mmofps

MMOFPS stands for “massively multiplayer online first-person shooter.”

The Game Archaeologist: Maze War, the first online multiplayer shooter

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It is sometimes hard to know how far back to go when chronicling the history of early MMOs and their ancestors. After all, this...

Massively Overthinking: MMO monetization run amok

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Over the last couple of weeks, the monetization of unreleased games has become a pervasive and uncomfortable theme for the MMO genre. Just in...

Ashes of Creation hires five new team members, shows off snowy environments

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As Ashes of Creation takes aim at the $3M line for its Kickstarter campaign, Intrepid Studios announced that it has made several significant hires...

The Game Archaeologist: SOE’s The Agency

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The graveyard of Sony Online Entertainment and Daybreak Game Company is certainly full enough to be considered a threat if there was ever a...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?

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Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers. "I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
Oh, thanks.

Massively Overthinking: Unholy MMORPG hybrids

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Massively OP reader and frequent tipster Gibbins wants us to play match-maker. "I love the wonderful world that Bethesda created with the Fallout franchise, not...

2001’s Battleground Europe plans Steam debut this summer

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One of the MMORPG genre's oldest running 3-D games is planning to join its comrades on Steam by this summer. Battleground Europe's team announced in...

The Daily Grind: Are you concerned for Daybreak’s other MMORPGs?

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Last night's startling news that Daybreak plans to sunset Landmark abruptly in February (while forbidding player emulators) sent the MMORPG community into... I'll call...
Oh jeez.

The MMOs we lost in 2016

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If you thought we lost a lot of MMOs in 2014 and 2015, wait until you see 2016's list. It's easy to shrug off some...
The few, the proud, the self-righteous.

Star Citizen’s FPS module launches with update 2.6

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If you had long suspected after delays and setbacks that Star Citizen's Star Marine FPS module would launch when pigs fly, you might want...
Evolution.

Evolve developer Turtle Rock Studios is working on a new multiplayer FPS with Perfect World Entertainment

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Back in October, Evolve ceased its apparently successful revival and moved into maintenance mode, with developer Turtle Rock Studios handing off the game and...
Yes, yes it is.

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG stories of 2016

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As we start to come to grips with the fact that we will be turning over the calendar into 2017 in one short month,...

Heroes & Generals abandons browser client, implements team-oriented patch

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Danish games studio Reto-Moto has pushed out a new update for World War II MMOFPS Heroes & Generals just in time for Veterans Day....

The Game Archaeologist: Classic PlanetSide

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Unlike fantasy, the sci-fi genre has had a rocky relationship with MMORPGs. While studios have tried just as hard to make and promote them,...

Daybreak seeks talent for an unannounced game

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What might be brewing in the secret laboratories of Daybreak Game Company? That's the question of the week, as the studio is recruiting talent...
Bang bang, you shot me down.

Daybreak is cutting out game cards

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If you're a big fan of buying game cards for Daybreak's various online offerings, you should go snap them up now before they're gone....

MMOFPS Heroes & Generals has officially launched today

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World War II-themed persistent MMOFPS Heroes & Generals has formally launched as of this morning. During its early access period, it had counted over...

Nexon shuts down Sudden Attack 2 right after launch

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Sudden Attack 2 is getting a new name: Suddenly Shut Down. Steparu reports that this MMOFPS is facing imminent termination by publisher Nexon Korea, as the servers will...

Heroes and Generals counts 8M registered players

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Reto-Moto announced this morning that as it approaches the second anniversary of Heroes and Generals' Steam early access launch, it's clocked in over 8...

R.I.P. PlanetSide

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With barely a whisper in memory of its long-running MMOFPS, Daybreak closed down the PlanetSide servers this past weekend. The studio had previously stated that...

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