At the DICE Summit in Las Vegas, game director Jeff Kaplan took to the stage and talked shop about Overwatch's somber beginnings. The project—as many know—was the picked up pieces of the abandoned MMO Titan, which had a team of 140 developers working on it. Once Titan was shut down, 80 of those devs were shipped to other games, another [...]
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The day has finally arrived, the last bits of dirt have been kicked into the hole, and Landmark has sailed into the great beyond, to be remembered as a memory of what could have been. Daybreak Game Company announced Landmark's closure in early January, which was no surprise to anyone after the cancellation of EverQuest Next. Now Landmark, will live on [...]
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HEX: Shards of Fate has dropped Gameforge as their publisher and decided to self-publish their self-described "MMOTCG." Why the couple are parting ways isn't entirely clear. Sometimes, thing just don't work out. Cryptozoic Entertainment's CEO Cory Jones took to Steam to reassure players that the change should not cause worry and nothing foundational in HEX will change: Let me make it [...]
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After yesterday's announcement that Doomfist would likely not be Overwatch's next hero, today we've been given a possible lead as to who exactly it is. Blizzard in their enigmatic ways has posted a faux interview with 11 year old inventor Efi Oladele of Numbani. The timing is suspicious. The article goes on to describe Efi's interest in robotics after she [...]
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The Committee for International Holidays has officially recognized February 21, 2016 as "Watch MMOs.com Podcast Day, Live on Twitch." Everyone gets off! Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're highlighting Naddic Games' timely decision to work towards bring Closers to NA, speculating about Smedley and cos. recent employment at Amazon Game [...]
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Grim Dawn has unveiled a brand new NPC, fresh from beauty school, as part of the upcoming expansion, who serve as player's go-to stylist: the Illusionist. What does he do? Simply, my friend, for a modest fee the Illusionist will bedazzle your clothing, changing the appearance of your gear into any other item within the same category. Sound familiar? Using [...]
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The other day, one of my comments unintentionally spiraled into a conversation about labor systems in MMOs: are they good? Are they bad? Where do we stand? And the discussion became a little heated; the coals had caught fire that Sunday Funday. So we're bringing it back in the appropriate timeslot: the MMOs.com Podcast. Fatigue systems are everywhere, especially mobile [...]
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Overwatch is looking to add their 24th hero but it likely wont be Doomfist as most player speculation has been guessing. In a forum thread—about Sombra's sitting emote—Game director Jeff Kaplan cryptically responded to a question, saying "24 is not who you think it is." Remember, the Overwatch team is always working multiple heroes at the same time. And they [...]
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I am disappointed to share that the latest MapleStory patch has removed an NPC that looked suspiciously like Donald Trump, sporting the same haircut and smile. The NPC, named "Donald," was a package deliverer, a serviceman who is pivotal to any MMORPG community: delivering the mail. Funny enough, the character was added in 2011. Way before politics kicked up a storm. [...]
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AdventureQuest 3D is stirring up some noise by with a movie-worthy Open Beta trailer. Originally the trailer was supposed to be revealed for the first time at GDC. Instead, we're getting the early bird sneak peek, that you can watch below. The trailer is quite epically edited, with oversized demonic looking chickens, Artix running around enemies, and plenty of players [...]
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