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Landmark devs: Respawning is working as designed
Addressing complaints that respawning mobs and resources are broken in Landmark, Daybreak came out today to say that, on the contrary, everything is working...
See a pair of high-octane Overwatch matches
Got a few minutes? Then we've got some action eye candy for you, straight from the land of Overwatch.
Blizzard recently released two videos of...
Punching dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved
Five minutes after I logged into ARK: Survival Evolved, I punched a fish. A few moments later, I punched a tree. Shortly thereafter, I...
You can bounty hunt rogue agents in The Division
Looking for a fun place to vacation next year? We do not recommend The Division's Dark Zone, unless you find a lawless area of...
Shroud of the Avatar’s zombies are infectious fun
Every MMO, whether sci-fi, fantasy, or equine, must at some point feature zombies. It's video game law.
Fortunately for Shroud of the Avatar fans, it...
Eternal Crusade reduces scope, promises earlier delivery
Are you willing to take a swirl of good news and bad news with your alpha? Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade fans have no choice,...
Pathfinder Online adds free trial system in latest ‘early enrollment’ build
The business model of Pathfinder Online's current testing phase is odd, since you have to pay a box price and a subscription fee to...
Make My MMO: June 13, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Das Tal failed to meet its Kickstarter goal, but developer Fairytale Distillery intends to soldier on. "Das Tal...
Perfect World announces World of Jade Dynasty
Perfect World has announced a new MMORPG, though it's currently slated for the Chinese market. It's called World of Jade Dynasty, and it's designed...
Burstfire’s tactical shooter gives players one life per game
If you only had one life in a FPS match, how would it change your playstyle? Think about the implications of such a rule...
Betawatch: June 12th, 2015
Could it be? Is Skyforge going to release soon, or go into an open beta which is indistinguishable from release? It certainly seems like...
ECO boasts server-wide permadeath for failure
Individual character permadeath is so yesterday, right? An upcoming title, ECO, dares to think even bigger, proposing "server-wide permadeath" if players can't band together and...
Albion Online goes to hell
The next time that someone tells you to "Go to hell!" you can respond, "Thank you, I will -- in Albion Online."
The upcoming sandbox...
Crowfall’s Confessors represent the darker side of religion
The team behind Crowfall is hard at work preparing what it's calling a "core combat test" between three diverse archetypes. One of these, the...
H1Z1 aims for a ‘massive world,’ adds team members and resources
Daybreak Game Company isn't pulling back on H1Z1's development, but is instead doubling down on the survival zombie sandbox by adding more team members...
The Stream Team: Exploring Das Tal’s public playtest with devs
There's simply no way MassivelyOP's MJ could resist showing off a new game, so when Das Tal opened its alpha doors for a day,...
Play Das Tal’s alpha for free right now
You'd never buy a car without test-driving it, would you? If only that applied to games and you could take Das Tal for a...
Survive the treacherous land of Goliath with the help of high-tech armor
Tired of survival games yet? Whalebox Studio is truly hoping you aren't, because it has another contender in the works called Goliath.
Goliath is a...
Colonies Online contributes crafting and shotguns to the war effort
Everyone knows that if you're going to head out into deep space to explore strange new worlds, you'd better have a trusty shotgun on...
Make My MMO: June 6, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Das Tal continued its Kickstarter info dump and it invited everyone into its alpha test for one day...