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One Shots: Pin-up calendar
Here's an interesting idea: using screenshots to make a calendar! Reader Elana was part of a team that did just that in The Secret World:...
PAX Prime 2015: Trion tries turn-based strategy with Atlas Reactor
Trion, the creator of Trove and RIFT, has turned its attention to the online PvP market with its new game Atlas Rector. At its core, Atlas...
MUD’s Ben Walsh on the female character stretch goal and Kickstarter ambition
The sandbox known as MUD -- not to be confused with actual MUDs -- launched an ambitious Kickstarter this week, provoking the MMO community to do...
MUD launches its Kickstarter following a successful greenlight
MUD is not a MUD. It's inspired in part by MUDs, but the game itself is meant as an open world crafting sandbox driven...
Global Chat: Returning to WildStar for F2P
Many WildStar fans, past and present, are digging into the sumptuous buffet of the free-to-play patch on the test server for a better idea...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 27: SmedSoft
Justin and Bree discuss Smed's new company, EQII's prison server, Champions Online, FFXIV, Trove, and Revival's housing, plus mailbag questions on NCsoft and terrible graphics.
Trove bug accidentally grants tons of free loot to players
Bugs and glitches happen. This is a fact of MMO life. But what happens when a bug ends up erroneously dumping rare and expensive...
Linkrealms’ summer closed beta starts on August 29
Indie sandbox maker Mythyn Interactive has announced that the summer closed beta for Linkrealms will begin on August 29th.
Linkrealms has received multiple updates since...
The Game Archaeologist: Star Wars Galaxies’ NGE
It became one of the most infamous moments in MMO history -- and perhaps one of the most misunderstood.
For all that the MMO community...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs coming soon to a pocket near you
It may be true that interest in playing and developing mobile games has peaked, although personally I very much like mobile gaming. On the...
Trion’s Trove has a million monthly users
Could Trove be the sleeper hit of 2015? Signs are looking good already. While the sandvox title lingered in open beta for quite some time,...
Be a monkey in SkySaga and fulfill your dreams
Don't be ashamed of that time when you were chastised for "monkeying around." Instead, own it by playing as a hyper simian in SkySaga.
When...
Trion Worlds buys gaming mouse for injured Trove player
When an MMO gamer named Ziedus cut his left hand at work and had to have surgery to repair it, he announced that he...
The Game Archaeologist: Microsoft’s Mythica
While Microsoft may be the big cheese when it comes to operating systems and worldwide domination, for whatever reason the company has the absolute...
Player falsely accuses Trion Worlds of censorship
Another day, another cautionary tale in trying to wield lies in the face of a game studio with access to factual records. In this...
Trove patches in measurably large fish
It's not really fishing if you can't brag about the size of the fish, which is why Trove's newest patch is adding in all...
Strategy space sim Pixel Starships starts early access alpha this month
If you're anything like some of us and you're a sucker for cutaway management games like FTL, Fallout Shelter, and Star Command, then you...
One Shots: First steps into a greater world
Do you miss Vanguard? It's been a while now since that particular fantasy world closed its doors to players, but warm memories of the...
Nexus Telegraph: Four things that have me excited about WildStar’s F2P patch
Hot dog! This past week's stress test of the new fall patch for WildStar (it doesn't have a name yet, and Carbine is getting...
Gamescom 2015: Trove’s fall Shadow Tower update offers endgame content, new class
Trion did something this year that a lot of MMO studios don't bother to do: brought existing MMOs to Gamescom. The studio unleashed information on...