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The Soapbox: The disastrous Pokemon Go Fest was just Niantic being Niantic, and that has to stop
I know I complain a lot about Pokemon Go in my articles here, but there's a reason for this. I'm a huge fan not just of the...
Make My MMO: Albion Online joins the list of launched crowdfunded MMORPGs (July 22, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, indie sandbox Albion Online -- whose 250,000 founders reportedly crowdfunded the game for almost $10,000,000 -- formally launched. The...
Wild Terra is free to play all weekend
Who doesn't love free things? How about free isometric MMO sandboxes? Wild Terra is putting itself in the free bin for the weekend as...
Elite Dangerous’ David Braben on communities, MMOs, F2P, and the space game genre
Elite Dangerous' David Braben has a big spread in Rolling Stone's Glixel blog this week, and it's a fun read as he zips around...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s derelict ships’ Firefly and Star Wars inspiration (July 15, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen released a new cinematic trailer featuring characters checking out derelict ships in-game, both on the surface and in...
Massively Overthinking: Consumer protections in the MMORPG industry
Veteran Massively OP reader Miol says he's exhausted by a recent string of stories in which MMO companies screw gamers over, one after another:...
PlaneShift is an open-source MMO you might have missed
This past Saturday, we posted a column discussing open source MMORPGs -- and specifically, how rare they are even after thousands of online games...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG would do better with a different business model?
When it comes to ArcheAge, it's generally accepted that this is a pretty great fantasy sandbox that was absolutely sunk by a terrible business...
Monetization expert: MMOs are dying because of clueless design, not insufficient demand
MMORPG players just love it when somebody declares the MMORPG dead, right? All those games you're playing, all the games we're writing about and...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s alpha 3.0 has been delayed again (July 9, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen dropped more than just its work on procedural planets and moon: It also posted its 3.0 production schedule...
The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs?
Recently we had an interesting question come in from reader and Patron Rasmus Praestholm, who asked me to do a little investigating: "What (if...
Dual Universe winds down founder packs, posts planet-to-moon seamless flight footage
If you haven't picked up a founder pack for Dual Universe, you're going to want to rectify that soon. Novaquark wrote in a recent...
How I got married through World of Warcraft
I've mentioned a lot of times, in passing, how my wife and I connected in part through World of Warcraft. But I've never actually...
Pokemon Go’s first anniversary report card
July 6th, 2017, marks Pokemon Go's first year anniversary. Love it or hate it, it's a game that quickly made a global impact. It's been released...
Secret World Legends update opens elite dungeons, beefs up patron benefits, and gives out free inventory
As promised by the dev team last week, Secret World Legends' first post-launch patch is here and contains a lot of quality-of-life improvements for...
Elder Scrolls Online is granting a free sub benefits trial event starting Wednesday
If you're bored on July 4th when the US is busy eating hot dogs and blowing off fingers, welp, I can't help you there....
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous journeys to PS4, we interview Kickstarted MMO devs (July 1, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Frontier launched Elite Dangerous for the PS4, complete with relevant adjustments for touchpad controls and a "fast headlook" mode for...
PSA: Champions Online’s freeform slots and lifetime subs are on sale
Too much gold weighing down your pockets? Champions Online has a solution for that: Give Cryptic a good chunk of it.
This weekend, the superhero...
Anarchy Online celebrates its sweet sixteen
Maintenance mode or no, Anarchy Online is going to celebrate its birthday in style. The MMO, which launched back in 2001, turns 16 this...
Chaos Theory: Week one impressions of Secret World Legends
It's been a week since Funcom threw open the doors of Secret World Legends' headstart to everyone and removed the NDA. That's seven days...
