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TERA holds a week-long piratical event
Talk Like a Pirate Day, for those of you unfamiliar with the point, is the day of the year when it's entirely appropriate to...
Massively Overthinking: NCsoft’s western autumn
This week's Massively Overthinking is brought to you by a guildie of mine named Onyx, who donated to our Kickstarter campaign in this tier...
Not So Massively: HOTS’ ranking woes, LoL’s server move problems
League of Legends finished setting up its new North American server in Chicago, reducing ping times for east coast players but dramatically increasing them...
PAX Prime 2015: Sword Coast Legends makes a great first impression
I like to think that it's not the hype getting to me when I talk about Sword Coast Legends. When I first saw the...
WildStar previews its free-to-play loyalty reward system
Free-to-play games have a rather predictable system in place - you spend money on things and then you have them. Simple and straightforward. WildStar...
Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Awakening and Heroes of Newerth’s new character Skrap
This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding...
E3 2015: Torchlight Mobile is a new Torchlight, not Torch-lite
When Perfect World and Runic Games announced last week that Torchlight was stretching out into the mobile market, it caught many folks quite unawares. (It's...
An exclusive chat with Path of Exile’s Chris Wilson
Massively: We're here with Path of Exile Producer Chris Wilson to talk about the state and future of this ARPG. Thanks for joining us...
WildStar’s free-to-play shift: Too little or just enough?
WildStar has taken a drubbing in its first year of operation, and much as I don't like saying so, it's deserved it. The game...
WildStar is going free-to-play this autumn
Critics, current players, former players, people who had briefly heard about the title from friends and family - a lot of people didn't think...
Crowfall’s store is (partly) up and running
You have not played enough of Crowfall to form an opinion on how it plays. You haven't. It isn't playable yet. But that doesn't...
Landmark is refunding players for basic material packs
It's not much fun to play a building game like Landmark if you don't have the materials to actually, you know, build. This is why the...
Eternal Crusade updates players on design goals and founder packs
The melee combat in Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade has gone through several revisions, and it's going to go through several more. The latest State...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you turn real money into MMO money
Two days ago, World of Warcraft launched the WoW Token service, which will kill the game forever. It thus joins the list of every...
Skyforge developers explain monetization and power
You can argue all you want over the definition of pay-to-win, but no one really likes the idea of a free-to-play game in which...
Starship Empire gives you command of your own ship and crew
How much would a decent intergalactic starship cost? If you said $10,000, you are totally dreaming -- but you also might be in luck...
Not So Massively: HoN’s Grimm Hunt, HEX’s 100k tourney, and Descent’s reboot
It's been a packed week in the world of online multiplayer gaming, with competitive tournament announcements, patches, and tons of new videos. Microsoft may...
Investment firm sees a dark future for WildStar, bright hopes for Guild Wars 2
Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities is not predicting a rosy future for WildStar, although it still is recommending NCsoft as a "buy" prospect....
