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The Stream Team: Celebrating Shroud of the Avatar’s upcoming launch party
Shroud of the Avatar's official launch may be a bit later this month, but the launch party is this week! Massively OP's MJ is...
Shroud of the Avatar on R52 and launch content, craftable housing, and player ambassadors
Whether or not you agree that Shroud of the Avatar is already soft launched, it is most definitely hard launching on March 27th, meaning...
Here’s how Netmarble’s fighting crunch after multiple developer deaths
Last year, Netmarble came under fire from South Korean authorities following the death of a game developer under its banner. Korea Workers' Compensation and...
Saga of Lucimia argues GM events should be mandatory in MMOs, not an ‘optional service’
A few months ago, we ran a Leaderboard poll asking players what kind of live studio-led events they want out of MMORPGs. By way...
Albion Online launches Lancelot with fishing and guild updates, grants everyone a week of sub play
Albion Online's Lancelot update, its third major release since launch, is officially live this morning. The star of the update, as we've previously covered,...
First impressions of RIFT’s Prime progression server
The best word to describe what was happening on the launch day of RIFT Prime was "surreal." It was absolutely surreal to see crowds...
Trion looking into RIFT Prime XP issue, says Carnival should be arriving next week
Had a few issues with running out of XP from doing quests on RIFT Prime's new progression server? You're not alone, pal. Following concern...
Trove’s Heroes expansion overhauls welcome panel, daily bonuses, particle effects, and the Dracolyte class
We've talked about the new neon cityscape biome and superhero-themed new class Trove is getting when its Heroes expansion launches later this spring. What...
How DDO’s Mists of Ravenloft went from concept art to game design
By now, Dungeons and Dragons Online's Mists of Ravenloft has seen a few turns of the full moon and settled into its niche in...
Sea of Thieves casts off on its final beta voyage
This is it you pirates, scoundrels, and scallywags: Sea of Thieves' final beta is upon us, and only the most cutthroat and dastardly will...
TERA offers stress test rewards for this weekend’s console beta
The open beta for TERA's console edition has arrived, and as a result, the developers want the servers under pressure. It's the only way...
Conan Exiles on The Purge, the combat overhaul, and the content lock countdown
The Purge is coming to Conan Exiles. And that's not even the scariest thing in this week's newsletter! "The Purge mechanic will spawn in creatures...
DC Universe Online’s GU80 is a big boon for hoarders
The grandly named but modestly sized Game Update 80 has rolled out for DC Universe Online players this week. Daybreak says it's tweaked inventory...
Choose My Adventure: Already captured in Warframe
You know, I've been oddly impressed with the starting experience for the past couple of titles I've been playing in Choose My Adventure. Both...
Ubisoft and Massive are building The Division 2
Did you see this one coming? Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment are apparently working on a sequel to The Division. The news comes via what appears...
Enter to win a Neverwinter Teal-Dusted Axebeak for PC in honor of Lost City of Omu’s launch
To celebrate the arrival of Lost City of Omu for Neverwinter on PC last week, PWE has kindly given Massively OP 50 mount keys to give away to our...
H1Z1 is finally going free-to-play
Remember way back in the long, long ago, before H1Z1 hit early access, split, reconstituted, renamed, didn't launch, aborted a console port, and all...
SoulWorker Online opens its cash shop
We already know that SoulWorker Online will not be wiping characters before its full launch, and now we find that the game is going...
Trion says the original Defiance is NOT being sunset or neglected for Defiance 2050
We were all pretty stunned when Trion announced Defiance 2050 last week, and indeed, we fired off a round of questions almost immediately. Trion's...
Hyperspace Beacon: Carving up the new SWTOR Conquests
The original Lead Systems Designer for Star Wars: The Old Republic was a man named Damion Schubert. A friend of mine used to call...
