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BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft gets a new charity pet and a new cinematic
The opening ceremonies are over, and we didn't get a whole lot of news about World of Warcraft just yet, but we did get...
BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft Classic is releasing next summer
We all knew that World of Warcraft Classic -- the legacy server that will take players back to the vanilla version of the MMO...
The Daily Grind: Are you planning to give LOTRO’s new progression server a try?
When Lord of the Rings Online announced its new progression server plan earlier this week, the LOTRO community immediately went into a state of...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’ exploration reveal, Star Citizen’s $1650 ship
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Frontier has been showing off what's coming in Elite Dangerous' Beyond - Chapter Four, specifically the exploration bits...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s dazzling CitizenCon
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen wowed audiences in Austin and at home with its annual CitizenCon event, plus CIG rolled out...
APB Reloaded is turning its premium fee into a recurring subscription
Well here's an odd one to be writing in 2018: APB Reloaded is getting a subscription. Technically, it already had a premium upgrade that...
Perfect Ten: The big book of MMORPG death mechanics
Video games will kill your characters. It's inevitable. I still faintly remember my younger brother's first video game death, when he ran full-tilt into...
MapleStory 2 answers questions about the head start and monetization
With only a couple of weeks to go before MapleStory 2 makes its big debut in the west, it is all hands on deck...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained works on Mages, the WoW Diary is about to Kickstart
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained has been working on everything from earrings to pathfinding, though the effort on Mages is probably going...
LOTRO Legendarium: Future classes, business models, and direction
For any MMORPG fan, the future often weighs heavily upon the mind. We get excited about what secrets might be in development. We wonder...
You can safely ignore those weird Lord of the Rings Online subscription messages
If you got a cryptic letter from Lord of the Rings Online payment processing company Xsolla in the last day, you can safely ignore...
RIFT Prime is preparing for the Storm Legion expansion
RIFT's progression server is about ready to go where this MMO has only gone once before: into Storm Legion.
On October 3rd, the subscription-only Prime...
Interview: Bless Online on early access, pay-to-win, and its western refuge on Steam
Last night's bombshell that Bless Online is closing down its final Korean servers, leaving the game's Steam version in the west as the only...
Fallen Earth is planning on a fresh start server for the future
The long road to revamp and repackage Fallen Earth stretches ahead of new owner Little Orbit, but to the company's credit, it's making efforts...
Make My MMO: Project Gorgon builds a new city, Camelot Unchained teases Star Citizen
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Project Gorgon has been cooking up a big patch. "Next week's update includes a new city for players with...
The Game Archaeologist: City of Heroes moves into the Paragon Studios era
As we move into the fourth of five installments in the history, development, and downfall of City of Heroes, you may be wondering why...
Vague Patch Notes: WildStar deserves its shutdown, even though we loved it
Last week, when we heard that WildStar was being shut down, I penned a truthful, heartfelt eulogy for the game as it could've been....
Overwatch is headlining this month’s Humble Monthly Bundle
All right, where's the one person on the planet who does not yet have Overwatch? Who is it? Is it you, the person reading...
Zombie MMO Dead Frontier 2 is in early access to scratch the H1Z1 Just Survive itch
I'm not quite sure how we missed Dead Frontier 2, but there it is on Steam, happily calling itself an MMO and an MMORPG...
EVE Evolved: What could the sale of CCP Games mean for EVE Online?
Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online...
