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MMO Mechanics: How strong communities are barriers-to-exit
MMOs occupy a unique position in our game libraries because they include a wide range of clever mechanics that keep us logging in day...
Make My MMO: April 11, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we said goodbye to Descent Underground's fundraising campaign. It was a fond farewell, though, since the sci-fi space shooter reboot topped...
Star Citizen releases alpha 1.1.1 and a design blog on breathing
Cloud Imperium had a busy Friday, as the firm released Star Citizen Alpha 1.1.1 to backers and also published a couple of notable blog entries....
Here’s a look inside Star Citizen’s newest dev studio
Cloud Imperium recently opened a new studio to work on Star Citizen. It's located in Frankfurt, and it's called Foundry 42 Germany. Chris Roberts...
Elite’s producer talks mission revamp, Steam sales
Elite: Dangerous producer Michael Brookes posted a new update letter on the game's forums today. He thanks the community for making E:D the "number...
Cloud Imperium clarifies Star Citizen’s Squadron 42 status
Are you a bit confused about the Squadron 42 component of Star Citizen? So are quite a few other backers, if a mini-brouhaha on the...
Interview: Star Trek Online’s Al Rivera on the looming Iconians
The Iconians are coming to Star Trek Online, and if you've been playing the game during the past five years, you know that's a...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you turn real money into MMO money
Two days ago, World of Warcraft launched the WoW Token service, which will kill the game forever. It thus joins the list of every...
Here’s how to jury-rig a VR alternative for Elite: Dangerous
If you've had dreams of flying spaceships in the third dimension but were too poor to afford an Oculus Rift, then one clever gamer...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on MMO emulators?
Emulators. They're a touchy, murky, grey-area subject for many people and one that we don't touch on a lot here on the site due...
New Ascent patch has gas, terraforming
Sometimes a news post comes along that you're just meant to write. For me, it's this little ditty about Ascent. For one thing, I'm...
EVE Online fan calculates an 18% drop in subscriptions
There used to be a time when CCP would eagerly release every new subscriber milestone that EVE Online hit, but that era has passed....
Vendetta updates with 1.8.331 build
Long-running indie sci-fi sandbox Vendetta Online published a new build last weekend. Version 1.8.331 improved high drain power cells, it buffed extreme drain power cells,...
EVE Evolved: Four lessons sandbox MMOs can learn from EVE
The past few years have seen a resurgence of support for sandbox MMOs, both of the trying-to-be-minecraft creative kind and the hardcore nuke-it-from orbit...
Star Citizen saw a lot of progress in March
Star Citizen's latest monthly report was published this weekend. It covers most of the progress made in March, 2015, which was substantial according to...
Ascent is MMO space simming done right
My favorite thing about Ascent: The Space Game is its planetary rotation. It's a small thing, granted, but the first time I sat still...
Elite: Dangerous is now available on Steam
Have you yearned to play Elite: Dangerous but could not due to arcane rituals preventing you from playing any game that is not readily...
Star Citizen whale talks purchases vs. donations
If you've been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years and have no clue about the crowdfunded beast that is Star...
Leaderboard: Have you talked someone out of buying a game you like?
So here's something that doesn't happen very often: I talked a friend out of buying Star Citizen's Vanguard LTI concept. In the past I've...
Elite: Dangerous begins Mac beta test
Mac users, you are cleared for departure. Set a course for the beta star system and engage, although be warned: It may get a...