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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG developer has the best communication with players?
MMORPG developers come in lots of flavors of communication, with PR and community teams that run the gamut from "oh, we still pay for...
Mark Kern renames Ember to Em-8ER, picks up Nostalrius programmer
Earlier this month, Mark Kern's "massive planetary wargame" shooter Ember got a new name and logo: Em-8ER.
"While still pronounced 'Ember,' we changed the official...
Global Chat: Is Destiny’s Rise of Iron any good?
If you don't have a console but were still interested in hearing whether or not Destiny: Rise of Iron was any good, fret not:...
Battle Bards Episode 83: Triumphant Victory!
Triumph and victory — are they the same thing? Sometimes, but not always. On today’s breathtaking episode of Battle Bards, the team tackles triumphant...
Mark Kern’s Ember pays for a mining mech with its latest crowdfunding campaign
Ex-Red 5 Studios CEO Mark Kern has taken to Indiegogo once more to finance his promised "massive planetary wargame," Ember. This second trip to...
Firefall’s status remains in limbo
Even if you don't play Firefall, you know that last week was a bit weird for the game when the game itself and its...
Firefall appears to have silently sunsetted (Update: Or maybe not?)
Update, 8:39 p.m. EDT: The game and site are back online now, still with no explanation or clarification from The9 whatsoever. Hopefully it stays up for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 76: The fall of Firefall
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Guild Wars 2, SOTA, SWTOR, Firefall, StarCraft Universe, Age of Wushu 2, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on early MMO adoption and permadeath in MMOs.
Mark Kern to Ember followers: ‘I feel a profound sense of responsibility for what happened to Firefall’
In the wake of the apparent complete emptying of the Red 5 Studios offices this week, former Firefall founder Mark Kern is forging ahead...
Rumor: Firefall’s Red 5 Studios has suffered mass layoffs
Former Red 5 Studios employees are suggesting the company is in big trouble today. Community Manager FadedPez has apparently been discharged from the studio.
https://twitter.com/FadedPez/status/757697647075467264
Matt DeWald...
Mark Kern polls players about his spiritual successor to Firefall
Will Firefall fans want Mark Kern at the helm of a game again? That's the question of the hour, as Kern has proposed engaging...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO victory fanfares
Interestingly enough, there are a few types of video game music that don't often pop up in MMORPGs for various reasons. One of these...
Firefall is coming to PlayStation 4 and mobile platforms
We won't lie: We've been a little concerned for the future of Firefall over the past year. But if the dev team has anything...
Mark Kern says he’d buy Firefall back if it sunsets
Mark Kern, most recently recalled to MMORPG audiences for volunteering himself as a spokesperson in the Nostalrius World of Warcraft vanilla server ordeal, told...
Mark Kern to deliver Nostalrius petition to Blizzard next week
The Nostalrius team isn't the only one heading to Irvine to meet with Blizzard: The ex-WoW, ex-Firefall developer Mark Kern says he's locked in...
The9 exchanges half of its shares in Red 5 for stake in Cayman Islands cashmere corp
Chinese MMO operator The9 has exchanged about half of its shares in Red 5 for nearly 153.9 million shares of L&A International Holding Limited. The9...
Firefall’s 1.7 patch tomorrow brings Devil’s Tusk zone content, elite ranks overhaul
Firefall's 1.7 is on the public test server and is due for deployment on the live servers tomorrowday. The big news is the arrival...
Perfect Ten: What I loved about Dungeons and Dragons Online
Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance.
Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...
Vanilla WoW petition hits 200K signatures, invokes Mark Kern
Fans have now propelled the Nostalrius petition asking Blizzard to reconsider World of Warcraft vanilla servers to over 200,000 signatures, which means that former...
One Shots: Hello Spino!
I should have known better. I really should have. A couple of weeks ago, I challenged Massively OP's readers to submit "disturbing, grim, or...
