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PAX South 2017: Hyper Universe is coming to the west in 2017
Great news for those following the cross-genre MOBA Hyper Universe: Nexon officially announced this week that the game will be coming to North America, Europe,...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival livestream tickets go live
Can you not afford to head all the way to Frankfurt in Germany to finish off the Final Fantasy XIV fan festivals? Are you...
EverQuesting: Scoring our EverQuest franchise 2016 predictions
January 14th, 2016. On that date, I said we'd get to look back in a year and see just how many of my EverQuesting...
Jukebox Heroes: Live performances of MMO scores
I am of the opinion that there is something special and magical about getting to experience music in person, especially so when it is...
EVE Evolved: Making stories with friends in EVE Online
It's one of the more peculiar laws of the universe that when enough EVE Online players meet in the real world, they absolutely must swap stories. You...
EVE Online starts the process of electing its next player council
When the winter is coldest on the coast of Iceland, CCP lugs out its 20-foot wooden alpine horn and blows a signal that can...
WoW emu Elysium suffers serious ‘database compromise’
One of the downsides of grey-market game emulators for the end-user is that security isn't always a priority. Case in point? Elysium suffered a...
Nostalrius has decided handing its WoW emu code to Elysium wasn’t such a good idea after all
So here's a twist in the Nostalrius saga that we didn't see coming: The group has changed its mind about supporting its code on...
Chronicles of Elyria adds City of Heroes animator to the team
Soulbound Studios has a new year's resolution for Chronicles of Elyria: "kick so much ass."
"The next few months will see us preparing a playable...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE’s specialty adventures, Paladins’ first season, and SMITE Tactics’ PvE
One of best parts of attending conventions is talking with the devs. And during my trip to Hi-Rez Expo 2017, I spoke with a number...
Pantheon recaps 2016, explores vertical grouping dungeon Amberfaet
"2016 was a formidable year for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen and its fans," Visionary Realms declares in its latest newsletter, which includes two...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE Rivals devs address copycat concerns and monetization
By now, it might be apparent that I am a bit enamored with the upcoming cross-platform SMITE Rivals. (Hey, it's the only game I...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero’s Journey
Fiction writers know well of Joseph Campbell's identification and outline of the monomyth, or "hero's journey," in many stories. The 12-step process starts with...
Diablo III’s Darkening of Tristram ‘retrovision’ anniversary event is live
Classic ARPG Diablo has made its presence known across Blizzard's many franchises this week as it celebrates its 20th birthday, from a new cow level...
Choose My Adventure: Preparing to re-enter Lord of the Rings Online
The votes are in, and the next four weeks will be spent in Lord of the Rings Online! This one quite genuinely surprised me,...
SMITE and Paladins star at Atlanta’s Hi-Rez Expo convention this week
Hi-Rez Expo (which I fully plan to keep thinking of as SMITECON in my head) officially kicks off tomorrow morning at the Cobb Energy...
MMO Year in Review: New Eden free-for-all (November 2016)
This year, we’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we...
Chronicles of Elyria has raised $2 million to date
In case you forgot or weren't aware, this time last year, Chronicles of Elyria was basically four devs in a basement who were being...
Perfect Ten: Biggest MMORPG surprises of 2016
Back at the beginning of December, I posted a list of what I considered to be the biggest MMORPG stories of 2016. However, there...
EVE Evolved: 2016 EVE Online year in review
It's been another busy year for sci-fi MMO EVE Online, and an absolute roller coaster ride for both players and developer CCP Games. On the...