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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is trying to move away from ‘anything that feels like it might be a grind’
You've heard it from the World of Warcraft development team over and over: Anima for your covenants in Shadowlands will not be a grind....
Former ArenaNet founder and former Riot Games dev get $5.7M for their startup studio One More Game
What can you do with $5.7 million? Apparently, beef up your own game studio. Patrick Wyatt, a former founder of ArenaNet and En Masse...
Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif talks servers, housing, and moderating the playerbase
In an interview with the Paradox Gaming Network, Intrepid Studios' Steven Sharif answered a whole slew of questions regarding Ashes of Creation, whether it's...
Dual Universe is finally entering beta in August – with a subscription model
Long-running MMORPG fansite Gamespot (/s) has just posted the not-so-exclusive-now news that sci-fi MMO Dual Universe is expected to hit beta on August 27th.
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Former Bungie composer Martin O’Donnell calls the deal with Activision ‘bad from the start’
The former Bungie composer Martin O'Donnell has spilled some pretty serious tea regarding the partnership with Activision, calling the deal "bad from the start"...
New World talks up the musket weapon and shares some PvE combat gameplay
The armory of New World is once again open as some fresh Twitter threads are talking up the musket weapon. The musket is a...
Crowfall’s current build is ‘technically’ the game’s beta version according to J. Todd Coleman
What makes a beta a beta? It's been a source of scowling-faced commenter "discussion" ever since marketing betas and early access muddied the water....
EA says it can ‘no longer be a bystander’ to toxicity in online gaming
Electronic Arts is continuing to promise to clean up its communities. In addition to changes to its EA Sports moderation policies and the release...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen dev defends the use of limited-action sets
With Pre-Alpha 5 on the way, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is generating more and more interest among MMORPG veterans. But one topic is...
Star Wars Squadrons has no plans for DLC and is looking to lateral progression for its multiplayer
If you're a big fan of what Star Wars Squadrons has on offer (namely, piloting a ship even in VR and blowing things up)...
WoW Factor: The time-skip Shadowlands theory and the longing for World of Warcraft 2
All right, here we go. Normally this is the sort of thing that I wouldn't actually spend a whole week on because believe it...
Lord of the Rings Online devs discuss Rohan housing, new hooks, and future neighborhoods
So who wants to talk Lord of the Rings Online housing? Yao at French fansite D&Co du Milieu recently landed a fun new interview...
Corepunk embraces being a ‘traditional MMORPG’, shows off alpha gameplay
Last December, Corepunk blasted onto the MMO scene - and into our top list of MMOs to watch this year - when Dutch studio...
New World talks about combat and PvP gameplay, shows off its War mode
Amazon's upcoming MMO New World continues to shovel coal into the hype engine as it inches towards its July 23rd beta. David Verfaillie, the...
Raph Koster touches on the technology and community that will bring Playable Worlds’ MMO to life
Raph Koster, the CEO of Playable Worlds, certainly has plenty of thoughts about the creation of a metaverse. First, however, you have to actually...
PlayStation 5 launch titles include Destiny 2, Warframe, and Fortnite, with GTAO coming next year
Sad about E3? Yeah, OK, nobody but E3 is really that sad about E3. But it's still summer convention season, and we still want...
The MOP Up: Granado Espada got a brand-new server
Have you completely forgotten that Granado Espada -- also called Sword of the New World -- still exists? It does, and in fact, the...
EVE Evolved: A live event threatens to reshape EVE Online’s map
While EVE Online has always focused on the real stories created by players through player-vs.-player conflict rather than on its NPC storyline, its universe...
Fallout 76’s next update, which includes seasons, is over a month away
The next era of Fallout 76's history is "still over a month away," according to Bethesda. However, when Update 20 arrives, it'll be a...
Raph Koster’s dev studio Playable Worlds opens a new website and begins the search for game devs
While the world waits to learn more about what Raph Koster has in store for the MMORPG world with his game, we can at...
