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Game devs are concerned about the sustainability of live-service titles

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It certainly feels like live service is being tacked on to many recent game releases (whether it makes sense or not), which of course...

Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day

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There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...

Vitae Aeternum: So just what is New World’s big June announcement?

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For the past few months, Amazon Games has repeated the same mantra in regards to New World's future: Wait for the announcement in June....

Aion Classic celebrates its first birthday in Europe this week with boosts and freebies

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It might be cheating to count anniversaries for different versions of an MMORPG, but are you really going to complain if it means more...

Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria is relaunching as Legends of Aria Classic on May 9

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When last we looked in on Legends of Aria, it was fading fast into unfortunate obscurity. The Kickstarted MMORPG - originally known as Shards...

Grand Theft Auto Online hikes its optional monthly subscription fee GTA+ by two bucks

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Stealing cars, gunrunning, and building a criminal empire in Grand Theft Auto Online is about to become more expensive. Starting on June 11th for existing...

Life is Feudal MMO continues its comeback with a relaunch on Steam

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In May of 2023, we learned that the MMO portion of Life is Feudal was coming back from its 2021 sunset under the stewardship...

Dungeons and Dragons Online introduces new loyalty rewards for VIP subbers

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Dungeons & Dragons Online is making its subscription more enticing with the introduction of loyalty rewards. According to Standing Stone Games' latest dev blog...

Lord of the Rings Online showcases new mount and hamster pets coming with the 17th anniversary

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Lord of the Rings Online players are getting a celebratory hamster pet. That's it. That's the headline. We can all stop reading, and I...
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WoW Factor: What’s a Mists of Pandaria remix and why is World of Warcraft doing it?

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In hindsight, I feel like I was gentler toward Season of Mastery than I should have been. World of Warcraft has turned everything into...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that earned a notorious reputation

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Nobody wants a bad reputation. I mean, you can't make everyone everywhere approve of you, but you also don't have to go out of...
Sure, all right.

Wayfinder sales are temporarily halted as Airship Syndicate assumes publishing from Digital Extremes

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No, you aren't reading that headline incorrectly: Even though it was announced months ago that Wayfinder was being dropped by Digital Extremes, the studio...

Make My MMO: Starship Simulator has pulled in $350K on Kickstarter so far

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It's only April and we might just have our biggest MMO Kickstarter of the year in the form of the new sci-fi multiplayer sandbox...

Sea of Thieves confirms crossplay and cross-progression for PS5 version

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With Sea of Thieves inching closer to its April 30th launch on PlayStation 5, the team at Rare has decided to pull together an...

Ankama launches DOFUS Touch on mobile as Waven adds new chapters and Wakfu rolls back a server

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Ankama's MMOs have been busy this week: To start with, the French company has launched - actually, relaunched - DOFUS Touch on mobile, both...
Management!

Final Fantasy XIV players report being banned on Xbox for advertising their free companies (guilds)

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So how are things going with the Final Fantasy XIV version on Xbox Series X|S? Well, you would think that Microsoft had done enough...
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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV isn’t easier, but it also is

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So it was about half a month ago when Final Fantasy XIV fans translated an interview with producer and director Naoki Yoshida talking about...

Monster & Memories has only cost $70K to date – from the devs’ pockets

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In addition to providing a roadmap to early access in 2026 and beyond, retro-themed Monsters & Memories candidly discussed how much money it's cost...

Monsters and Memories hopes to launch into early access by the start of 2026

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Does it help or hurt to know that a wishlisted game now has a release date -- and that this date is still almost...
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WoW Factor: Blizzard didn’t reveal World of Warcraft sub numbers – it drew a Mystery Line

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It will not surprise anyone reading this to learn that there are things which upset me. This is just part of being a human...

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