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With top tier games like Black Desert Online and Blade and Soul available, and Tree of Savior on the horizon, a lot of people are probably wondering why some publishers keep relaunching dead games. RedFox Games, a relatively new publisher, recently announced that they would take over the service for Rumble Fighter, RF Online, and 9Dragons from GamesCampus. All three of [...]

No matter what measures are taken gold sellers infect MMORPGs like a black cloud of locusts. The swarm descends on the newest game ready for harvest, chomping away until both players and farmers move on to the next field. But gold sellers are also the pond scum that lets you know life lurks beneath the surface. After all, if no [...]

My biggest gripe with MMORPGs is that I'm often left to find my own community, or strive ahead alone. Friends I play games with quickly become disinterested, preventing us from honing in on one title and sticking together. Instead, we sit in Discord playing our own games until becoming bored and reverting to a dark comedy version of Would You Rather. [...]

The sun is beaming, bouncing off my leather boot curb stomping another weasel skull. Ranger knees on the grass, my bombshell blonde stuffs carcass remains into her satchel. Or tries to. Glaring red text at the center of my monitor blares, “Inventory Space Full.” What? Sixteen slots are overflowing with beetle mucus, iron ore, dilapidated daisies, two fishing rods, potions, [...]

Debates about video game censorship have been ongoing since the 8-bit era: Ness was made to wear pajamas instead of baring it all for the North American release, while Bowser couldn't flip off players in Super Mario RPG. It's the never-ending debate, and every few months a fully clothed time bomb makes the gaming media rounds. Typically, headlines follow the same formula: "Sexualized Content Removed!" [...]