly less positive news, Greed Monger's development team was "forced to admit defeat" and informed the game's community -- which had coughed up more than $100,000 in Kickstarter donations -- that it was shutting the project...

Are you doing most of your god slaying offline at this point? You might be able to benefit from God Slayer Online, then, because it's all about the slaying of gods but it allows you to do so with others. Or perhaps you won't benefit at all; the game is currently in its first closed test, and the folks...

World of Tanks updated to version 9.8 this week. New features include the domination game mode and dynamic platoons that allow you to group with friends in the middle of a battle. Wargaming has also added the option to pick either the standard or high definition client, the former of which caters to users with low-end PC graphics capabilities...

When I backed Star Citizen in 2012, I opted for a couple of the $60 pledge tiers. One of these I gave away, and the other I kept for myself. I haven't upgraded my pledge since then, which means that when I log into the alpha dogfighting module, I'm limited to flying starter ships like the Aurora and the...

Don't let WildStar's upcoming free-to-play transition distract you from a more immediate reason to celebrate on Nexus: The sci-fi MMO is marking its one-year anniversary on June 3rd. And what would a birthday be if there weren't gifts to go around? Carbine announced that it will be giving several goodies out to players for the event. These gifts include a...

It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day and age, as we tell variations on time-worn tales. But what is almost as good of a substitute is to take two elements and put them together to make an interesting new mix -- such...

The 10th issue of Camelot Unchaineds Unveiled newsletter is filled with tidbits on lore, design, the community, patch notes, and more. There's even mention of a dragon and screenshots of a village created in C.U.B.E. It's a pretty lengthy read, so if your time is limited, here's a sampling of what you'll find. There's plenty of talk about archers alongside...

I don't think I can properly express how much I love the Ikthians in WildStar. The Ikthian Crawler is seriously something I would... well, not kill for, that's extreme, but I'd punch a dude. Unfortunately, you all remember a couple of months back when we were all unceremoniously fired with no forewarning, and thus I had to make a...

Wander kind of surprised me. I've been aware of it for some time, but due to its lack of a launch date and my year-long MMO malaise, I haven't paid it much mind. Now, though, it has a launch date (June 4th), and as such I've been devouring all of the trailers, interviews, and gameplay footage that I can get my hands...

We don't usually list expansions in our little master list, but Guild Wars 2 has started doing some testing of its first expansion. In very, very small doses. Another dose of the Stronghold beta is also due for the game in the not-too-distant future, hopefully ameliorating the current lack of information about when the expansion will actually launch. Other beta...