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How a server explosion – and two epic devs – help keep Classic Guild Wars alive

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Sometimes things going wrong lead in good directions. According to a new interview on Kotaku, there are actually two developers keeping Guild Wars afloat...
So, fine.

Classic Guild Wars 1 just got a huge graphics update

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This week, classic Guild Wars 1 has gotten its first real update in the years since going into maintenance mode. As we noted on...
The path was found after all.

Whatever happened to Line of Defense, The Exiled, and Pathfinder Online?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...

The Survivalist: Seven survival games I want to love, but can’t… yet

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Well that didn't take long! There are a plethora of survival sandboxes out there for fans to play (as you can see from our...

Guild Wars blows out 13 candles on its birthday cake – were you there for its first?

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Travel back with us to April 2005, when an unknown and unproven studio known as ArenaNet decided to make a play at its own...
what

Champions Online is now officially the longest-running superhero MMO, and the world makes no sense

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You are no doubt aware that Champions Online is still running, although the game has been in unofficial maintenance mode for half of forever....

Perfect Ten: Why I (grudgingly) put up with Secret World Legends’ reboot

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Less than a year ago, I faced a crisis as a fan and player of The Secret World. Funcom abruptly announced that it would...

Ascent: The Space Game is close to pushing out a new patch and client after switching engines

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Back in January, we expressed concern for the brilliant one-man space indie sandbox MMORPG called Ascent: The Space Game (not to be confused with...

Guild Wars 1 programmer answers fan questions, affirms the game’s continued existence

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Do you have any burning questions about Guild Wars? No, not Guild Wars 2 -- the original, the one that has long fallen out...

Trion says the original Defiance is NOT being sunset or neglected for Defiance 2050

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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...

Whatever happened to Pirates of the Burning Sea, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, and Puzzle Pirates?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...

Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?

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Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...

Massively Overthinking: What are your criteria for recommending MMOs?

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Last week, we got a well-intentioned email from a reader named Rick, who proposed a column in which readers tell us what they are...

Hyperspace Beacon: No, Star Wars The Old Republic isn’t on the verge of sunset

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I recently read a wild argument based on unsubstantiated rumor that Star War: The Old Republic is nearing its end of life, that BioWare...

Fragmented is ‘more or less in maintenance mode’ due to lack of revenue

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Over the weekend, we added a new entry to our "whatever happened to X" series with a quick note about Fragmented, the survival sandbox...

Whatever happened to Ascent: the Space Game, Aura Kingdom, and Fragmented?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...

Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends 2018 – new year, new game, new goals

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What does Secret World Legends have in store for 2018? For the world, or for me? Either answer includes Season 2 of the story!...
It's a fooler.

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2018

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This is, bar none, the column I hate doing most on a regular basis. None of the games I highlight in here is something...

Hyperspace Beacon: Three things SWTOR could add in 2018 to turn itself around

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Star Wars: The Old Republic did not have a banner year in 2017. It was the first year since the launch year that did...

Chaos Theory: 2017 was a big year for the Secret World IP

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Well, 2017 was interesting. It's not often that your favorite game starts off as one game at the beginning of the year and then...

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