funcom

Veteran Norwegian studio behind The Secret World, Anarchy Online, Age of Conan, and LEGO Minifigures Online.

One Shots: Funcom never could get children right

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If you ever played The Secret World, then nod with me as I say that Funcom had absolutely no idea how to portray, voice,...

Dune Awakening publishes the first of its planned monthly newsletters

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If there's one complaint that could be leveraged against Dune: Awakening, it's that Funcom isn't exactly generous with information about the survival sandbox MMO,...
We fought a bear.

Perfect Ten: MMOs with outstanding tutorial sections

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Tutorials! They're important. I even wrote an entire column about them recently, talking about how important they are in getting people into a new...

One Shots: Retrofuturism for rent

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Here's your two-step process to make anything old look all futurey like something out of the Jetstons. Step one: Take a normal thing. Step...

The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming creeps into Once Human

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In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...

Perfect Ten: 10 times MMOs appeared in TV and movies

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It's always surreal when real MMOs cross the divide between niche and mainstream to be referenced in television and films. Depending on how you...

One Shots: Hey World of Warcraft has housing after all…

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This just in, World of Warcraft beat Guild Wars 2 to the punch by instituting the most robust, flexible, and creative housing system ever...

Former Blizzard and Funcom dev Craig Morrison is working on a cozy true crime MMORPG backed by NetEase

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Cast your mind back to summer 2021, and you might recall that was when World of Warcraft's Craig Morrison - best known to MMORPG...

One Shots: FFXIV gets a glow-up

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Substance over style should be the priority in video games -- but that doesn't mean that style doesn't deserve consideration! It's always nice when...

Funcom says Conan Exiles’ dev cadence isn’t impacted by Dune Awakening

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Last month saw Conan Exiles do something that seems to be anathema for most MMOs and multiplyer titles: It decided to stop making battle...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with weirdly defensive fanbases

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I do not have nice things to say about RuneScape. I have never had nice things to say about RuneScape. I also do not...

Dune Awakening shows off character creation process, preps for persistent beta

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When you get your hands on Dune Awakening, what kind of character are you planning to roll? To help you make that decision, Funcom...
This, but without the camraderie and friendship.

Funcom marks Secret World’s 12th anniversary with a brief message of thanks

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Today, July 3rd, marks the launch date of the deeply unique modern world MMORPG The Secret World, which has been online for 12 years...

Anarchy Online gets a nod from Funcom on the occasion of its 23rd birthday

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While last year saw an in-game celebration for Anarchy Online's 22nd birthday, so far there hasn't been much more than a brief acknowledgement from...

Funcom’s Joel Bylos explains why Dune Awakening is an actual, factual MMO

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In an era where game studios are either backpedaling on calling their MMOs "MMOs," it's refreshing to see one studio come outright and take ownership...

Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs

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A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...

SGF 2024: Previewing Funcom’s Dune Awakening, from PvP philosophy to the survival MMO label

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I must admit I went into Summer Game Fest with pretty low expectations. I was MOP's "E3 guy" back when E3 was a concern,...

The Classic Secret World community is hosting a 12th anniversary event for the game – not Funcom

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Let's get this out of the way: No, Funcom has not had a massive change of heart and decided to start developing for either...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17

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Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...

Conan Exiles slows down its update cadence for chapters and puts the kibosh on battle passes in its next Age

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"Conan Exiles is always evolving, and so is the way our team develops it," opens Funcom's latest update post, and sure enough the cadence...

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