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RuneScape gives away a ton of free stuff through Twitch Prime
Jagex is revving up one of its biggest RuneScape promotions in recent memory. From now through September 6th, anyone with access to Twitch Prime...
Funcom is hiring for the ‘cooperative online shooter’ it teased earlier this year
Remember earlier this year, when Funcom announced in its Q4 2017 financial presentation that its North Carolina branch had greenlit a "cooperative online shooter"...
EA adds new Origin Access premier membership that includes Anthem head start
Do you trust EA with your money? Want to do so on a regular basis? Then you are set up and primed for the...
PvP-centric sub MMO/MOBA hybrid EverFeud has launched its $105K Kickstarter
As we foretold yesterday, the PvP-focused MOBA/MMO hybrid EverFeud has officially launched its Kickstarter today. Developer PSB Entertainment has described the title as a hyper-competitive...
Make My MMO: Camelot’s beta one, Fractured’s successful Kickstarter (July 29, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, anti-grind, PvP-optional MMO sandbox Fractured became the biggest traditional MMORPG to fund on Kickstarter this year (Temtem pulled in more cash...
Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria
One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
Blade & Soul’s False Idols update brings new raids, better subscription benefits
Once the servers come back up today, Blade & Soul is going to have a lot to offer its fans thanks to the new...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
Make My MMO: Star Citizen in small claims court, Fractured nearing the finish line (July 21, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Fractured ramped up its Kickstarter dev blogs as it nears the finish line of its crowdfunding effort, which ends...
Blade & Soul buffs up its subscription benefits in its False Idols update
It's always a great feeling when you get a good bang for your buck. While Blade and Soul isn't changing the cost of its...
The Daily Grind: How should MMO studios handle game reboots?
Over the past several years, we have witnessed several MMOs being rebooted and relaunched, including Final Fantasy XIV, Secret World Legends, and, most recently,...
Champions Online puts its lifetime subscription on sale for the price of its freeform slots
We still don't know exactly what the plan is with Champions Online's subscription. The plan to take subscriptions off the table entirely was postponed...
Make My MMO: Aria’s second closed beta, Star Citizen’s protest, and Crowfall’s engine on the market (July 15, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we got our first hints of "emergent gameplay" in Star Citizen as a group of players took over a refueling...
Shroud of the Avatar opens up optional ‘rewards’ subs, stretch goal cash shop to fund episode 2
With release 55 now behind it, Portalarium is focused on the future of Shroud of the Avatar. Specifically, that means episode 2, which is...
Trion Worlds offers free MMO goodies for Marvel Heroes refugees
Ever since Trion Worlds announced that it had snapped up all of the remaining assets from Gazillion and Marvel Heroes, we have wondered what...
EVE Evolved: Improving EVE Online’s organisational tools
Throughout most of EVE Online's lifetime, players have developed their own third-party applications (and yes, spreadsheets) to help organise and enhance their gameplay. We've...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained’s crash rate is coming down (July 7, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, the Kickstarter MMO crowd held its breath to find out whether or not Camelot Unchained would indeed make its...
Pokemon Go’s second anniversary report card sees high marks for content and innovation
Today is Pokemon Go's second-year anniversary. Last year's report card had to grapple with things like the game's rapid rise and fall as a fad,...
France’s gambling authority condemns but does not ban lockboxes
The international community is becoming aware of the problems of lootboxes, and that means that laws are being formed in response to the business...
Make My MMO: Fractured and TemTem work Kickstarter as Elite, SOTA, and Aria post big updates (July 1, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding is one of the biggest ever for this little subgenre, make no mistake. TemTem is about to fund. Fractured's Kickstarter...
