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El Somni Quas developers issue a design manifesto

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We introduced El Somni Quas to you last week -- it's an old school sandbox created by an indie team in the Czech Republic. But...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why LOTRO needs a progression server

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At some point this year -- Turbine isn't saying when, yet -- Lord of the Rings Online will be making an effort to consolidate...
Masters without blasters.

Guild Wars 2 explains the philosophy of Masteries

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Players are not getting a level cap bump with Heart of Thorns; the apex of power in Guild Wars 2 will remain Level 80....

SkySaga explains the tech behind its good looks

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SkySaga's developers don't want you to automatically lump their title in with the rest of the voxel crowd based on it looks. A new...
Price shark.

Trion snaps up Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson

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Nothing tells your player community that the transition to a new corporate structure will be totally fine like firing a pillar of community interaction,...

The Game Archaeologist: Roleplaying dreams in Underlight

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After years of digging into the field of classic MMOs, I know there aren't too many undiscovered titles that haven't been brought to my attention...
Ultima Online

The Daily Grind: Are MMOs becoming outpaced by tech?

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Whenever I talk about Ultima Online to someone who wasn't there when it was a big thing, I admit to feeling as if I...

Global Chat: Are MMO players too mean to game developers?

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Is it too easy to forget that MMOs, like all video games, are made by people just like you and I? Belghast over at...

EVE Evolved: Four lessons sandbox MMOs can learn from EVE

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The past few years have seen a resurgence of support for sandbox MMOs, both of the trying-to-be-minecraft creative kind and the hardcore nuke-it-from orbit...

Trove’s Fish ‘N’ Ships update is live

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Fish and chips is a dish of English origin consisting of battered fish and french fries, preferably served with tartar sauce for the fish...

The Game Archaeologist: Middle-earth Online

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Out of all of the MMOs that I've played over the years, I must have spent the most time in Lord of the Rings...

Trove adding fishing, ships, and pirates

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Trove players are being called to don their galoshes and pack up their tackle box, as the game is preparing to unload a new...

Not So Massively: HoN’s Grimm Hunt, HEX’s 100k tourney, and Descent’s reboot

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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...

Play Trove to earn a RIFT budgie mount

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Giant flightless birds make great commute buddies, not to mention that they take the simplest biofuel available. But if you want to get your...

Old School RuneScape releases permanent F2P servers

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Originally released back in 2001 when the MMO genre was in its infancy, browser MMO RuneScape has endured through over a decade of development...

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