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EverQuest II Extended A Unique Take On Free-To-Play

27
Jul

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After five years years in service, Sony Online Entertainment's MMORPG EverQuest II is going free-to-play -- but not in the same way as other MMOs have done in the past. Instead of turning EverQuest II into a completely free-to-play MMO powered by virtu...

Tags: beta, EverQuest, everquest ii, Game, game everquest, MMO, mmorpg, MMOs, online, play, soe, Sony, sony online entertainment, to, Unique, way

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Square Enix SVP Tanaka On Developing ‘Huge, Mainstream’ MMO Final Fantasy XIV

27
Jul

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Square Enix found great success with Final Fantasy XI. The title has been operating on PC and since 2002 in Japan, since 2003 in the U.S., and 2004 in Europe. Meanwhile, it's also been released and continues to operate on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360...

Tags: base, Fantasy, Final, final fantasy xi, mainstream, MMO, playstation, playstation 2, Publisher, square enix, subscription, subscription title, SVP, tanaka, title, Xbox, xbox 360

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Jagex Announces New Browser-Based Sci-Fi MMO

14
Jul

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RuneScape developer and publisher Jagex Games Studio announced Stellar Dawn, a new browser-based, science fiction-themed massively multiplayer online title releasing next year. Stellar Dawn will feature "a variety of gameplay styles" and will allow pla...

Tags: Announces, Dawn, environments, Gameplay, gameplay styles, games studio, Jagex, jagex games, MMO, multiplayer, New, proportion, sci fi, science fiction, sizeable proportion, Studio, subscribers, UK-based, variety

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Interview: En Masse VP Talks Tera, The Company’s Future

14
Jul

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Earlier this year, South Korean MMO developer Bluehole Studio, which was founded in 2007, announced the formation of En Masse Entertainment, a publishing entity focused on the Western market and based in Seattle, Washington. The company quickly attract...

Tags: BioWare, bluehole, Bungie, electronic arts, Entertainment, entity, industry veterans, Korean, MMO, ncsoft, president, president chris, seattle washington, South, south korean, Studio, veteran, vice

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SOE Vets Establish Dire Wolf Studio For Online TCGs, Social Games

13
Jul

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Scott Martins, former head of Sony Online Entertainment Denver, and other SOE veterans have opened Dire Wolf Digital Game Studio, a new developer specializing in online trading card games, digital collectibles, and social titles. Based in Denver, Color...

Tags: digital game, dire wolf, Game, game projects, game studio, MMO, online, online trading card game, online trading card games, Social, social games, soe, stage, Strategy, Studio, TCGs, trading card game, trading card games, Vets, wolf studio

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Red 5′s Offset Engine-Powered MMO Still On, Despite Offset Cancelation

7
Jul

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Massively multiplayer developer Red 5 says is still at work on its untitled project powered by the Offset Engine, despite Intel last week announcing it had canceled the internal technology and game Project Offset. Irvine, California-based Red 5, founde...

Tags: blizzard employees, Cancelation, debut, Game, game project, information, intel, internal technology, irvine california, MMO, multiplayer, Offset, Red, Technology, untitled project, work, wraps

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Realtime Worlds Restructures Following APB Release

7
Jul

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All Points Bulletin and Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds said Wednesday it would lay off a "small number" of workers as the company shifts its focus to support the launch of the MMO APB. APB, published under EA Partners, is just the second title fro...

Tags: Bulletin, Crackdown, cult, dundee scotland, ea, Game, launch, MMO, number, Realtime, Release, Restructures, world game, Xbox, xbox 360

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Frogster Reviving Flagship’s Mythos In Europe

7
Jul

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Berlin-based online games company Frogster announced that it will publish Mythos, the action MMORPG cancelled by now-defunct Flagship Studios and resurrected by HanbitSoft, in Europe with a free-to-play model. Mythos was initially a project from Hellga...

Tags: Berlin, Dungeon, Europe, flagship, flagship studios, Frogster, games company, hanbitsoft, influence, MMO, model, Mythos, online games, Runic, single player, Studios, team, team members

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Star Trek Online Executive Producer Leaves Cryptic

5
Jul

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Star Trek Online's executive producer Craig Zinkievich announced that he's leaving Cryptic Studios after working at the developer for more seven years, and on the MMO for two and a half years. "I've decided to take a break from Cryptic Studios for a bi...

Tags: bees, bit, craig, cryptic studios, executive, executive producer, goat, half, Leaves, letter, MMO, online, seven years, star trek, Studios, Trek, two and a half years

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Blizzard Launches WoW: Cataclysm Closed Beta

1
Jul

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Blizzard Entertainment launched closed beta testing for its much-anticipated World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm, which aims to reshape the MMORPG's world and steal players from rival online games. Slated to release some time this year, Cataclysm is ...

Tags: beta, beta testing, blizzard entertainment, Crusade, expansion, Game, game sales, King, launches, Lich, MMO, mmorpg, much anticipated world, pc game, world of warcraft expansion, WoW, Wrath, wrath of the lich, wrath of the lich king

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