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Nexus Telegraph: Why I play WildStar
Back on the old Massively-That-Was, we used to feature a sporadic series called "Why I Play." The idea was for each of the writers...
E3 2015: Elite is now previewable on Xbox One, Close Quarter Combat coming soon
Frontier CEO David Braben has announced that Elite: Dangerous will be one of the first "early access" games available via the Xbox One's Game...
Steam’s summer sale offers mad MMO deals [Updated Monday]
Prepare your wallets to go broke and your libraries to fill to the brim with games that you'll never have time to play, for...
Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm launches, Infinite Crisis gives up
It's been a week of mixed feelings in the land of MOBAs, with the thrill of a new game launch juxtaposed against the background...
The Daily Grind: Did you do anything noteworthy in MMOland this weekend?
I didn't game as much as I would have liked this weekend, but I did manage a smidge of Elite: Dangerous, a bit of...
Elite: Dangerous launches the Powerplay update
The latest update for Elite: Dangerous does not allow players to personally claim big chunks of the galaxy, but it does allow players to...
Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm’s launch; Need for Speed’s online DRM
Nintendo's quriky new online paint-battle game Splatoon officially launched this week to very positive reviews. Monster-battling game Moonrise entered early access and promises Pokémon-like...
Elite’s latest newsletter talks Powerplay, mining, drones, and more
Frontier talks up the forthcoming Powerplay patch in this week's Elite: Dangerous newsletter. The titular patch feature "makes the galaxy a hotbed of activity,"...
Previous Elite purchasers can now claim a free Steam key
Last winter I pre-ordered that Mercenary Edition pack for Elite: Dangerous through Frontier's online store. While I enjoyed playing the space sim at the time,...
Leaderboard: Would you play a wild west MMO?
I've been playing Call of Juarez: Gunslinger here lately. It's nothing special, really, but it is a competent wild west shooter that I picked up...
Beta testing starts for Elite: Dangerous’ Powerplay update
The next major update for Elite: Dangerous is going to really shake up how the game is played. The Powerplay update previewed a month...
Make My MMO: May 23, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, The Repopulation got an official launch window. Then it got a new trailer. Das Tal got off to...
Elite’s Mac client benefits the PC; Powerplay update delayed
Hey Elite fans, did you miss Friday's newsletter #75? If so, it's worth reading for the news about the Mac client and the Powerplay beta. Originally...
Make My MMO: May 16, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Gloria Victis developer Black Eye Games let us know that it's in "the home stretch" in terms of...
Jukebox Heroes: How Elite: Dangerous’ music put me into a mild coma
You know what gets me righteously angry? I shall tell you. I shall tell you, and then you shall share in my anger, you...
Elite: Dangerous offering Steam keys to game owners
Good news if you've purchased or are thinking of purchasing Elite: Dangerous from the game's website: Frontier said that it will be offering Steam...
Make My MMO: May 9, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned everything we ever wanted to know about Star Citizen's first person shooter module, plus a bit more....
Elite’s Mac client launches May 12, Powerplay beta on May 20
This week's Elite: Dangerous newsletter covers quite a bit of ground. Firstly, the game's Mac client will launch on May 12th. Mac and PC...
There’s an ARG going on in Elite: Dangerous right now
Elite: Dangerous players are in the midst of an ARG based around in-game artifacts that were tracked down by a coordinated community effort. Producer...
Elite: Dangerous generates its galaxy with NASA data
Elite: Dangerous is a work of science fiction; that's not under discussion. So as in all science fiction, the developers just created a galaxy by selecting...
