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Nigel Lambert, the voice of Wizard101’s Merle Ambrose, has passed away at 80
A moment of silence is rippling across Wizard101's Spiral as one of the most famous voices in the game recently passed away at the...
The Game Archaeologist: A look back at proto-MMOs through the 1980s
Today I want to try something a little different as we look at MMORPG history. Rather than focus in on a single title or...
Crowfall goes dark today with a slim hope of a future return
For an MMO that's all about death and reincarnation, there's either irony or hope in Crowfall going offline today supposedly for retooling. Whether or...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero101, the lost KingsIsle superhero MMO
You do get the sense that KingsIsle once had very grand plans for what is called its "101 Universe." After Wizard101 came out to...
Interview: Crowfall’s freemium update, small-scale PvP, new players, and the future of the game
Another month has passed, and another meaty patch is coming to Crowfall. That's right, today we'll see the latest update (7.300) arrive on the...
Crowfall studio ArtCraft has apparently suffered a round of layoffs
We've got some bad news for fans of Crowfall: It appears that the team behind the game, ArtCraft, is going through some layoffs. The news...
Fight or Kite: Crowfall’s latest release brings RvR and ‘pop-up PvP’ to the forefront
It’s been about a month since the release of Crowfall, and the team at ArtCraft hasn’t let off the gas yet. This past week...
Crowfall’s community frets over low population, but ArtCraft isn’t panicking
One of the biggest MMO Kickstarters of all time and a long-awaited PvP game launched this past week... but you might not know it...
Crowfall’s launch is marred by DDOS attacks and login problems
Crowfall's launch didn't entirely go to plan yesterday. While early on in the day, the servers were apparently handling the load just fine, by...
Crowfall’s latest Q&A covers the roadmap before and after launch
The June ACE Q&A video from Crowfall is online, and you'll never guess what J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair had to talk about....
Crowfall talks up plans to add new player improvements, social UI features, and hot zones
Yesterday saw yet another ACE Q&A livestream from Crowfall's J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair, which offered up a short-term development roadmap that promises...
Crowfall unveils a 10 event Hunger Dome PvP tournament, talks up new features in April ACE Q&A
We're still not quite sure when Crowfall will be making its official launch, but the fact that the game feels fit enough to showcase...
Interview: Crowfall is ‘very close’ to launch, plus more details on 6.400 Transformation
This week has brought another massive update to Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall: ArtCraft describes Update 6.400 aka Transformation as a "major balance pass of combat,...
Crowfall recaps an eventful 2020 as it pushes forward to launch in 2021
At one point we used to joke about how many times Crowfall had delayed its full alpha and its beta testing... but no more,...
Crowfall’s Convergence update introduces active skills and a castle siege objective
A lot of hay has been made by Crowfall about the system changes being made to the MMO, but now it's time for beta...
Crowfall’s December ACE Q&A talks up active skills, shows off a new castle, and confirms some VIP benefits
The beginning of December for Crowfall means yet another ACE Q&A livestream video featuring J. Todd Coleman and Thomas the Beard. This month, both...
Crowfall’s developers discuss Domains and Update 6.3
As Crowfall's development team takes a moment to bask in the delivery of a big patch -- and before it starts ramping up for...
Interview: Crowfall’s Rhea Shelley on what to expect from Revival’s big class update
Over the past few weeks, we've been covering update 6.200 arriving in (the now beta) Crowfall. The Revival, as ArtCraft is calling it, introduces...
Crowfall says its new Shadowbane-inspired class design will create an ‘explosion’ of build possibilities
Yesterday, several members of the Crowfall dev team sat for an AMA with DownToQuest Twitch, and while the whole broadcast isn't up for non-subscribers...
PAX Online 2020: Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, Amazon, and Crowfall devs on the future of online games
What could online gaming look like going forward? That was the overall topic discussed by a number of devs as part of in a...
