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Make My MMO: Star Citizen has now raised $150M in crowdfunds (May 20, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen officially broke the $150,000,000 crowdfunding mark, propelled along by gamers sinking large sums of cash into the latest...
I'll be dead soon

Massively Overthinking: Being Uncle Owen in MMORPGs

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Ever since the tone-deaf SOE proclamation that nobody wanted to play Uncle Owen in an MMORPG, contrary me has consciously fought that very stupid...
Time enough at last, only not.

Choose My Adventure: Getting started in Neverwinter

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There are games that simply do not hold up past the demo, and frankly I've played a lot of those in Boston. Usually those are...
Stop asking me what is best in life, I answered that.

Funcom Q1 2017 financials: ‘Most profitable quarter ever,’ Secret World Legends delayed on Steam

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Conan Exiles performed beautifully for Funcom, at least during the first part of this year, the company's investor report for the first quarter revealed...

Make My MMO: Wild West Online debuts, Ashes of Creation nears $2M (May 13, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, 612 Games announced Wild West Online, a US western-themed game that the devs are definitely calling an MMO, though it looks...

The Game Archaeologist: When Hellgate London got Flagshipped

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It seems that it really wasn't too long ago that I was filling in the time between night classes by boning up on video...
Nope!

Runescape Idle Adventures is shutting down on May 15

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Remember Runescape: Idle Adventures? Probably not, which is probably a good part of the reason why the game is rather quietly shuttering its doors...

Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?

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MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis." "The MMO...
This land, which we shall call... this land.

Choose My Adventure: Getting started in Neverwinter

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Oh boy, Neverwinter! I am legitimately excited about this cycle's Choose My Adventure pick, in no small part because the only reason I have...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list

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One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...

Guild Chat: How do you deal with chronically inactive MMO guildies?

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which I band together with the Massively Overpowered readership to solve the guild-related issues of readers...

Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation’s Kickstarter, ROKH’s early access, Valiance’s map (May 6, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ashes of Creation made the leap to Kickstarter, raising (so far as I type this) 1.35M, far more than its...

Whatever happened to Alganon, Ryzom, and Forsaken Legends?

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Ever find yourself wondering, "Whatever happened to so-and-so? We never hear about that MMO in the news any more! Is it still running? Does...
Bap-a-dap-daaaa, daaa, dap-a-bap-daaaaaa ~♪

Star Wars: The Old Republic prepares celebrations and promotions for May 4

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Ah, the fourth of May, a day of celebration for Star Wars fans due to its similarity to an iconic line from the franchise:...
Come and get your PLEX.

EVE Online rolls out major PLEX changes on May 9

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When EVE Online releases its next big patch on May 9th, PLEX is changing in a big way. For example, the old days of...

Make My MMO: Crowfall adds geomancy and architecture skills (April 29, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Crowfall canceled its weekend playtest, but not before issuing a dev blog updating the community on some of the crafting changes...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s Star Kitten, Project Gorgon’s gorgeousness (April 22, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen built on the contentious infodump of last weekend with the news that it's running a contest to encourage backers...
You deserve what you got.

Darkfall: Rise of Agon is free to try for the next few days

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As you might recall, Darkfall: Rise of Agon is set to launch in early May, which means that its beta program is currently winding...
So long.

The Exiled goes free-to-play for its third season

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The Exiled, the PvP MMO formerly known as Das Tal, is making some business model changes. When it launched into early access back in February,...

Video: Everything you need to know about Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 5.2 War for Iokath, live today

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After a week-long delay, Star Wars: The Old Republic launches its first major patch to the Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion as Update...

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