archeage

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

Price shark.

Trion snaps up Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson

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Nothing tells your player community that the transition to a new corporate structure will be totally fine like firing a pillar of community interaction,...
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Leaderboard: Which style of MMO PvP do you prefer?

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MMO PvP comes in a lot of different flavors, and while all of them involve sticking the pointy end into the other man to...

One Shots: Early morning ride

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It's been a long tradition (from before my tenure) to use a black-and-white version of the first picture of the week for the header...
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Lost Continent: Looking ahead to ArcheAge’s Dread Prophecies patch

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Did you miss the latest ArcheAge livestream featuring the Trion dev team? It was a biggun, and it contained quite a lot of information relative to the...

Massively Overthinking: The death of the MMO guild

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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor JakeDunnegan, who is worried about the future of MMORPG guilds. When EverQuest came along, I was...

One Shots: Row, row, row your boat

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When I'm perusing my One Shots mail folder seeking that special picture that will make the headlines, I'm not looking for anything in particular....

The Daily Grind: Does FFA PvP reflect badly on players?

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Today's Daily Grind question comes from Luxxicon, a donor to our Kickstarter campaign. Luxxicon just wants to talk about open-world PvP. In fact, his...
Springtime for ArcheAge.

ArcheAge producer examines the Archon class

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Trion's latest ArcheAge PR push centers around "underplayed off-meta PvP builds that synergize exceptionally well with the introduction of Secrets of Ayanad." The first...

Ask Mo: Jobs in the MMO industry, jobs in MMOs

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Today, we're reintroducing our general MMO advice column, here named Ask Mo: the column where you ask Mo questions, and he... lets me answer them for...

Jukebox Heroes: Seven MMOs with player music systems

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A few weeks ago I asked the Massively Overpowered community if all MMOs should come with player music systems. In my opinion, at least,...

The Stream Team: Swimming with the dolphins in ArcheAge

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You've read about the brouhaha over the pink porpoise in ArcheAge, but have you seen the mammal in action? MassivelyOP's MJ was the recipient...

One Shots: Wedded bliss

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Have you ever gotten married? In game, I mean. Well, if you haven't screenshotted it, it didn't happen. Fortunately this Final Fantasy XIV couple...
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Lost Continent: ArcheAge’s dolphingate was much ado about nothing

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I'd like to play devil's advocate about this whole ArcheAge dolphingate thing. First, though, let me start with a disclaimer. If you've read this...
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ArcheAge is finally on Steam

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I've had ArcheAge on my Steam wishlist for at least six months. I forget exactly how long it's been, but I'm pretty sure that...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 7

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Justin and Bree discuss EVE Fanfest, ArcheAge's dolphingate, the PWE/Cryptic layoffs, Elder Scrolls Online's B2P relaunch, FFXI's maintenance mode, Guild Wars 2, and The Secret World, with mailbag questions on Sword Coast Legends and NWN.

One Shots: Memories of those long lost

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Sometimes we start silly, and sometimes we start weird, but today we're going to start somber and reflective. Reader Becca made a discovery that...
I cannot believe dolphingate is a thing. How is reporting on this my job. How would I explain this to my grandpa. Or my grandkids when I'm old.

Trion makes amends for ArcheAge’s dolphingate

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During its official ArcheAge stream earlier today, Trion Worlds explained just how it will make amends to its players for the dolphingate fallout -- dolphingate being,...

Trion says it ‘missed the mark’ with ArcheAge promotion

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Yesterday's revelation that Trion was handing out significant gifts to former ArcheAge players to entice them to return to the game -- gifts in...

Das Tal is considering a buy-to-play model

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After a careful consideration of the pros and cons of various business models, including those of Crowfall, Guild Wars 2 and ArcheAge, the Das...
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ArcheAge patrons perturbed at Trion’s gift to former players

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When's the last time we had a good ArcheAge controversy? Actually who cares, because Trion has stepped up to the plate with a new...

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