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This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding...

The nefarious underwear ninjas KaptianKuddles and DrL0v3 continue their griefing campaign. Mo's tanking buddy AnneSpanc co-stars.

As of this writing, I haven't yet cleared Alexander. I've had other things to do, and while it might mean I'm ultimately one week...

Any time an in-depth discussion pops up about EVE Online, it's never long before someone pipes up with the complaint that new players just...

The Sims Online was one of the odder entrants into the MMO genre, an online iteration of an immensely popular game franchise that promised...

We've known for quite some time that The Secret World's next issue would be dungeon-based. We also knew it would take place under the...

We know that Hellfire Citadel is going to be the last raid in World of Warcraft's current expansion. We know that the expansion wasn't...

Wow, it's Star Citizen and Derek Smart in the same post! OK, now that I've stopped laughing (again), you can call me crazy because I remain optimistic about...

Back in my World of Warcraft and RIFT days, I spent an awful lot of time in dungeon runs as a healer. I even...

Before a few months ago, the time that I spent in Marvel Heroes was largely uninformed and aimless. I figured it was just a...

I am forever on the fence about gated content. One day I'll find myself championing the idea that veteran, loyal players should have access to...

Star Citizen started delivering weekly progress updates on its overdue FPS module this week, and two developers talked about how you'll be able to...

Mo falls asleep and awakens to some unexpected patch changes. Farming goblins will never be the same.

Final Fantasy XIV takes you on quite a ride on the way to level 60. There are indisputably fewer dungeons than there are from...

Are you ready to party? Because it's birthday time! The Secret World is celebrating its third year, and you're invited to a two-week bash...

The MMO genre has immense sticking power in terms of tenure, staying relevant to players for decades despite such fluid and rapid development in...

Over the years that I've been writing The Game Archaeologist, I've received more than a few requests to cover a game that was completely...

Any game with classes adds new classes over time. It's almost axiomatic. I don't know why absolutely every game cannot be designed with the...

Good morn-noon-ning (hell, I don't know what timezone you're in!) readers, and welcome along to another instalment of Flameseeker Chronicles! Be warned: This edition will...

The past couple of weeks have been kind of strange for me. For five years, I've written about Star Wars :The Old Republic. I've...