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World of Tanks and World of Warplanes developer Wargaming is celebrating National Military Appreciation Month by giving a portion of its cash shop proceeds to several veteran organizations. Each week in May, 25 percent of the take from "dedicated in-game currency support packages" will be donated to one of the following organizations: AMVETS, Wounded Warriors Canada, the National Armor and...

Anarchy Online may be fresh off its mighty 18.7.0 patch, but the team is not slowing down to congratulate itself. A new dev update letter by Gameplay Designer Henry Senger reveals that there are a few significant plans in the works to further improve the game. First up is a mid-May patch that will contain a free full IP (improvement...

Even EverQuest II isn't immune to the money siren's call of lockboxes. The latest entry into the pseudo-gambling purchases came this past week with the new mercenary crates, which can be purchased for 799 Daybreak Cash (approximately $8) and contain random Inquisitor and Monk mercenaries. The most rare drop from these crates is Katastra Vilehex, who has a slim...

Set in a "mythic Renaissance" that blends together history and fantasy, Brunelleschi: Age of Architects is an ambitious social builder that aims to give players tools to build an entire civilization from scratch. The new title, which is currently shooting for approval on Steam Greenlight, not only contains player cities, but a wide variety of economic, social, and political activities....

Stargate Worlds was one of those rare MMOs that progressed into the beta stage and was played by many yet never launched. Even today we're still getting stories and screenshots back from testing, such as this one from reader Hicks. "I hear you're looking for some wacky screenshots from betas and alphas, so feast your eyes on this!" he submitted....

Back in the day, it used to be a running joke among the staff about which game would go free-to-play next. We don't make that joke any more, chiefly because it's no longer a joke and there are barely any candidates left anyhow. Buy-to-play, free-to-play, anything other than the old standby of box and subscription prices. That business model...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Pathfinder Online made some noise about the future of its settlements feature. Goblinworks CEO Ryan Dancey also made headlines by imploring Pathfinder fans to recruit new blood from the larger MMO community. In other news, Star Citizen summed up its April progress with a lengthy studio report and dropped a couple of interesting persistent...

XLGAMES and 2K have released some new screenshots of Civilization Online (you know, that Civ title that currently has no plans to release in the western market!). Steparu has posted the shots and frankly, they're gorgeous, even if the game in question seems a bit out of our reach at the moment. Civ Online is a faction-based PvP MMORPG where...

Finally! MassivelyOP's MJ doesn't have to run around hunting zombies in the skin of a guy; the first female model is live in H1Z1. Of course, this addition necessitated a full wipe, so she's got quite a bit of scavenging to do in order to relearn all those recipes and build a new fort. Tune in live at 4:00 p.m....

Star Citizen fans, I hope you have a cup of coffee or some other caffeinated beverage, because it's time for the space sim sandbox's April monthly report. As per usual, Cloud Imperium studios from around the world have checked in to report on their progress over the past 30 days, and it makes for an interesting, if lengthy, read. CIG...