Allods Team and Obsidian unveil Skyforge announcement trailer

Allods Team and Obsidian unveil Skyforge announcement trailer :
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, PvE, Free-to-Play Obsidian is getting into the MMO business, as we initially reported almost a year ago. Now, the famed RPG

Shadowrun Online heading to Steam Early Access on March 31st

Shadowrun Online heading to Steam Early Access on March 31st :
Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Video, Free-to-Play, Community Q&A You might be able to play Shadowrun Online sooner than expected, as the title is heading to Steam Early Access on March 31st. In a new video, Managing Director Jan

City of Titans to make use of Unreal 4

City of Titans to make use of Unreal 4 :
Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, News Items, Crowdfunding When a Kickstarted game clears its goals, you kind of expect to see more results from the team. But City of Titans has been quiet except for concept art. Why is that?

Guild Wars 2 announces 'April 2014 Feature Pack'

Guild Wars 2 announces 'April 2014 Feature Pack' :
Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Game Mechanics, Previews, News Items, Guild Wars 2, Dev Diaries, Buy-to-Play ArenaNet has just announced what it's calling Guild Wars 2's first-ever update focused entirely

Hands-on with WildStar's PvP

Hands-on with WildStar's PvP :
Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, PvP, News Items, WildStar, Subscription, Buy-to-Play Oddly, for all that WildStar's development team has talked up combat, we've seen virtually nothing of the game's PvP beyond

Black Gold's closed alpha starts today

Black Gold's closed alpha starts today :
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, Steampunk, Black Gold Snail has announced that the closed alpha for its steampunk Black Gold MMO begins today. Eligible players will be

WildStar reboots forums and prepares for weekend beta test

WildStar reboots forums and prepares for weekend beta test :
Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, WildStar, Subscription WildStar's ongoing beta forums have been wiped, but weep not for their loss: Carbine Studios has brought a new forum online for all to visit and use. The new forums contain

Meet Civilization Online's four civs

Meet Civilization Online's four civs :
Filed under: Betas, Historical, Classes, MMORTS XLGAMES announced its four civilizations from Civilization Online today, although sadly the Mole People were absent from this list. The four civilizations are China (led by Qin Shi

EverQuest Next Landmark going into closed beta next week [Updated]

EverQuest Next Landmark going into closed beta next week [Updated] :
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Patches, Free-to-Play, EverQuest Next, Sandbox SOE announced today that EverQuest Next Landmark will be transitioning out of alpha next week and into closed beta on Wednesday, March 26th. During

Amazons await in DC Universe Online's 10th DLC this spring

Amazons await in DC Universe Online's 10th DLC this spring :
Filed under: Super-hero, Galleries, Screenshots, Game Mechanics, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, Consoles, DC Universe Online DC Universe Online's 10th DLC is coming this spring, and it will pack an Amazonian

A Tale in the Desert is under new management

A Tale in the Desert is under new management :
Filed under: A Tale in the Desert, MMO Industry, Free-to-Play After years of inactivity on the A Tale in the Desert front, you might be forgiven from not noticing that the title changed hands last month. That's OK, we didn't see it

Ultima Online patches in searchable player vendors

Ultima Online patches in searchable player vendors :
Filed under: Fantasy, Economy, Patches, News Items, Ultima Online, Sandbox, Player-Generated Content, Subscription, MMORPG Ultima Online's new developer Broadsword announced earlier today that the latest patch for

Make My MMO: Crowdfunding March 9 - March 15, 2014

Make My MMO: Crowdfunding March 9 - March 15, 2014 :
Filed under: Business Models, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Crowdfunding, Make My MMO This week we say goodbye to Terrayn's Kickstarter campaign, which came up short of its $300,000 goal. We say hello

Pre-orders now open for WildStar

Pre-orders now open for WildStar :
Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Launches, Promotions, WildStar, Subscription Carbine Studios has fired the starting pistol for WildStar's pre-orders, meaning that you can go ahead and secure a copy of the game right now.

DC Universe Online's playerbase 'still growing'

DC Universe Online's playerbase 'still growing' :
Filed under: Super-hero, Interviews, MMO Industry, News Items, Free-to-Play, Consoles, DC Universe Online DC Universe Online celebrated its third birthday in January, and unlike many of its contemporaries, SOE's superhero

SWTOR's Galactic Strongholds expansion coming in August

SWTOR's Galactic Strongholds expansion coming in August :
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Expansions, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, PvE, Free-to-Play, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Housing Ready for Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion? Ready or not, it's called Galactic

Order of Magic releases on popular GameXP Connect F2P platform

Order of Magic releases on popular GameXP Connect F2P platform :
Filed under: Fantasy, Business Models, New Titles, PvP, Free-to-Play "Hardcore PvP gameplay and [a] Western-style fantasy setting are the basic values to define Russian online gamers' product preferences," says Nikita

Korean News and Beta Test Announcements

• CJ E&M Netmarble 2D sidescroll action MORPG “Mystic Fighter” enters OBT on April 3 .
• Pang Game 3D web MMORPG “Queens Sword” starts OBT today.
• Palmple card battle RPG “Qurare: Magic Library” released in Naver Appstore and T-store.
• ENP Games RPG “Murim Kangho” released in T-store.
• NGL card battle RPG “Chohan Jeongi” released in Naver Appstore and Google Play store.
• Sundaytoyz “Anipang 2” reaches 8,000,000 downloads in 2 months after its release.

Post-apocalyptic sandbox Xsyon adds a PvE server

Post-apocalyptic sandbox Xsyon adds a PvE server :
Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, PvE, Xsyon, Post-Apocalyptic, Player-Generated Content Who says MMO sandboxes are all about PvP? Not Notorious Games, which has announced

Perpetuum is dropping its sub fee on April 2nd

Perpetuum is dropping its sub fee on April 2nd :
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Launches, Promotions, Perpetuum, Buy-to-Play As Perpetuum approaches a rebranding of sorts with a new player experience and a new early access status on Steam after a successful Greenlight, the