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Camelot Unchained says it has no plans to license its engine, is still paying refunds

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Earlier this month, Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment came under fire when its leader objected to a YouTube video that speculated the company...

MassivelyOP interview: Talking ship design with Star Trek Online’s Donny Versiga

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If you play Star Trek Online, you know that ship collecting is one of the major pastimes of captains all over the Federation and...

Guild Wars 2 will showcase End of Dragons’ story, elite specs, beta info, and trailer next week

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So we already knew that ArenaNet is taking the wraps off Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons next week - that's on July 27th,...

Camelot Unchained boss rebuts theory that its studio finances are in disarray

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Dedicated readers of MassivelyOP already know that Camelot Unchained has become an MMO saddled with controversy over the last couple of years. Originally Kickstarted...

RIFT’s Summerfest has finally, silently begun in Europe

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If you've been wondering where RIFT's Summerfest event was this year, you're not alone. Apparently, the festival rolled out to EU servers this morning...

LOTRO considers improving its business model as players present Weatherstock XIII

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After years of guarded communication, Lord of the Rings Online’s fanbase has a new champion in Producer Oleg “Raninia” Brodskiy, who joined SSG a...

Bless Unleashed hypes up its August 6 Steam launch with a new trailer

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Round8 Studios is very excited to remind players that Bless Unleashed is arriving to Steam this coming Friday, August 6th. So excited, in fact,...

Neverwinter’s Bard class and level-squish arrive to PC in Jewel of the North on July 27

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Neverwinter players have known for a while now that PWE has been working on a bard class and the new leveling system, but today,...

LOTRO’s Classic server ‘wouldn’t work’ with current tech, SSG says

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Standing Stone Games is probably getting sick of being asked all of the time about a Lord of the Rings Online classic server. Despite...

Iron Harvest lore interview sheds light on Usonian history

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A new interview at VentureBeat delves into the lore of multiplayer RTS Iron Harvest 1920. In the interview, game designer Elliott Verbiest talks about...

LOTRO producer talks Gundabad, Brawler, and LI revamp in new stream

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Lord of the Rings Online's new producer, Oleg "Raninia" Brodskiy, is helping SSG make big strides toward becoming more communicative and transparent ever since...
All over again.

WoW Factor: Why Blizzard’s line about story beats is so frustrating

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So the most recent roundup of interviews with World of Warcraft's staff deeply hurt me on a fundamental level. Like, this was the sort...

Elyon devs talk leveling, cash shop items, and design shift in new interview

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Why did Elyon decide to remove air combat? What horrors are awaiting in the dark of its cash shop? How does leveling work? These...
Oh snaps.

Vague Patch Notes: MMO players are a bad substitute for professional testers

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Test servers are, let's face it, kind of a terrible idea that just keeps getting trotted out there in the MMO space. And the...

Co-op shooter Aliens Fireteam Elite announces an August 24 launch date, confirms lack of cross-platform play

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Back in March, we finally got word that Cold Iron Studios' long promised Alien franchise MMOFPS is actually happening (after going through all the...

Nexon CEO talks games industry innovation, venture capital, and crypto

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Innovation used to be a major buzzword in the online gaming industry, to the point that its saturation made it pretty tired. The term's...
Very satisfying.

A new slew of World of Warcraft interviews touches on the future of Sylvanas and lack of story planning

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Good news, World of Warcraft fans! If you thought you were going to be done with Sylvanas after the next patch arriving tomorrow, well......

$100K Star Citizen whale discusses why he supports the game – and what he’s worried about

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For those who orbit Star Citizen news and are aghast at why its business model -- a winner of this site's Worst Business Model...

New World talks about the lore and gameplay influences of magic in new interview

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If you're exploring an island where there are undead things or malevolent forces scuttling about, you're no doubt in a world steeped in magic,...

Sea of Thieves kicks off its third season with new goodies, new enemies, and its Pirates of the Caribbean adventure

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He's the pauper of the surf, the jester of Tortuga, and as of today he's now officially part of the Sea of Thieves. Today...

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