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GDC 2018: Making sense of battle royale MMO Mavericks with Automaton Games
So as you may know, I'm an MMORPG guy - not really a battle royale guy. There are some cool ideas for people who like...
GDC 2018: Funcom’s Tor Egil Andersen on Conan Exiles’ early access, launch, and beyond
My initial impressions of Conan Exiles, written just about a year ago, weren't exactly glowing. While I know not every game I play needs to appeal...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and evergreen options against new ones
Quick, you there! Tell me what's going to be in the next patch for Final Fantasy XIV, patch 4.3! Not all of it, though,...
Dauntless continues to refine its user interface to balance form and function
As Dauntless pushes through beta and toward launch, the team is hard at work refining its user interface to strike that critical balance between...
Star Wars: The Old Republic seeks more feedback on conquest changes
There are lots of moving parts with the conquest system for Star Wars: The Old Republic, so it was almost inevitable that multiple passes...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth gets its Dark Iron Dwarf mounts, but no First Aid
Another build has arrived for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, and it brought along stuff for Dark Iron Dwarves. For one thing, we've...
Shroud of the Avatar: Partying with Portalarium, countering pay-to-win, and the state of the game
The day is finally arriving: Shroud of the Avatar is formally launching next week. It's been a long journey. The path to this new old-school...
The Elder Scrolls Online announces Summerset chapter for May 21 for PC and June 5 for console
Maybe you saw it coming, maybe not, but it's official now as it's just been announced on the stream: The Elder Scrolls Online's next...
GDC 2018: Rend is looking to ‘WoW’ the survival genre
I'm already old and bitter when it comes to survival games. I've killed zombies, dinosaurs, infected bears, maybe even infected dinosaurs, and people. Lots of...
Grab your free skins in Closers’ brand-new Pandimensional update
Closers fans are being kept busy today thanks to En Masse's latest endeavor. The latest patch is called the Pandimensional Update, and it's got...
Warframe launches Zephyr Prime warframe as part of ‘prime access’ program
If you haven't paid any attention to Warframe's Prime Access program, now might be the time. Digital Extremes' rotating monetization system essentially allows players...
GDC 2018: Hearthstone’s Witchwood goes monster hunting
Massively OP is at GDC 2018 this year, and like Hearthstone, we're kicking things off with a bang: with monster hunting! No, not the dino-esque...
Shroud of the Avatar addresses account migrations and teases R52 content, including female vendors
Shroud of the Avatar's next-to-last newsletter before its final launch is here, and it's chock-full of release 52 teases - that's the patch that'll...
Camelot Unchained works on crafting and building prototypes
Building blocks and baby steps: This is the approach that Camelot Unchained is taking in developing some of its key systems for the upcoming...
One Hour One Life gives you 60 minutes to rebuild civilization
If you only had one hour to live your entire life, what would you do?
This is the intriguing premise of the new multiplayer survival...
ROKH studio Darewise says it’s not abandoning the survival sandbox for new sci-fi MMO Project C
Survival sandbox fans will be pleased to know that ROKH hasn't been abandoned. The game's given the appearance of struggling over the past couple...
World of Warcraft confirms that Mag’har Orcs and Kul Tiran Humans are joining the allied races
The rumors and speculation are true, according to the most recent World of Warcraft live Q&A. Ion Hazzikostas revealed that both Mag'har and Kul...
Massively Overthinking: The war on MMO chat toxicity
This week, The Ancient Gaming Noob posted up an image of RIFT Prime, where Trion asks people to... play nice. "Just a neighborly reminder...
Interview: ArcheAge 4.5 Legends Return launches April 5th with dragon taming and fresh start servers
If I were to tell you that ArcheAge's next big update is launching next month, you'd tell me that it's too soon. And we'd...
Shroud of the Avatar’s housing is expensive, but not impossible to acquire without RMT
When we covered Shroud of the Avatar's newsletter yesterday, one of the tidbits we mentioned was the plan for craftable housing. In response to...
