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The Secret World Update Promises Continued Content, Despite Developer Difficulties
12It’s no secret that The Secret World has been facing some troubled times. Developer Funcom laid off half their staff earlier this month, which would seem to make the promised monthly content updates more challenging to release on time.
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The Secret World: The Kotaku Review
As it turns out, I was born to be a dragon. In the old adage about a butterfly flapping its wings in China to cause a hurricane in Texas, the Dragon are the ones who put the butterfly into position and tell it when to flap. They are agents of chaos, slipping into and moving…
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The Secret World, Log Two: I Am Not Always Good At Staying Alive
It’s not that I’m terrible at combat. On the contrary: I’m pretty good at slicing things up. I’ve got solid DPS and a couple of powerful heals that make me a force to be reckoned with. It’s just that my judgment and self-preservation instincts seem to be more or less entirely absent.
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With The Secret World, Funcom Has Mastered The Art Of The Buggy MMO Launch
In June of 2001, Norwegian video game developer Funcom released its first massively multiplayer online game, Anarchy Online. It is considered by many to be the worst buggy MMO launch in the history of the genre. This week sees the release of Funcom’s third MMO, and it might be the best buggy MMO launch of…