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Gods & Heroes Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, Oct 19, 2007 9:43am PDT

There's an article format Q&A with Chris McKibbin and Daron Stinnett of Perpetual Entetainment on MMORPG.com, asking the two about the recent...

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EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark Hands-on

By Nick Breckon, Oct 18, 2007 1:25pm PDT

EverQuest 2 had a terrible launch. Since then, its quests have been markedly improved. The enormous experience punishment for death is mostly...

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"The biggest thing I find funny about this article is the complete lack of objectivity. You can ..."

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CryENGINE 2-Powered Mars-Set MMO Initially Unveiled, to be Powered by StreamBase

By Chris Remo, Oct 17, 2007 9:40am PDT

Honolulu-based Avatar Reality, whose management and advisory boards feature something of an all-star cast of industry veterans, released early...

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"probably but given that Crysis is all the rage these days it's hard not to notice the similarity."

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CCP Offers New World of Darkness, EVE Online Details

By Chris Faylor, Oct 16, 2007 1:45pm PDT

During a tour of White Wolf Publishing and CCP's new Atlanta office, CCP North America president Mike Tinney revealed several new details on both...

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"In addition to the thirteen clans in VtM (OWoD), there are numerous bloodlines as well and of ..."

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EA Acquires BioWare, Pandemic for $860M (Updated)

By Carlos Bergfeld, Oct 11, 2007 2:38pm PDT

Update: In a conference call on the buyout, EA CFO Warren Jensen gave more details of the acquisition, including the total cost of the deal for the...

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"Wouldn't that make it all the more encouraging? EA would be more likely to directly intervene ..."

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Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising MMO Slain to Make Way for Focus on Star Trek Online

By Chris Remo, Oct 09, 2007 10:55pm PDT

San Francisco-based MMO developer Perpetual Entertainment has announced on the official Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising site that the ancient...

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"This is not at all what happened to Galaxies or Planetside, and also it has nothing to do with Sony."

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LOTR Online Dev Turbine Gets New CEO

By Carlos Bergfeld, Oct 05, 2007 5:39pm PDT

Westwood, Massachusetts-based developer Turbine Studios, known most recently for PC MMO The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, announced...

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"Lotro gives me more fun than WoW ever did. Less grinding, more content, better stories. Might ..."

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Pirates of the Burning Sea Embarks Jan. 22

By Chris Faylor, Oct 05, 2007 11:02am PDT

Flying Lab Software's swashbuckling PC MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea will launch worldwide on January 22, 2008. As has become commonplace, those...

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"Jakc sparoww, Jagg Sprow, Jackk Spparrooww ... clones of the burning sea."

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NCsoft Reveals New Studio, Promises to 'Break New Ground' in MMOs

By Chris Faylor, Oct 04, 2007 10:15am PDT

MMO publisher and developer NCsoft has officially unveiled Carbine Studios, the company's latest addition to its stable of development teams....

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" I agree 100% with avatar. I remember when RPGs used to be about Role Playing, ..."

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EVE Online Developer Expands, Opens Atlanta Studio

By Chris Faylor, Oct 03, 2007 9:46am PDT

EVE Online developer CCP Games is expanding into North America, the company announced today. The new office is located in Stone Mountain, GA and...

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"But at the same time, Stone Mountain area still *looks* nice. Not all strip malled and ..."

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Tabula Rasa Delayed Until November

By Chris Faylor, Oct 02, 2007 1:20pm PDT

Tabula Rasa, the Richard Garriott-helmed, Destination Games-developed PC MMORPG, has been pushed back by a few weeks. Originally announced for an...

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"Sad thing is, some idiots will still buy it because it's got the name "Richard Garriot" on the ..."

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John Smedley Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, Oct 02, 2007 7:21am PDT

Over at WarCry you can find a Q&A with John Smedley, CEO of Sony Online Entertainment. Smedley comments on the MMO genre, their plans for...

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Hardware Reviews

By Maarten Goldstein, Oct 02, 2007 7:02am PDT

MSI RX2600XT Diamond videocard on HardOCP. Scythe CPU cooler roundup on 3dGameMan. Zalman Z-Machine GT1000 case on Hardware Logic. Biostar Geforce...

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Hellgate: London Beta Impressions

By Nick Breckon, Oct 02, 2007 2:39am PDT

Flaghip Studios' shooter-infused action RPG really is the true successor to Diablo II--it just needs to be smoothed out a bit.

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"No, it does - it's definitely not as engrossing as Diablo 2's was, but none the less I found ..."

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World of Warcraft Expansion Preview

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 25, 2007 1:42pm PDT

Over at 1UP you can find a new preview of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, checking out the second expansion pack for Blizzard's MMORPG.

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