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Official Site: ArcheAge
Studio: Trion Worlds
Launch Date: September 16, 2014
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Sandbox
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs

Bree Royce - June 4, 2015 72

This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...

The Stream Team: ArcheAge’s barrel racing

MJ Guthrie - June 2, 2015 6

It can certainly be a stretch to come up with new seasonal events, but ArcheAge has added one for the summer that could either...

But this'll clear those population problems right up, I'm sure.

ArcheAge’s server merges will spark another land rush

Eliot Lefebvre - June 2, 2015 155

When ArcheAge first announced that there would be some sort of server consolidation, players were understandably nervous. Merges can be a messy business at...

The Soapbox: Can MMOs eradicate pay-to-win?

Jef Reahard - May 29, 2015 247

You know what sucks about getting old? Apart from the adult diapers and the dying? Yeah, it's the seeing things you love retconned into...

Trion Worlds secures ‘Reactor’ trademark

Justin Olivetti - May 29, 2015 22

No, it's not one of Tony Stark's inventions, but that doesn't mean this reactor is any less intriguing. Upon doing some sleuthing, RiftGrate discovered...

ArcheAge’s ‘altogether different’ approach to server merges

Jef Reahard - May 26, 2015 78

Trion hasn't formally announced server merges for ArcheAge yet, but the publisher is at least thinking about it, judging by a forum post made by...

One Shots: My imaginary friends

Justin Olivetti - May 24, 2015 37

Here's a fun thought: What if we aren't actually playing MMOs? What if we're just sitting in front of blank screens, creating fantasy worlds...

ArcheAge preps a barrel racing daily event

Jef Reahard - May 23, 2015 28

ArcheAge is gearing up for its annual Rum Runner Rapids event, which looks to involve drinking, whitewater rapids, and barrels out of bond. More specifically,...

Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson on ArcheAge, community management, and her new role at Trion

Jef Reahard - May 21, 2015 130

Linda "Brasse" Carlson is one of the MMO industry's most beloved community specialists, and genre fans everywhere boggled just a bit when Daybreak laid...

ArcheAge subreddit clarifies P2W censorship; Trion bans exploiters

Bree Royce - May 20, 2015 55

Another day, another Reddit drama, although the one swirling around ArcheAge appears to be coming to a middle. In a message titled Transparency is...

ArcheAge spawns fresh Reddit drama over pay-to-win

Bree Royce - May 18, 2015 241

Third time's a charm with Reddit! Remember back in March when a Skyforge moderator threatened to ban anyone using the term pay-to-win and was...

One Shots: Bugs Bunny 2099

Justin Olivetti - May 10, 2015 63

What would Bugs Bunny look like if he were a futuristic space mercenary who chomped on freeze-dried carrots and spat out, "What's UP, doc?"...

Massively Overthinking: The return of ‘consequences’ to MMOs

Bree Royce - May 7, 2015 148

This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from Kickstarter donor Antonia "Toni" Phillips aka ToniLyran, who's hit on a sore point with our writers, it...

ArcheAge outlines the battles in the Sea of Graves

Eliot Lefebvre - May 6, 2015 8

So what sort of nautical nonsense can you get up to in the most recent ArcheAge update? How about beating back a leviathan of...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 12

Justin Olivetti - May 5, 2015 42

Justin, Bree, and Eliot from Cards Against Humanity discuss SWTOR's Ziost update, Daybreak's emu deal, the Guild Wars saga, ArcheAge's patch, and Darkfall's retcon, plus mail on MMO mistakes and replacing CoH. Bonus: Justin's Kickstarter tribute song!