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Perfect Ten: A sampler of crowdfunded MMOs and how they’re doing
I've gone on the record many a time as being deeply suspicious of Kickstarter and crowdfunding when it comes to MMOs. There are reasons...
Visionary Realms strives to market Pantheon on multiple fronts
For those who are clamoring for new Pantheon reveals and vocally frustrated that they don't get to see more, Visionary Realms would like to...
Pantheon discusses world building, new hires, gathering nodes, and the path to alpha
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's latest producer letter adds to last month's good news with the announcement of yet another hire: environment artist Tim...
Perfect Ten: Shapeshifting classes in MMOs
After my wife and I saw an X-Men movie a while back, we got into a discussion about what mutant power we'd pick for...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen provides a video tour of the Halfling home of Wild’s End
Would you like to look at some in-development zone footage from Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen? Then have a gander at the most recent...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen discusses production and communication in latest VIP roundtable podcast
Care to listen to a couple of devs from Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen talk about production and communication matters for the MMO? Then...
The Game Archaeologist: Jeff Butler on EverQuest, EverQuest Next, and Vanguard
As an MMO historian, I have to applaud the work of former SOE developer Shawn Lord in his huge interview series with the people...
Pantheon recaps new hire and pre-alpha, outlines to-do list before alpha
Pantheon's August producer letter has arrived this week with a bunch of good news for fans of the game: Visionary Realms has hired a...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen talks limited action sets, traits and dispositions, and other MMO launches
It's time once more for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's VIP developer roundtable podcast for the month of July. In this episode, Ben Walters...
Pantheon drums up financial support with a promise of a special test event
Do you have a cool grand (or better yet, ten large?) that you don't mind parting with this month? If so, you can buy...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen offers up more details and video footage of the new Monk class
Developer Visionary Realms is really excited to showcase the Monk class that's being added to Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. Hot on the heels...
The Daily Grind: How important are invisible zone lines in your MMO?
A while back, Pantheon promoted a player thread about zone lines, in which a Visionary Realms developer is paraphased as saying that the zone...
Pantheon previews the Monk class and talks about its QA process
You've heard a lot about Pantheon and have seen plenty of its screenshots and concept art, but how about taking that next step to...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s latest producer’s letter recounts development updates, outlines its next test objectives
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's producer and creative director Chris "Joppa" Perkins has a lot of progress to mark for the developing PvE sandbox,...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen showcases NPC combat tactics and discusses programming in latest videos
There have been a couple of extremely lengthy videos released by Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, both of which are full of behind-the-scenes goodness...
MMO Business Roundup: Chicken Drumstick, 9000 zombies, Valorant Mobile, Pantheon hiring, Secret World’s novels
Welcome back to our semi-regular roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry news.
Chicken Drumstick: Yes, I'm afraid this is a real thing. Vice's Motherboard...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen discusses Alpha One test features and overall alpha philosophy
As Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen nears closer to its still-undated Alpha One test, producer Ben Dean and creative director Chris Perkins decided to...
Massively Overthinking: The 2021 MMORPG outlook is good, actually
Early this week, I saw a mainstream gaming headline in my feeds about how we should all just give up on 2021 since it's...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen discusses tweaks to health, mana, loot, and enemy DPS, shares a video of class abilities
A recent livestream from Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen had a lot to say, and none of it was associated with NFT minting. Instead,...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen dates next pre-alpha test for next weekend, plans to talk balance and progression in April 1 livestream
Today's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen news is all about the near future. As in the next couple of weeks or so. For those...
