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Cloud Pirates invites select players into this weekend’s friends and family test
Cloud Pirates, the MOBA set in the Allods Online universe, is hosting a friends and family test this weekend. Why should that concern you?...
Interview: Chronicles of Elyria’s Jeromy Walsh on post-Kickstarter funding
Yesterday evening, following the news that indie sandbox Chronicles of Elyria hoped to raise an extra $3 million in addition to its Kickstarter funding,...
The Game Archaeologist: The Island of Kesmai
It was the mid-'80s, and I was just a kid in love with his family's IBM PC. Not having a wealth of capital at...
Chris Metzen departs Blizzard, World of Warcraft for retirement
Chris Metzen announced this evening that he is leaving Blizzard and "retiring" -- and he says he means it.
Formally Blizzard's Senior Vice President of...
DragonCon 2016: ArcheAge on FFA arena, belly physics, fresh-start servers, and December 3.0 launch
Community Manager Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan was on hand at DragonCon 2016 to show off ArcheAge's upcoming updates, from the September second anniversary update coming...
Former ArenaNet Game Director Colin Johanson lands at Amazon Game Studios
In a move that will shock no one, Amazon Game Studios has apparently hired former ArenaNet director Colin Johanson in an unspecified role. That...
The Stream Team: Happy 8th birthday Wizard101!
Who said you can't celebrate a birthday early? Certainly not MassivelyOP's MJ! It just stretches out the celebration and gives her more time to...
Wizard101 looks back at its updates this year and teases the future
The summer is just about over, as hard as that may seem to believe. Wizard101's producer, Leah Ruben, has taken the passing season to...
Final Fantasy XIV updates players on tomestone changes
There's a new patch on the way for Final Fantasy XIV, and if you've been around for previous patches you know that means you're...
Guild Chat: Minors and MMOs: Family-friendly guilds
Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat for a double-bill of advice for better facilitating junior players in guilds. I received two...
Nintendo sends condolences to family of woman killed by Pokemon Go-playing driver
In yesterday's Pokemon Go post, we alluded to an awful car accident in Japan caused by a truck driver who admitted to playing Pokemon...
Hyperspace Beacon: Who is Star Wars The Old Republic’s Emperor Valkorion?
I took a look back at some of my previous Hyperspace Beacons and noticed that I have really never talked about the Sith Emperor, who...
Exploring Japan’s Pokemon Go culture
As some readers may know, I've spent the last few years in Japan trying to tackle the local gaming scene, online and off. While...
Star Citizen’s Sandi Gardiner vacates social media over harassment
Cloud Imperium VP of Marketing Sandi Gardiner, best known to gamers for her role as one of Star Citizen's most recognizable faces thanks to her...
Pokemon Go: The San Francisco murder, the Iranian ban, and Twitch’s cheater crackdown
Pokemon Go has now been out for a whole month. Here's a look at the app's news from the weekend:
The Guardian reports that...
Five IPs that could tackle ARG gameplay features Pokemon Go lacks
Following the news that Niantic is now in fact working on a Harry Potter AR game, I realized that even as someone who enjoyed the...
Wizard101 starts selling instant level 50 boosts, adds a Make-a-Wish character
Like it or hate it, the trend of instantly boosting new characters to high levels in older MMOs is spreading across the genre. The...
Battle Bards Episode 79: Combat music
Ready to battle it out more than usual? The Battle Bards are cranking up the combat tunes from MMORPGs today, inviting all sorts of...
RuneFest takes RuneScape players on a tour of the Eastern Isles
When October rolls around, RuneScape players will be heading off into the great unknown in the Eastern Isles. It's a distant continent full of...
Guild Wars 2’s male player Charr is getting a new voice actor
One of the reasons I love my Charr so much in Guild Wars 2 is that her voice actress kicks ass with what is...
