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The Original EverQuest Goes Free-to-Play For Its 13th Birthday

6:30AM January 31, 2012 | Mike Fahey

After more than a decade of dedicated fans paying a monthly fee to adventure in the lands of Norrath, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game that got the MMORPG ball rolling back in 1999 is going free-to-play come March. More »


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Remember Star Wars Galaxies With This Poignant Memory Book

3:30PM December 23, 2011 | Owen Good

A week ago Star Wars Galaxies closed down for good. Today, the MMO published its official “memory book,” a whale of a tome at more than 200 megabytes in PDF form, recalling all of the worlds, races and principal events of the MMO’s eight-year run. More »


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The Is The Very Best Reason To Go Back To EverQuest II

5:20AM December 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

EverQuest II ushers in a new age of player-created content with its new Dungeon Maker system, a ridiculously easy and entertaining way to amaze and kill your friends. More »


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This Is The Most Evil EverQuest II’s Freeport Has Looked In Years

10:20AM November 22, 2011 | Mike Fahey

From the generic fantasy city of the original EverQuest to the grungy spires of EverQuest 2, the city of Freeport has never quite captured the spirit of being the home to everything evil on Norrath. Until now, that is. More »


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What Difference Did Going Free-To-Play Make For DC Universe Online?

8:20AM November 22, 2011 | Mike Fahey

We know that DC Universe Online‘s recent switch from subscription-based MMO to free-to-play added one million subscribers to the game in one week, but what does one million free players mean to the bottom line? How’s a 700 per cent increase in daily revenue, for starters? More »


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See Barry Allen Become The Flash In DC Universe Online’s Next Extension

11:30AM November 18, 2011 | Owen Good

Tour Central City, the home turf of The Flash, and go back in time to the moment Barry Allen became the Scarlet Speedster with “Lightning Strikes”, the second downloadable content extension for DC Universe Online. The package also delivers new Electricity Powers, the game’s eighth power set, for your character creation/re-spec. More »


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It’s A Massively Multiplayer Online Halloween Spooktacular

6:00AM November 1, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With fewer and fewer children donning costumes and hitting the streets every year to celebrate all things sweet and spooky, the Halloween tradition is alive and well in the virtual worlds of today’s massively multiplayer online games. More »


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Bank-Robbing First-Person Shooter Hits PlayStation 3 Next Week

2:00AM October 14, 2011 | Matthew Buzzi

Payday: The Heist will be available for download in North America on October 18 on the PlayStation 3 for $US19.99, according to Sony Online Entertainment. More »


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Here Is How Star Wars: Galaxies Will Be Won

12:30PM October 7, 2011 | Owen Good

With the dawning of Star Wars: The Old Republic, Star Wars: Galaxies, aka “that other old MMO,” is headed for extinction. The game is going to wind up with a gigantic PvP throwdown for dominance settling once and for all (sorta) who runs the galaxy, Empire or Rebels. Here’s how it will be scored. More »


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Even DC Comics’ Assembled Heroes Can’t Resist Free-To-Play

12:40AM September 20, 2011 | Mike Fahey

It doesn’t matter if you’re a starship captain or one of Earth’s mightiest heroes; once you go massively multiplayer it’s only a matter of time before free-to-play finds you. Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online breaks free of subscription fees next month. More »