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MMO Business Roundup: Ubisoft’s stock drop, Skull & Bones’ delay, Google games

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Welcome back to another depressing super fun roundup of business news from the MMO industry and adjacent climes. Ubisoft We don't cover a lot of Ubisoft...

The Daily Grind: What other MMOs need the ‘Archeage Unchained’ treatment?

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Last year, it seemed like the trend was legacy servers for everyone. This year, the anti-pay-to-win push has been big, with ArcheAge Unchained at...

Pre-orders for EverQuest’s Torment of Velious expansion are now available

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Torment of Velious, the 26th expansion for the original EverQuest, is coming soon, but pre-orders are a thing right now for those eager Norrathians...

The Daily Grind: What are the odds that Daybreak can turn itself around?

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I've had... severe concerns about Daybreak Games over the last several years, and I'm sure that I am not alone in this. The multiple...
Money dollars.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 243: ArcheAge goes ‘queue queue’

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Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge Unchained, the Daybreak EverQuest and PlanetSide 3 situation, Riot's big reveals, Fallout 76's expansion delay, plus chat on gaming routines, gamers' breaking point with studios, and the problems with RvR.

Project 1999’s Green server brings back the classic EverQuest experience on October 25

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Back in September, we told you about a new Green server being put together by Project 1999, the EverQuest emulator that got a written...

Daybreak talks PlanetSide Arena goals and plans for PlanetSide 3

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With Daybreak currently in the throes of fresh layoffs and a "company realignment" and PlanetSide Arena failing to really set the world on fire...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends’ Halloween events add fresh content to the rogue server

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Even the rogue servers of the MMO world celebrate Halloween. Case in point: Star Wars Galaxies Legends, one of the SWG community's larger emus,...

EverQuest II announces the Blood of Luclin expansion, a new server, and a new anniversary event

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We've known that EverQuest II is getting a new expansion, but details have been a little light. Thanks to the latest producer's letter, however,...

Daybreak’s Holly Longdale promises: ‘There is a future for EverQuest’

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Even as Daybreak fractures into several studios, its flagship MMORPG continues to fly high. EverQuest itself recently confirmed the Q4 arrival of its Torment...

DC Universe Online’s GU98 adds new items to the Second Chance Vendor and Resurgence Mega Capsules

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If a resurgence returns, is it a re-resurgence? An ultrasurgence? A megasurgence? Instead of pondering portmanteaus, I'll instead just mention that Resurgence Mega Capsules...

EverQuest’s Torment of Velious preorders and beta begin next week

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All of Daybreak's true MMORPGs have now weighed in post-layoffs: The most recent confirmation that everything's OK with the EverQuest franchise team comes in...

Jukebox Heroes: Exploring World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s patch music

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One of my favorite modern trends of MMORPGs is that studios are no longer saving the entirety of a soundtrack for the base game or expansion releases. Oh sure, those usually get a great album push -- especially if it's one of the bigger games -- but for a while now, many studios have also been releasing new music on a steady basis with significant content patches.

EverQuest II asks players to keep raiding without custom UIs for server lag test

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I dunno about you, but when my heavily customized UI stops working, I tend to want to just not play the MMO. That's the...
It's already dead.

PlanetSide 2 brings the Nanite of the Living Dead event back for more spooky shooting

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Fans of PlanetSide 2 probably had lots of reason to be scared following the latest round of Daybreak layoffs on Friday, and not in the...
Catch.

EverQuest II kicks off Gear Up, Level Up to get people ready for its next expansion

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So you aren't really prepared for the next EverQuest II expansion because you haven't done all your leveling and your gear is outdated. Shh, it's...
It knows you sinned.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 242: And then Blizzard said, ‘Hold my beer’

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Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss the Blizzard boytcott and fiasco, the Daybreak layoffs, Shroud of the Avatar's sell-off, the Guild Wars 2 hacker piece, and a few happier stories too.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Is it time for Guild Wars 3?

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Earlier this month, ArenaNet announced that President Mike O’Brien, former game director on both the original Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, was leaving...

Champions Online and DC Universe Online bring back their Halloween events

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How, exactly, does a superhero -- a person who has to wear a costume -- celebrate a holiday when people wear costumes? By wearing...

SWG Legends teases new dances, flourishes, guild halls, houses, and Halloween

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The SWG Legends rogue server of Star Wars Galaxies is ramping up for its October update, and what better way to show off the...

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