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Filed under: Sci-Fi , Culture , Game Mechanics , Lore , MMO Industry , New Titles , Opinion , Roleplaying , Sandbox , Crowdfunding , Stick and Rudder , Star Citizen , Buy-to-Play I was talking with a gaming buddy recently who missed the whole space sim experience in the 1990s. He’s a Star Wars fan and a real-life pilot pushing 40, so it surprised me to learn that he’d never heard of Wing Commander , Freespace , X-Wing , and the like

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Stick and Rudder: Why all the love for Roberts and Star Citizen?

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Filed under: Fantasy , Video , Culture , Game Mechanics , Interviews , Previews , Opinion , Virtual Worlds , Community Q&A , Rise and Shiny , Livestream , Miscellaneous , Subscription As a part of MUD May , I just had to play at least one MUD for Rise and Shiny . I have a handful of favorite MUDs, like GemStone IV , BatMUD , and Achaea , but I have never really given DragonRealms a chance

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Rise and Shiny: DragonRealms

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Filed under: Fantasy , Game Mechanics , MMO Industry , New Titles , News Items , ArcheAge , Sandbox This not-sure-if-serious moment is brought to you by XLGAMES . The Korean MMO maker, presumably hard at work collaborating with Trion to westernize its ArcheAge sandbox opus (right guys…

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Yes, that is a car in ArcheAge

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Filed under: Fantasy , Video , Lore , Guild Wars 2 , Buy-to-Play “The Consortium is neither good nor evil.

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Guild Wars 2 gives voice to the Consortium

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Filed under: Betas , Fantasy , Game Mechanics , Opinion , Consoles , Final Fantasy XIV , The Mog Log , Dungeons Do you smell that on the wind, my friends? It smells like June is fast approaching, and more importantly it smells like soon we’ll be able to welcome the third phase of testing with open arms. Which is good, since I am currently going through withdrawal.

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The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 – FATEs and dungeons

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Filed under: Massively Meta , Miscellaneous It finally happened. Like fools, we ignored the dire warnings of what would happen if we kept posting stuff about games you don’t like or articles you didn’t agree with

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WRUP: Someone no longer likes us on Facebook edition

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Filed under: Fantasy , Culture , MMO Industry , News Items , Opinion , Free-to-Play , The Daily Grind , RIFT If you’d missed it, RIFT recently announced that the game will go free-to-play on June 12th. Obviously, the hope is to bring in a variety of new players, but the circumstances surrounding the announcement can result in a bit of whiplash when deciding whether or not to count yourself among those getting into the game.

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The Daily Grind: Are you still excited to try RIFT’s free-to-play option?

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Filed under: Sci-Fi , Expansions , Previews , Star Trek Online , Free-to-Play Klingon Defense Force players who have been crying out for years for a significant update to their unfinished faction will have their prayers answered when Star Trek Online’s Legacy of Romulus expansion releases next week. Cryptic posted a blog telling these gamers that they have not been forgotten but will be vindicated with a complete experience from level 1 to 50. “It was always promised that if Star Trek Online was ever going to add a third faction, we would make sure that Klingons would get expanded content first (or at the same time).

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Star Trek Online fulfills its promise to Klingon players

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Filed under: MMO Industry , News Items IGN is reporting “massive” layoffs at Trion . Though the website doesn’t cite any sources, it suggests that “well over half the company has been let go,” and it also says that those affected may include as much as 80% of the company

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Trion hit with another round of layoffs [Updated]

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Filed under: Fantasy , Guild Wars , MMO Industry , Buy-to-Play Guild Wars 1 has seen the end of an era of live development today, as ArenaNet stated that it is switching the game over to automation . The studio said that players should not expect any further content other than the systems being put into place to keep the game running on auto-pilot for the foreseeable future. “Over time, our focus has shifted to updates that not only help maintain Guild Wars but help the game maintain itself,” ArenaNet posted

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ArenaNet ceases Guild Wars 1 live development, automates game

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