Our latest coverage of Columns.
Todays the day, the day we finally make MMORPGs great again. Watch as five people save the genre from the depths of mediocrity and propel it into a new golden age, by arguing over the most minute details of every facet of gaming. The passion is real. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST Tonight, [...]
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I had to do a double-take when I read that Sqaure Enix has signed-up Mobile Strike developer MZ to help develop a Final Fantasy XV MMO—for mobile. Yes, really. VentureBeat is the bearer of news today, and features an interesting quote in their article: “It is an honor to work on a franchise I have loved since I was a kid. [...]
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Nexon's G-Star 2016 lineup has been announced and it seems that the company will be taking quite a few games with it. Hyper Universe, LawBreakers, Moonlight Blade, and Peria Chronicles are all included in the PC lineup, whereas Tree of Savior Mobile Remake, Dragon Nest 2: Legend, Dungeon Fighter Spirit, Fantasy Town, and TalesRunner Revolt are included in the mobile lineup. [...]
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Game Director Jeff Kaplan announced at BlizzCon that a server browser would be making its way into Overwatch sometime in the future. The team is "actively working" on getting a server browser in-game, but an estimated release date was not mentioned. According to Kaplan, "this is a ton of work so [it] would not be on the immediate horizon, but [...]
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Let’s take a journey into the future, past World War III and AI that makes decisions without understanding humanity, past famine and Big Brother-style governments, to what really matters: the Steam Storefront. What will the Steam of the future look like? While I can’t outline all of the details—since I am a product of my time—I can make one prediction, [...]
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Sombra is live on the PTR. Now that the obscenely detailed ARG is over, you're probably wondering when you get to test out Sombra, Overwatch's resident hacker. According to a post made by Game Director Jeff Kaplan earlier today, you may be able to start your totally legitimate Overwatch hacking career on the PTR as early as today. The team [...]
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It’s been awhile since I’ve played a raw Closed Beta for an MMORPG, where I try to decipher noise like I’m tuned to a grainy television channel. I’ve grown used to test phases that are more like dirty teases: “the game’s complete but we just want to throw some coal on to keep the hype train going.” Not Revelation Online. [...]
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After reneging on its promise to release the Nostalrius source code to the community following communication with Blizzard, the Nostalrius team has done a complete 180, deciding that, once again, releasing the source code is the best plan of action. The source code release will be done in waves. Nostalrius will first give the code to the Elysium private server, [...]
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On this Sunday Funday, the MMOs.com crew is tackling Revelation Online—a bit of a repeat of yesterday's stream if you tuned in. We'll be rolling through content level 25 and up and decide if the hype-train will keep chugging or go off-course like the Montparnasse derailment. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST If you can't [...]
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Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce took to the stage to share Diablo 3 news some of us have suspected for the last week. Afteral, it is a big year for Diablo: “An event that in many ways represents the battle between good and evil, truth versus corruption, egomaniacal madness versus humanity's hope for the future" said Pearce. "I am talking, of [...]
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