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MMO designer Raph Koster talks about what makes the subscription model a success

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Playable Worlds CEO Raph Koster, as we all know, has opinions about MMO gaming and multiplayer gaming, especially on the business side of things,...

Microsoft general manager says Apple’s block of Unreal Engine ‘will harm game creators and gamers’

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The ongoing kaiju-sized hand-slapping fight between Epic Games and Apple isn't just about two massive corporations having a hissy fit over money; it's tangentially...
Capital city.

The MOP Up: EVE Online’s Triglavian conflict comes to a head

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The big conclusion of EVE Online's multipart Triglavian invasion is coming to a head with Quadrant 3: Zenith, which should hit soon. "Actions have consequences,"...

Gaming events and patches are delayed, games taken offline to support Black Lives Matter protests

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The PC Gaming Show that was scheduled for Saturday has been postponed a week, PC Gamer announced last night. It'll run June 13th instead,...

Gaming companies from Blizzard to Daybreak stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

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Update: We've been updating the end of this piece with all the online gaming studio statements we can find this week. Sony has apparently decided...

Former BioWare head checks in with updates on his team’s SpatialOS online RPG

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Back in March of last year, Improbable, the company behind persistent online world engine SpatialOS, announced the opening of a couple of new studios...

COVID-19 gaming impact roundup: Studios working from home, War Thunder as an Army training tool

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The global novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the gaming industry - here's the latest. Warhammer Online fans will remember well the name Carrie Gouskos,...

SpatialOS developer Improbable reports $81 million in operating losses

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Improbable, the London-based startup that's responsible for creating SpatialOS, has released its accounts to Companies House, and the news is not good. The company...

The MOP Up: Outlaws of the Old West wipes its servers

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The survival sandbox that brought you Bigfoot (for some reason) is now triggering a region-wide apocalypse. OK, it's just a server wipe for Outlaws...
Hashtag maybe some changes.

SpatialOS boss Herman Narula believes multiplayer gaming could overtake social media

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The methods we interact with one another digitally have grown by leaps and bounds, to be sure. We've moved from AOL IMs to social...

Persistent open-world MMO Project C gets an official name: Life Beyond

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We've been covering Project C for a few years now: It's a SpatialOS open-world MMO sandbox promising “meaningful persistency,” built by by Darewise, the...

Improbable casts a spotlight on FPS/RTS hybrid MMO Wizard’s Wrath

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Improbable, the company behind SpatialOS, has offered another look at a developing MMO. This time we're getting a peek at Wizard's Wrath, a fantasy...

Improbable and Tencent join forces to bring SpatialOS and a developer program to China

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It would appear that Improbable, the company behind SpatialOS, is hedging its bets on China. Improbable announced that it will be working with Tencent...

Why Fight lets players enter an open battlefield to duke it out for rewards in short game sessions

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We'd like to introduce you to Why Fight by the three-person team of Build on Barren Studios (yes, those are actual titles thought up...
To rather uneventfully go.

The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s thorny patrol

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Cryptic is really hot to trot with Star Trek Online's new patrol system, and this past week the studio highlighted the third new one:...

Mavericks’ abrupt July sunset was preceded by a revoked SpatialOS loan

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Remember back in July, when Automaton Games announced it was shutting down Mavericks, a "massive" battle royal that was aiming to put 1000 people...

Antares Open World is an outrageously ambitious new MMO sandbox being built with SpatialOS

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Let's take a quick break for what's fast becoming MMO Anniversary Week around here for a peek at a brand-new MMO still on the...

Bossa Studios on why Worlds Adrift failed and what’s next

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Although Worlds Adrift sunsetted back in July, developer Bossa Studios did not. Furthermore, it would appear that the company is doing better after dropping...
Huh.

Zenith is a new SpatialOS cyberpunk VR MMORPG – and its Kickstarter just went live

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Here's something new for fans of gaming with a headset: Zenith, a VR MMO in development right now from Ramen VR, aiming to provide...

Persistent world VR MMO Neon Exile is slated for Steam early access this summer

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So here's a brand-new MMO we'd never heard of until today, thanks to its feature on the SpatialOS blog: It's called Neon Exile, and...

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