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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained continues inching along toward its planned summer beta. According to the game's latest update, CSE is running internal...

It has been a month since that fateful day back in March when the MMO collectively lost its mind by rushing back to play...

Everybody loves to dump on EA for wrecking companies like BioWare and escalating microtransactions and lockboxes to ludicrous heights, but is it warranted? Kotaku...

At 20 years old, Ultima Online is finally doing what its EA-backed handlers at Broadsword once said it would never do: It's going free-to-play. Game...

It's funny how presentation problems can have such a huge impact on the same product. Warframe, as a game, is almost crippled by its lack...

Among the more unusual business model setups for the incoming wave of indie MMORPGs is Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's. As we've previously covered,...

Less than a year ago, I faced a crisis as a fan and player of The Secret World. Funcom abruptly announced that it would...

If you didn't already know that Ultima Online is planning to go free-to-play, you probably still wouldn't be able to tell without reading between...

Are you tired of being a murder hobo in MMORPGs, tasked with little more than mindless slaughter in between gear grinds, achievement hustles, and...

EVE Online is not known for being a happy place. It's shown even in mass media as a cutthroat world of war and theft. Dealing...

If you weren't into plunking down 20 bucks for early access MMORPG Arcfall, then this coming Friday is your lucky day, as the game...

WildStar's North American server, Entity, recently went through the ringer as a procedure during downtime to optimize its backend caused a host of issues...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Shroud of the Avatar formally launched with the release of R52 this week, which might be confusing to gamers...

Once asked what he thought was the most innovative MMO from the last decade, Dr. Richard Bartle, the creator of MUD, gave a succinct answer: "A...

Several conversations I saw after our report on the new RMT mounts in Guild Wars 2 got me thinking about how the MMO community...

Do you enjoy having companions who are primarily interested in following the money? Because that's what Star Wars: The Old Republic is offering subscribers...

GDC isn't E3. It isn't PAX. It's not even what I think stereotypical gamers can appreciate. But I think the Massively OP crowd is...

Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...

If it's been a while since the last time you stepped into Final Fantasy XIV, you might want to try it out again. Of...

Can you smell it? The sweet scent of spring is in the air -- and free-to-play trials as well! Ultima Online is on the...