A reference to the sorry state of Hellgate: London as originally released by Flagship. “To have been flagshipped” is to have been screwed over by the studio in some way.
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Here’s a shocker: Hellgate is shutting down (again)
Raise your hand if you're surprised that the latest version of Hellgate is closing down. OK, smartasses in the back row, put 'em down,...
First impressions: SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire delivers
For the last few days, I have been playing the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire. My expectations going...
World of Tanks’ Rubicon update is on a rampage
World of Tanks' October Rubicon update is introducing a brand-new game mode for Wargaming's flagship tank game: Rampage.
In this latest and permanent addition to...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online
"The future in your hands."
This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...
Global Chat: Returning to WildStar for F2P
Many WildStar fans, past and present, are digging into the sumptuous buffet of the free-to-play patch on the test server for a better idea...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 26: Failcom
Justin and Larry discuss WildStar's F2P, Funcom's troubles, Otherland's alpha, Darkfall's soft wipe, Neverwinter's strongholds, and the next iteration of Hellgate.
The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs ever worth it?
Seeing Champions Online's lifetime subscription go on sale last week -- for the "low" price of $200 -- made me think once again what...
Hanbitsoft is rezzing Hellgate for VR
Poor Hellgate. One of these days may it rest in peace. In the meantime Hanbitsoft is attempting to resurrect it (again), this time with an eye...
The Game Archaeologist: Kingdom of Drakkar
Kingdom of Drakkar, also known as Drakkar or even Kingdom of Drakkar II, is a really odd duck among the annals of MMO history....
Massively Overthinking: Random encounters in MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor TheChiHawk, and it's coming from an unusually not-so-massive corner of gamesdom for us:
Are...
Albion Online goes to hell
The next time that someone tells you to "Go to hell!" you can respond, "Thank you, I will -- in Albion Online."
The upcoming sandbox...
The Daily Grind: Does WoW’s dramatic sub dip worry you?
So World of Warcraft lost three million subs in the wake of Warlords of Draenor, bringing it back down to right about where it...