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Previewing Rend: Frostkeep studio visit, early access, PvP, factions, and more
If something goes wrong with Frostkeep's early access launch of Rend, blame me. While I was at the office, I distracted Co-Founders Jeremy Wood and...
MMORPG sandbox Fractured’s Kickstarter has just fully funded at over $130,000
Phew! A few weeks ago, I was not confident that Fractured's Kickstarter was going to make it, but it cleared its goal with just...
Fractured’s Kickstarter has just fully funded; stay tuned for this afternoon’s Q&A livestream
As Fractured counts down the final two days of its Kickstarter campaign, it looks as though the indie MMO has pulled it off: Just...
World of Warcraft Hunters launch #SaveHati campaign
With this week's World of Warcraft pre-expansion patch, Blizzard has made one group of players deeply unhappy by putting down their pet dog.
Some --...
Fractured’s Kickstarter stretch goals include a dungeon crawler inside an asteroid
Sitting at about 80% funded with under a week to go, Fractured's Kickstarter campaign may come down to the wire in the end. Even...
Temtem discusses Kickstarter backer rewards, November PC alpha, and 2019 early access
If you backed Temtem's successful Kickstarter, now is the time to collect at least some of your rewards. Spanish developer Crema has posted up...
Digital Extremes’ retro permadeath MMO Survived By has entered closed beta
Digital Extremes has officially launched Survived By into closed beta today, accompanied by a hefty patch including a new 10-man raid, hardmode dungeons, UI...
The Survivalist: Using Conan Exiles for a virtual tabletop campaign
So I've been thinking. (A dangerous pastime, I know!) And I have actually been formulating an idea. And that is using a survival game...
Fractured pivots from global to regional servers as it pushes toward its Kickstarter goal
Quite often, you hear MMO gamers lament that their communities are artificially separated into different servers, with all of the problems that that entails....
Choose My Adventure: Starting fresh in RIFT
When RIFT first came out, I had very low hopes for it. The game already was launching into a crowded field, and it was...
The Division 2 won’t force you to group if you don’t wanna
With The Division 2 on the way for next year, fans of the series are trying to get a handle on just how much...
Overwatch players raised almost $13M to fight breast cancer in ‘Pink Mercy’ campaign
Remember last spring when Blizzard ran that big "Pink Mercy" charity campaign in Overwatch? The company's run the numbers, and it turns out Overwatch...
Final Fantasy XI adds new tiers of gear with an all-mount login campaign
The latest patch for Final Fantasy XI has gear you might not be able to wear yet. That might sound surprising, what with the...
ArenaNet is working on inventory tweaks and bug fixes for Classic Guild Wars – yes, a real patch!
ArenaNet isn't giving up on Classic Guild Wars, it seems, and it's not stopping at the basics.
"In the spirit of cupcakes, here's a sneak...
Fractured is just over 40% funded as the developers show off more of the game
The earliest moments of a Kickstarter can be the most nail-biting, as doing well early on can often determine whether or not the project...
Pokemon-inspired MMORPG Temtem just funded on Kickstarter with over half a million bucks
Temtem has just fully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of just about $573,919, with 11,715 backers (the counts will keep fluctuating for a...
Vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss turns on its alpha servers
Six months after raising over $80,000 in its Kickstarter campaign, Shadow's Kiss is drawing players into its dark alpha test.
The alpha servers are now...
Crowfall’s seasonal changes affect more than just the vistas
Forget oohing and ahhing over day/night cycles in MMORPGs -- Crowfall is bringing whole seasons to its campaign worlds, and they're going to be...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 176: Guild Wars 2, The Crew 2, and Elder Scrolls too
Justin and Bree discuss Fractured's Kickstarter, Trion Worlds' purchase of Gazillion, Guild Wars 2's new episode, The Crew 2's launch, drama in Elder Scrolls Online and Black Desert, The Sims, DDO, Trove, what we bought in the Steam sale, and pipedreams for Marvel Heroes.
ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2’s living story, Heart of Thorns vs. Path of Fire, security, and momentum
Though ArenaNet was technically at E3 this year, the group representing Guild Wars 2 was chiefly a marketing and business one, so they carted our interview...
