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Raph Koster’s epic Star Wars Galaxies’ post-mortem
Veteran game designer Raph Koster has been delivering a series of Star Wars Galaxies post-mortem posts over the past few weeks. We've rounded up...
EverQuest II explains Rum Cellar pricing
Are you ready to head down into a cellar, get some rum, and become the lord or lady of rum in EverQuest II? Because...
How Star Wars Galaxies pioneered a ‘living society’
Former Star Wars Galaxies Creative Director and current Crowfall consultant Raph Koster returned to his blog last night to pen the fourth in his...
Landmark shows off its upcoming achievement-based progression
The next big update to Landmark will bring a major update to progression, and that means a major update to how the game's achievements...
EverQuest test server accidentally discounts cash shop items to pennies
Let's try to walk through this particular sequence of events; it isn't pretty. EverQuest puts a new patch update on the test servers with...
Koster on Star Wars Galaxies’ dynamic world
Raph Koster isn't done talking about Star Wars Galaxies yet, and that's good news for fans, aspiring designers, or really anyone who realizes that...
MMO Week in Review: Star Wars Galaxies’ new narrative [April 19, 2015]
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
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LOTRO Legendarium: Why LOTRO needs a progression server
At some point this year -- Turbine isn't saying when, yet -- Lord of the Rings Online will be making an effort to consolidate...
EverQuest switches to twice-a-year campaign DLC
EverQuest Executive Producer Holly Longdale dropped a few info-bombs on the community today with an update letter on the game. The biggest news was...
How Jedi ruined Star Wars Galaxies
Hope you're not tired of hearing about Star Wars Galaxies because Raph "Holocron" Koster's got SWG on the brain this week, and he's answering...
H1Z1 gets bees, beeswax, and bandages made of honey
Does your MMO have bees? H1Z1 does, thanks to today's patch. The notes posted on Reddit refer to bee boxes that players must craft...
EverQuest will run an open beta for its new progression server
Plans are moving forward for EverQuest's new progression server, and to help fill in the community, Daybreak has posted a new FAQ that explains...
Trion snaps up Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson
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 Stream Team: Joyriding with a purpose in H1Z1
Not only are vehicles useful in H1Z1 thanks to the trunk space and ability to cover large distances fast, but driving around in them...
Raph Koster explains Star Wars Galaxies’ TEF PvP system
A long time ago on a website far, far away, we were having a discussion about modern MMOs and their inability to make sandboxes more than thinly disguised...
How Daybreak thwarts H1Z1 cheaters
Getting screwed over by other players cheating in H1Z1 isn't a fun feeling, even though the game is still in early testing and has...
The Stream Team: Higher-level Heritage questing in EQII
For all the many times MassivelOP's MJ has done Heritage Quests in EverQuest II on various alts, it somehow escaped her that the increases...
H1Z1 adds grouping system and zombified players this month
Your secret dream of becoming a zombie -- yeah, we read your diary -- will get a virtual assist from this month's H1Z1 updates....
DCUO returns to the Halls of Power with its next update
With DC Universe Online's sped-up content delivery schedule, players fresh off of the munitions update now can look forward to a new hit of...
EverQuest II’s latest forum and Reddit drama
EverQuest II players concerned about alleged excessive forum moderation after a suspension of one of the community's more prominent supporters and the studio focus...
