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The MMOs of the Steam winter 2017 sale
Another December, another Steam sale to entice you to spend money on games you don't have time to play just to have them for...
Just Survive plugs in anti-cheat measures and performs server wipe
Watch out, evil-doers: Just Survive is coming for you. The zombie MMO patched in a slew of new anti-cheat measures this week to keep...
RIFT course-corrects on $100 mount pack while Trion gets into the holiday spirit
Well, that didn't last long. RIFT has already yanked its controversial $100 random mount packs from the game store following strong opposition from the...
The developer of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds laments the lack of video game IP protection
Did you know that there's no real IP protection for video games? We didn't know that either; we seem to recall a lot of...
H1Z1 preps first-ever free week and holiday outfit
Ever been curious about original-flavor H1Z1 and its battle royale sauce? You can try it out without having to drop any money during the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s Hall of Chains raid wing first impressions
I promised you at the end of last week's rundown of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living World season's launch episode that I'd return this week...
Trion is trying to bring Defiance up to date on modern consoles
Most of you probably think of Defiance as "that game that used to tie into a TV show and is probably on borrowed time."...
H1Z1 will be called King of Survival when Tencent ports it to China
This week's rumor that Tencent may be porting Daybreak's H1Z1 eastward has proven true, as the Chinese megacorp and Daybreak announced late last night...
Tencent may be bringing H1Z1 to China
The easiest way to ensure that no one is really fighting over who gets to be at the top of the battle royale genre...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO stories of 2017
One thing you can say for the MMO industry: It never ceases to surprise all of us. No matter what predictions we may make...
Just Survive gives players a choice of maps, hands out free reward crates
Just Survive, the H1Z1 castoff that is looking to... just survive, made a bold play this week with a significant update to some of...
H1Z1’s latest patch adds a new insta-respawn map and new dailies
Daybreak has big plans for H1Z1 -- that's the game formerly known as H1Z1: King of the Kill, you'll recall, as it was rebranded...
Here’s the full list of Trion Worlds’ Black Friday deals
As you plan your Black Friday shopping strategy (ours: sleeping in and lazily shopping on Amazon Prime), Trion Worlds wants to help out by...
Perfect Ten: A list of all the MMORPGs I supposedly hate
Did you know about all the MMOs I hate? I sure as heck didn't! I mean, I knew there were a few games I...
Hellgate: London revival project opens its alpha to everyone
Still finding yourself pining away for Hellgate: London on occasion -- or perhaps you missed out on it the first time around? This 10-year-old...
Daybreak on H1Z1 and Just Survive: ‘It’s best to consider each game as a separate entity moving forward’
Gotta stop teasing Daybreak for a month: Just Survive, the actual zombie sandbox half of the H1Z1 salmagundi, is getting love. The latest patch...
Massively Overthinking: The state of early access, alpha, and beta ‘testing’ in the MMO genre
I remember years ago when then-Massively-columnist Rubi Bayer let loose with a blistering rant on the state of faux beta MMOs. She helmed Betawatch...
H1Z1’s three-day $500K prize pool Invitational tourneys kick off right now
We may roll our eyes at H1Z1's flip-flopping on names, gameplay splits, and apparent inability to actually launch, but there's no doubt Daybreak is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.
H1Z1 has defeated its ‘King of the Kill’ branding in a last-man-standing battle royale
Looks like at least some of the rumors last week have proven true, as Daybreak is indeed removing the "King of the Kill" branding from...