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Albion Online adds new currency fees to discourage hoarding and balance the economy

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Albion Online's touch-up patch today isn't a nothingburger: It actually introduces a new tax on currency meant to help balance the economy. "This patch introduces...

First impressions: Palia is a half-baked project that could rise to be a masterpiece

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For a reviewer, there is nothing more frustrating than something that is equal parts amazing and terrible. All awesome? That's an easy, glowing recommendation....

Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre

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As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...

EVE Online’s studio is Kickstarting a Titan Forge-built EVE-themed board game

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The trend of large and long-established game companies turning to Kickstarter to fund board game spinoffs continues today, as Pearl Abyss-owned CCP Games announced...
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The Daily Grind: What’s a type of MMO content you don’t play but do want in the game?

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By happenstance, I found myself rereading the comments of Eliot's 2022 article on World of Warcraft's then-latest excuse not to do housing, and I...

Mobile MMO Dragon Nest 2 makes its global launch with a music video and a sea serpent in tow

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Back in 2019 we first reported on Dragon Nest 2, a mobile MMO that takes the Dragon Nest IP and applies its more MMORPG...

Roblox aims to be ‘one of the biggest virtual economies on Earth’ through additional creator monetization tools

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Roblox has some immense aspirations for its so-called economy. A blog post from the studio's VP of Economy Enrico D'Angelo offers a broad strokes...

Albion Online implements BattlEye anticheat, grants compensation for DDOS outages

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When Albion Online was being slammed by DDOS attacks owing to bot farms being angry about the game's new cheat defenses, Sandbox Interactive basically...

Fractured Veil completes its Unreal Engine upgrade, puts founder’s pack bundles up for sale

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Over the past couple of months, survival sandbox Fractured Veil has been talking up its upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.1, sharing details and previews...

Simulogics hints at a new title in the works set in the Prosperous Universe IP

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It appears that Simulogics, the studio behind the sci-fi econ PvP title Prosperous Universe, has a little something new in its oven. This news...

Reign of Guilds’ fourth Steam playtest runs until July 17 with revamps to gameplay systems

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The testing stages for sandbox MMORPG Reign of Guilds continues to move at a measured pace as yesterday saw its fourth playtest go live...
Ongoing.

Wisdom of Nym: Pandæmonium’s flop in Final Fantasy XIV

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Raid series in Final Fantasy XIV have had a complicated history from a story standpoint. The Binding Coil of Bahamut was an interesting attempt,...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best ‘shopping’ experience?

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We're talking about in-game shopping, mind you, not photoshop or cash-shop or workshops or whatever. I've joked before - not entirely facetiously - that one...
It's a NICE DOOR.

Massively Overthinking: Why don’t MMOs try harder to foster great guilds?

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MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...

Niantic lays off 230 workers, affecting Pokemon Go, in cost-slashing reorganization

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The beleaguered Pokemon Go company Niantic has been under fire all year from unhappy players, and now, the company itself is undergoing a restructure...

Star Citizen player event talks ship plans, building mechanics, player housing, and lowered priority for Theaters of War

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This past weekend saw fans of Star Citizen converge in Shanghai and Hong Kong, China, for some Bar Citizen community events. Normally this wouldn't...

War Thunder shares economy roadmap targeting summer update

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Last month, the players of War Thunder started a revolt as Gaijin Entertainment's deeply unpopular economic changes got rolled back following a review bombing....
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: Thoughts on Star Wars The Old Republic’s impending move to Broadsword

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My relationship with Star Wars: The Old Republic is best described as "complicated." The game launched at a time when I was still pretty...

Pax Dei discusses alpha test plans, monetization, building mechanics, and blending PvP with PvE

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Most of the time when a game puts out an FAQ, it's generally not too helpful or full of interesting information. That certainly can't...

EVE Online details Viridian’s new corporation projects, homefront operations, and economy updates

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EVE Online was already seeking to deepen the corporation experience in its upcoming Viridan update with the addition of customizable structures, but luckily that...

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