We often hear that a MMORPG doesn't really start until the end game. This can be one of the most frustrating statements for new player to hear. Not only will that player not be able to play with the friends who introduced them to the game, but they will have to pour countless hours into grinding through abandoned zones by [...]
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Today's big story is Trion's announcement of Defiance 2050, a remake of their 5 year old sci-fi MMORPG shooter Defiance. The game originally launched alongside a SyFy series of the same name that lasted 3 seasons. While the show isn't making a comeback, Trion has announced that Defiance 2050 will be ready by summer 2018. We don't have all the [...]
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The Battle Royale genre turned from a niche game mod to industry leader in just one year. Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, developed by Bluehole, blazed that trail and hit a peak of 3.2 million concurrent players earlier this year. But what turned Battle Royale into a genre rather than a single hit was how quickly Epic Games was able to spin out [...]
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When you think about blockchain, the first thing that comes to mind will probably be cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Then you might think of this continuously growing list of blocks of records (that’s secured by cryptography) disrupting the healthcare and financial industry. Another area where blockchain-based technologies (and tokens) are starting to make a huge impact is the gaming industry. While [...]
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Extra Credits posted a video this week about their take on the whole lootbox controversy and whether lootboxes should even exist in video games. I found their view to be a lot more closely aligned with my own, while also acknowledging the counter points brought up by notable gaming commentator Jim Sterling. While we discussed the lootbox controversy in some [...]
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World of Warcraft revolutionized the MMORPG genre when it first launched in 2004. It quickly accumulated millions of monthly subscribers, dwarfing all previous records set my the genre. For years it has continued to retain its crown despite a wave of premium MMORPG contenders. Warhammer Online, Star Wars The Old Republic, and many others were billed as WoW killers whose [...]
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In a lengthy response to an analyst question about eSports, Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney shared his thoughts on eSports in general. He obviously isn't very optimistic on the market and suspects that others are getting a bit ahead of themselves when hyping it up. See his full statement below: That’s a long topic, so let me try to simplify a [...]
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Hello again, class. Remember how last time we met, your professor kindly asked you to silence your cellphones? Well, this time, please turn them on, at full blast, and call for help, because we're investigating a haunted apartment building. It's time for The Clock Tower guide to the Fate/Grand Order x The Garden of Sinners collaboration event - The Garden [...]
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With a new World of Warcraft expansion on the horizon, we are once again reminded that the subscription based MMORPG business model is far from dead. While the ratio of free to play to subscription games continues to favor the former, there are a number of interesting releases worth highlighting. Last week Rift announced the addition of a classic server [...]
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With so many promising MMORPGs in the pipeline, its easy to go through cycles of hype and indifference towards various projects. Whether its a game still in development or an existing game releasing a new patch or expansion, we want to know when the last time you felt hyped for a MMORPG. We've highlighted the fact that games like Star [...]
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