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Bless Unleashed launches on March 12, founder pack purchases are live
We can no longer make jokes about Bless Unleashed not having a proper launch date, it seems, because the game's official launch has been announced...
Albion Online now counts 350K monthly active players, plans major alliance changes
We just got some fun numbers on Albion Online, buried in a forum post: Sandbox Interactive says that its massive Queen update in January...
Massively Overthinking: MassivelyOP, five years in
Five years ago, we flipped a switch, let the site go live, and published our first article as Massively OP. It was from Justin,...
PSA: MMO developer comedy Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet debuts on Apple TV+
Earlier in January we told you about the upcoming premiere of Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, a comedy from several production members from It's Always...
Make My MMO: Saga of Lucimia’s challenge, Camelot Unchained’s siege demo
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Saga of Lucimia, which spent most of last year with its head down working and popped up last month...
The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Guild Wars
Last week on The Game Archaeologist, we examined the exciting beginnings of Guild Wars, thanks to a trio of ex-Blizzard developers who wanted to...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2019: Revenues are down YoY for the fourth straight quarter
So here we are in 2020, looking back at the last quarter of 2019 for Blizzard. Nothing big happened or anything, just a massive...
The MOP Up: SWTOR’s subscription tauntauns smell great on the outside
For all who subscribe to Star Wars: The Old Republic, there's a new gift waiting for you under your seat. You get a tauntaun!...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s roadmap, Camelot Unchained’s baby Colossus
This week in MMO crowdfunding, the Star Citizen community got busy stewing over the newly released roadmaps for SC and Squadron 42, which show...
The Game Archaeologist: The rise of Guild Wars
In early 2005, World of Warcraft mania was rising exponentially, month over month. But even as Blizzard's MMO juggernaut barreled toward its full strength...
Interview: Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs just announced a new game called Colossus
Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment has been teasing something big for a while now. This morning, CSE's Mark Jacobs told backers to tune...
Interview: Barunson on the state of Astellia Online as it launches on Steam today
Astellia Online was big news throughout 2019, as Barunson sought to bring the South Korean MMORPG westward but with careful attention paid to so-called...
The Survivalist: So Funcom’s DUNE will be a survival game, not an MMO
Remember back in February of last year when we learned that Funcom inked an exclusive deal for at least three games based on Frank...
Victims of Fallout 76 inventory hacks are getting free Atoms and subscription time
All right, we freely admit that given the title's history up to this point, you might be legitimately skeptical of a problem in Fallout 76...
Star Trek Online: Tenth anniversary giveaways, lifetime sale, and story leak
Outer space has never been so active as it is right now thanks to Star Trek Online's 10th anniversary. Cryptic is handing out daily...
Make My MMO: Temtem’s early access, Dual Universe’s metaverse
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Dual Universe's Jean-Christoph Baillie chatted up GamesIndustry.biz about the development of the game, suggesting a game that's essentially a...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars’ art book, Day of Dragons drama, Red Dead hackers, FogBank layoffs, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Guild Wars' art book: If you happened to read our swag guide ahead of...
Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs in 2020
While there is nothing wrong with dropping some money on a worthy game, many of us are looking to be as frugal as possible...
Vague Patch Notes: Chronicle of a Daybreak death foretold
On Tuesday, Daybreak Games announced what amounts to a form of slow death. Technically, sure, what it announced was that the company is splitting...
Tencent wants to buy out the rest of Funcom as board recommends focusing on DUNE
My inbox this morning had half a dozen tips and press releases on this Funcom story, so you know we're doing it first thing:...
