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A Massively Multiplayer Online Trading Card Game? Tell Me More.

For the past couple of years, the folks at Cryptozoic Entertainment have been making a lovely array of physical trading card, board and deck-building games, everything from the official World of Warcraft TCG to The Big Bang Theory: The Party Game. Now they’re going digital with Hex: Shards of Fate, the first free-to-play massively multiplayer online trading card game for PC and Mac, and my wallet’s already getting itchy.


3000 Players Celebrate 10 Years Of EVE Online In One Epic Battle

In a testament to the player-driven nature of EVE Online, special events developer CCP introduced to celebrate the space MMO’s 10th anniversary paled before the spectacle of 3000 players forming an impromptu shipswarm to take down one of the biggest ships in the game.


Minnesota Vikings Cut JRPG Fan

Chris Kluwe, the outspoken NFL punter, World of Warcraft and JRPG fan we’ve featured here frequently over the past season, was let go from his team, the Minnesota Vikings, today. Kluwe would frequently refer to his team’s upcoming game in the language of an MMO. His next objective, so to speak, is to find a new guild.


Marvel Heroes Celebrates Iron Man 3 With An Open Beta Weekend

Gazillion Entertainment throws open the doors to Marvel Heroes this weekend, giving Iron Man fans a chance to slip into a Stark suit and do some damage, Diablo-style. The open beta event for the free-to-play PC game runs from tonight at noon AEST to 3am AEST Tuesday morning.


A 20-minute Chunk Of Gameplay From The Elder Scrolls Online MMO Leaked Overnight, And Was Quickly Ta

A 20-minute chunk of gameplay from The Elder Scrolls Online MMO leaked overnight, and was quickly taken down from YouTube on ZeniMax Media’s orders. PCGamer, however, has the clip if you want to see it. Early verdicts are not good.


City Of Heroes’ Studio Fought To The Bitter End To Save The MMO, Designer Says

Gamasutra‘s postmortem of City of Heroes and Paragon Studios says the MMO’s development staff did everything it could to keep the game running — including trying to buy it from publisher NCSoft. Apparently, plans for one final update were shot down right before the game was closed on December 1.


Defiance MMO Log One: A Little Better Every Time I Play

Last week, I posted less-than-favourable launch day impressions of Trion Worlds’ Defiance, the massively multiplayer shooter tie-in to SyFy’s upcoming original series. I bemoaned the lack of PC options, criticised the silly vehicle physics and worried over its lack of general chat functionality. A week later those issues are still present, yet I’ve been playing voraciously whenever free time strikes. Here’s why.


Estranged Creator Of Dark Age Of Camelot Is Making His Own Damn Dark Age Of Camelot

As co-founder and former president/CEO of Mythic Entertainment. Mark Jacobs introduced the online multiplayer world to the concept of realm-vs-realm combat with 1999′s Darkness Falls. That MUD-style game paved the way for Dark Age of Camelot, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that focused on the conflict between three fantasy realms — humans, elves and vikings. Now Jacobs is with a new company, and he’s looking to create Camelot Unchained, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game focused on the conflict between three fantasy realms — humans, elves and vikings.


There’s One Sure Way To Have Fun In Defiance

The MMO tie-in to SyFy’s upcoming Earth-plus-aliens series Defiance is in full swing, or as full a swing as it can manage, given the shaky start. While we’re waiting for Trion Worlds to fix what needs fixing, there’s one sure way to have fun in the game. Vrooom.


Jet Li Says Video Games Can Totally Be A Sport

Well, here’s an unexpected champion of the plight of the professional gamer: martial arts/acting legend Jet Li. Attending a PvP event for Age of Wushu, a martial arts MMO, Li said “If poker card games and chess both have the players sitting down and are considered sports, why not virtual gaming as well.”


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