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The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual’s Star Trek Online
If you're among the legions of Trekkies, then you are almost certainly aware of Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. Since early 2010, players have...
Betawatch: Eternal Crusade’s entry into early access (January 29th, 2016)
In the grim darkness of the future, there is no more launch or beta or alpha testing, just early access for eternity. Fortunately, Eternal...
WoW Factor: Why Legion’s alpha/beta label is a hair worth splitting
The Legion alpha is back, and it is still an alpha. And I want to to stress, not for the first time, that I...
Divergence Online abandons Steam sales over ongoing review harassment
Update: We have continued our reporting on this story here.
Yesterday, an eagle-eyed reader noticed that Divergence Online had seemingly been pulled from Steam and...
Shroud of the Avatar drops Release 26 update with a full character wipe
Here's the bad news for players looking forward to the next major Shroud of the Avatar patch: A character wipe is happening. All of...
WoW’s latest Legion alpha build revises talent loadouts, glyphs
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is rolling along and getting just a little bit bigger. Another build has been deployed,...
The Underground becomes The World of Akria
A while back we reported on a small indie sandbox called The Underground that placed a premium on allowing players to craft and be...
Das Tal is working on lag, maps, and caravan raids
Earlier this month, Das Tal's Fairytale Distillery told players that it was working hard on playthrough incentives and accessibility features for its April alpha test....
Listen to Crowfall’s devs discuss crafting scenarios
Have you ever wanted to sit in on a meeting with MMO developers and hear how they work their way through the design process?...
Otherland opens the doors to Water Isle, goes on sale
Hey everyone -- Otherland would like a minute of your time. It's raising its hand for you to call on it because it has...
Chris Roberts talks Star Citizen two-step verification, griefing, and Star Marine’s status
Star Citizen's Chris Roberts is taking a break from signing swag for PAX South to answer another batch of 10 questions from the community....
Can whales fly? Worlds Adrift says ‘absolutely!’
We don't know about you, but when we think of "sky whales," the image of Twitter's notorious "fail whale" comes to mind. Worlds Adrift...
PSA: Last call for Eternal Crusade founder packs before early access Steam launch
If you were hoping to pick up an Eternal Crusade founder pack, today is the last day to hand over your money.
Behaviour Interactive announced...
EVE Evolved: Should CCP start developing Walking in Stations again?
In all the time that I've been writing about EVE Online, one of the most common recurring comments is that the game badly needs...
Atlas Reactor is taking sign-ups for a February alpha test
Trion Worlds has been so quiet about Atlas Reactor over the past few months that you can be forgiven for having forgotten the game was...
Betawatch: Having fun with Black Desert’s character creator (January 22, 2016)
Who doesn't like a good character creator? The people in charge of Black Desert clearly like having one so much that a standalone version...
The Black Death takes survival games to a grim era
Survival games aren't always the cheeriest of places (after all, you have to have something to survive against), but a new game might make...
Crowfall explains how to build your pocket-sized kingdom
Over at Crowfall, the subject is once again swinging back to the eternal kingdoms, the game's housing-cum-private world. ArtCraft posted a new 13-point FAQ...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO tropes we don’t need in 2016 (but clearly aren’t going anywhere)
All right, we've had just about a month of 2016 now, and I'm writing this on my birthday. Odds are good that I'm going...
Naval Action heads into early access on January 21st
Right now the Age of Sail title Naval Action is prepping the release of its early access version on January 21st. This means that if you haven't...
