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Choose My Adventure: Secret World Legends in review
Earlier this year, when we had yet to actually get much information about Secret World Legends, I posted a piece in which I discussed...
The Daily Grind: What should SWTOR do to pull out of its funk?
Is it just me, or does Star Wars: The Old Republic seem to be in a serious funk this year? I mean, the game...
Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss on feedback, cadence, and avoiding ‘aggressive’ business models
Pearl Abyss' Dae Il Kim sat for an interview with InvenGlobal earlier this fall that's just gone live, and while it might be a...
EVE Evolved: Calling time on EVE Online’s five-year vision
When Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren walked onto the stage at EVE Fanfest 2013 and delivered her long-term vision for the future of EVE Online,...
RIFT puts an endgame currency out for real-money sales
Look, we can all agree that "pay-to-win" is, at the very least, a difficult concept to be certain about. Right? There's a lot of...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2017
Think of all the wacky things devs have said in public in front of gamers and journalists this year.
Now imagine what gets said behind...
Tera M is not friendly to free players in its Korean version
Eager to have all of the gameplay of TERA in the palm of your hand with TERA M? You might want to be a...
Warframe on how studios should ‘learn to fight superficial microtransaction integration’
Warframe has become aggressively popular according to Digital Extremes' own metrics, and our own readers back that up. Part of the reason is the...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained inches closer to beta one (December 2, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained's weekly progress report is on the shorter side (for CSE) given that the game's monthly newsletter just went...
The Soapbox: Evaluating gaming monetization through the lens of Nintendo’s mobile history
Bloggers and journalists throughout the online gaming industry have been talking about monetization a lot lately. It's not just lockbox/gachapon scandals, or their relationship...
Crowfall retires pledge packages in favor of pre-orders, partners with AbleGamers
Before we get to talking about ways Crowfall is trying to make money, here is something it's giving away for free: four brand-new Patch...
EA lockbox debacle wipes out billions in stock as SuperData forecasts regulation
It looks as though the rebels may have defeated the empire -- or at least struck a mighty blow to give the latter pause.
CNBC...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 146: World of Warcraft’s fun police
Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes' death, Darkfall New Dawn, LOTRO 2018, Neverwinter Nights, WoW's fun police, DDO, Hearthstone, and Trove, with mailbag discussions on Disney the lockbox villain and the max we'd pay for MMO subscriptions.
Clicker Heroes dev on abandoning the free-to-play model for the sequel
If you've never played Clicker Heroes, you can pick it up for your phone or on Steam right now; it's a lightweight little idle...
Life is Feudal is rolling out a clean-slate roleplaying server following shaky open beta launch
The MMO version of Life is Feudal got off to a shaky open beta start last week, not that our seasoned MMO veteran commenters...
EVE Online patches in more alpha skills on December 5th
The next patch for EVE Online arrives on December 5th, and it's going to give Alpha players (or "free-to-play players" for those not down...
Saga of Lucimia dev argues that minimaps destroy MMORPG immersion
Saga of Lucimia has made a name for itself during its long development as a hardcore old-school indie MMO with a focus on grouping...
Darkfall: New Dawn launches on January 26, 2018
At this point, it's an odd year when Darkfall isn't launching. Darkfall: New Dawn has announced that the game will launch on January 26th,...
The Soapbox: The long tail of game development isn’t an excuse for gouging
Don't be too mad at Star Wars: Battlefront II. It's a symptom of a problem, not the cause. I mean, be mad at people...
Australia turns up the heat on lockboxes
The controversy over lockboxes and their legal status continues to draw more attention from governments, with Australia now weighing in on the issue. Not...
