The Business Model of Relaunching Dead MMOs

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 [...]

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Gold Sellers, Chat Spam, And You

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 [...]

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eSports Weekly 03/14/16

This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, and Dota 2. Expect spoilers! Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends  NA LCS:NRG and Renegades show significant improvement. EU LCS: A strong week for Origen and G2 Esports with the return of [...]

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Indiescovered: Black Ice

There are a number of great indie games out there that don’t get recognized for the experiences they provide. I am going to try and change that just a bit with a new regular column called Indiescovered. Once a week, I will highlight an indie game that I think has fallen through the cracks or not reached a level of [...]

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Luxury Bag Space In MMORPGs Is Bogus

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, [...]

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The Weekly Raid: Is Video Game Censorship Acceptable?

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!" [...]

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eSports Weekly 03/07/16

This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, and Dota 2. Expect spoilers! Use http://mmos.mystagingwebsite.com/tag/esports/feed to follow the RSS feed! For a static link, http://mmos.mystagingwebsite.com/tag/esports will keep you up to date. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends  Intel Extreme Masters Katowice World Championship The Intel Extreme Masters [...]

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