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Crowfall’s new hires bring studio to 45 people as ‘complete game loop’ testing is mapped out

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Let's talk about money. Specifically, let's talk about Crowfall's money. ArtCraft is doing just that in a dev blog out today. Referencing the $6M cash...

Atlas Reactor’s fifth season is live with new cyborg character Vonn and Valentine loot

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We mentioned on the podcast that Trion Worlds seems to be moving into high gear here at the beginning of 2018 with all of...

Massively Overthinking: Considering pay-to-win MMO peripherals

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MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls recently sent along a link to an insanely awesome 34" monitor that costs more than a lot of...

EVE Online expands its community info website

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Want the latest information on EVE Online in one easy-to-navigate space? Now there's a website for that. EVE's new and improved community website got a...
Browse at your leisure.

Old School RuneScape mobile won’t unduly task your phone or tablet

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Looking forward to playing some Old School RuneScape on your phone or tablet this year? That day is getting closer all the time, and...

Global Chat: Jumping on board the Warframe train

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Are you playing Warframe these days? If not, you might be missing out on the growing party of people who seem to be flocking...
Something something rightfully forgotten film revival, etc.

Town State Leisure: Camelot Unchained responds to absurd scraper article as only CSE can

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If by chance you've ever run a blog about literally anything, you surely know about scrapers - those jerks who use scripts to steal...

Massively Overthinking: Tackling our hoarding problem in MMORPGs

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By coincidence, two articles in my feeds this past week both centered on video game hoarding - not hoarding the actual games but hoarding...

Crowfall’s Raph Koster goes into insane depth on the cost of creating video games

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If you have an exceptional memory, you might recall that a couple of months ago, Crowfall and Star Wars Galaxies designer Raph Koster wrote...

Battle Bards Episode 113: Anarchy Online

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Alien, quiet, and weird — that’s the Anarchy Online soundtrack for you in a nutshell. For the first episode of 2018, the ever-contentious Battle...

Perpetuum to shut down official servers next week

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Time is running short for robotic MMO Perpetuum Online -- but plans are moving forward to keep the game alive with a couple of...

LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wish list for 2018

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Ever since I've been writing this Lord of the Rings Online column -- which spans back to 2010, if you can believe it --...

Chronicles of Elyria is dropping virtual world platform SpatialOS

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Chronicles of Elyria's latest dev blog is out, and it's more than just a recap of 2017 and look ahead to 2018, although it...
Farmville!

Grand Theft Auto Online just hit peak monthly concurrency – and it’s five years old

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There aren't many online games that can honestly say they're still growing and setting records years and years after their launch, but that's exactly...

Massively Overthinking: What’s the smallest MMO you’re willing to play?

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A comment on Reddit about the current size and viability of Kritika Online got me thinking about MMO playerbases in general lately. We all...

Pokemon Go will end support for pre-iOS 11 Apple devices by March

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Mobile users are probably used to the eventual demise of their phones and the nonfunctionality of apps they bought long ago, no matter which...

Bless Online teases its solo, story, and raid dungeons ahead of 2018 rollout

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Neowiz has a new dev blog up on Steam today featuring none other than Bless Online's dungeons, which include episodes relating to the main...

Global Chat: Love the farm, hate the farm

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How do you feel about grinding in MMOs? What about farming? These questions can elicit a wide variety of answers, from shrieks of dismay...

Raph Koster on MMO ecosystems, the balance of power, and tennis

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Most MMORPGs have the core sandbox problem: Whoever gets there first, controls all the toys and has the power to drive everyone else away....

Fractured shows off 14 schools of combat in first gameplay footage

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While Fractured, the dynamic fantasy sandbox MMO, has been sporadic with its development blogs, when they do arrive, you can be assured that they...

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