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DC Universe Online Episode 22 introduces new Superman-themed content

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Episode 22 is on the way for Daybreak's superhero MMO DC Universe Online. Creative Director SJ "NerdOfPrey" Mueller explains that the episode will include a...

The Daily Grind: Does your age impact your MMO gameplay preferences?

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We've been following gaming research firm Quantic Foundry the past few months as it's been hammering out its Gamer Motivation Model. This week, it...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Social outcomes and online gamers

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Of all the chapters in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...
More for the slaughter once again.

The Daily Grind: Does gender play a role in your MMORPG class selection?

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We've been covering Nick Yee-founded Quantic Foundry's game analytics research as it's fleshing out the Gamer Motivation Model, which seeks to create a modernized...

The Daily Grind: Are OARPGs the future of the MMORPG genre?

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Toward the end of 2014, genre academics popularized the idea that the MMORPG genre was becoming "unbundled" -- that MMORPGs were splintering, "with sociality,...

DUAL Universe promises a seamless galaxy on a single shard

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When it comes to creating a science fiction MMO, there are two directions you can take. You can either hold up EVE Online as...

The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual’s Star Trek Online

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If you're among the legions of Trekkies, then you are almost certainly aware of Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. Since early 2010, players have...
Losing in a way that's incidentally the same as not in fact losing at all.

Superdata says League of Legends makes more money than any other game you play

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Let's just get this out of the way: Superdata is a research firm that sells its data analysis. It doesn't disclose its methodology or...
Go bold.

Star Trek Online details the benefits of the anniversary Krenim Science Vessel

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The sixth anniversary of Star Trek Online is nearly upon players, complete with all of the requisite celebration events. That means plenty of little...
science, together, fun

EVE Online enlists community aid in real-world scientific research

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EVE Online is warping into a sector where hobbies and scientific research intersect. CCP Games announced that it's partnering up with The Human Protein...

Star Trek Online celebrates its sixth anniversary with a time-travel episode and giveaways

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Star Trek Online seems to be one of those MMOs that always does its anniversaries justice. As the game hits its sixth birthday this...
This is what we were really missing.

How ‘Gamer Motivation Model’ researchers slot MOBAs on the strategy map

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This winter, we've been chronicling the escapades of Nick Yee-founded game analytics consulting firm Quantic Foundry, which published what it's calling the Gamer Motivation Model. Researchers compiled...

Here’s what you can do with the Black Desert character creator

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Yesterday's release of the standalone character creator for Black Desert has prompted the internet to play dress-up dolls en masse, some in the service...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Cognitive performance and your brain on games

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So far in our exploration of the topics in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...

Massively Overthinking: Let’s play with the Gamer Motivation Model

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Over the winter holidays, we wrote about game analytics consulting firm Quantic Foundry, which has published what it calls its "Gamer Motivation Model" --...

‘Father of MMORPGs’ Richard Bartle is publishing new books on the genre

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"Father of MMORPGs" Dr. Richard Bartle, author of the pioneering research that spawned the Bartle test, is publishing two new books about our imperiled genre. MMOs from...

MMORPG science in 2015

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Better not scoff at academic research: From Superdata to in-house economists, from feminist theory to Bartle, and from education applications to NASA mapping, science is...

The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any video games in the new year?

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A recent piece on Gamesindustry.biz posits that while there the crowdfunding "bubble" hasn't burst, the crowdfunding scene, at least insofar as video games, is experiencing...

New research illuminates our gaming motivations

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If you've ever thought that the Bartle test was a bit outdated, game analytics consulting firm Quantic Foundry has a new gamer psych chart for you....

Grab a Star Trek Online T6 Valiant key from PWE and MOP [All gone!]

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In honor of Star Trek Online's New Dawn release this past autumn, PWE and Cryptic have granted Massively OP 50 keys for the popular...

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