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  Obsidian collaborating on a Russian MMO called Skyforge

  But how, exactly, isn't clear. 7

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  Elder Scrolls Online: "You can compete with your friends to catch the biggest fish"

  It's got a better-looking lockpicking mini-game than Skyrim. 55

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  Rift finally capitulates and turns free-to-play as well

  Launching alongside patch 2.3 in June. 35

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  Defiance second series confirmed, and telly tie-in game patch goes live

  It's been a hit for Syfy. 36

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  A Camelot Unchained recap: what's been funded, at an average of $150 a head

  And some things you might have missed along the way. 9

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  Camelot Unchained demo shows 500 characters fighting at 90 FPS on a 2011 MacBook Pro

  UPDATE: Passes funding goal with 19 hours to go. 46

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  Neverwinter open beta begins, opening cinematic released

  Long queues already formed. 27

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  Eve Online TV series announced by CCP

  With storylines based on real player experiences. 19

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  New Lord of the Rings Online expansion Helm's Deep raises level cap again

  Making a hobbit of it. 19

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  Eve Online: when 3000 players collide

  How one player's mistake sparked all-out war. 126

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  Hackers massacre thousands instantly in World of Warcraft

  Players catch it all on camera. 69

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  Funcom turns to "smaller, more focused online games" after The Secret World tanks

  MMO inches over 200,000 sold mark. LEGO MMO in development. 65

January 2013

• Survarium, from the former developers of Stalker, goes into open beta at the end of 2013

  Alpha version nearing release. 4

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  The Secret World has Christmas success after sub-drop

  That's the good news. 33

• Fantasy MMO Tera goes free-to-play nine months after launch

  New content to mark switch. 30

• F2P action RPG MMO Marvel Heroes out spring 2013 on PC

  Founders Program grants early access. 10

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  Rebooted Final Fantasy 14 beta details and glamorous new video

  Rather have a bowl of Chocobopops? 45

• First beta event for sci-fi MMO Defiance

  Fancy Trion it out? 17

December 2012

• Rise of the level cap in first SWTOR expansion Rise of the Hutt Cartel

  Jabba! 18

• Seven years later, Asheron's Call 2 returns

  MMOMG. 23

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  The Secret World drops subscription fee but isn't free-to-play

  But didn't Funcom say... 48

• What's going on at Trion? Rift team now hit by lay-offs

  Follows End of Nations restructuring last week. 19

• Roll up roll up, get your £79 Eve Fanfest 2013 tickets now

  Add a "Pub Crawl with a Dev" for an extra £31. 7

• End of Nations not cancelled but moved from Petroglyph to Trion

  UPDATE: 19 employees laid off. Over 90 remain. 5

• BioWare quickly rethinking, improving F2P SWTOR restrictions

  "We want you to know that this is an ongoing dialogue." 32

• 30 lay-offs at Petroglyph, End of Nation's future questionable

  Couple with indefinite open beta delay and it doesn't look good. 10

November 2012

• Square Enix: another mistake like Final Fantasy 14 could destroy the company

  A Realm Reborn won't be released until it's ready, director insists. 42

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  Blizzard swoops on Heroes of Warcraft domain

  But what the snot is it? 20

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  Guild Wars 2 players upset at the apparent arrival of an end-game armour grind

  Has ArenaNet contradicted itself? 51

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  Dreamfall Chapters will be a single-player adventure game for PC and Mac

  Ragnar Tornquist wants to fund it via Kickstarter. 41

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  F2P SWTOR retroactively rewards old players, slows newcomers' XP gain

  UPDATE: Dated. 35

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  New 9 minute Elder Scrolls Online video is packed with new gameplay

  Our closest look at the MMO so far. 41

October 2012

• Planetside 2 release date announced

  Third continent unlocked on launch day. 25

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  BioWare reveals SWTOR free-to-play restrictions

  A bit like when Luke pulls back his hood in ROTJ. 59

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  First major Guild Wars 2 content patch is Shadow of the Mad King

  Coming 22nd October and themed around Halloween. 9

• Robots smash it in first Transformers Universe gameplay video

  Beta registration open now. 6

• Underground Brawler's Guild fighting clubs for World of Warcraft

  Rise through the ranks to unlock rewards. 10

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  Behold the first Final Fantasy 14 PS3 screenshots

  They show the console UI but suffer compared to PC. 34

• Guild Wars 2 paid tournaments, rentable arenas are first steps towards eSports goal

  "Are we done working on it? Hell no." 5

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  Hackers massacre thousands instantly in World of Warcraft

  Players catch it all on camera. 69

• Bethesda's new Battlecry studio building new free-to-play online game

  Fallout? 19

September 2012

• RuneScape's got a novel new way of dealing with bots

  It's Botany Bay. 13

• Funcom promotes Joel Bylos to game director of The Secret World

  He'll work with creative director Ragnar Tornquist. 9

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  SWTOR servers merged: many fewer, but much bigger

  The road to free to play. 25

• Guild Wars 2 Mac client announced and in beta

  Plus: today's scintillating game updates. 15

• Eve Online's Council of Stellar Management pays tribute to Vile Rat

  "One of the most well-known and respected" players. 15

• Guild Wars 2 profession balancing: ArenaNet waiting for stability, adopting considered approach

  It's the endless MMO debate about which class/profession is best. 16

• NCsoft bringing martial arts MMO to the west

  Blade and Soul boasts Crouching Tiger combat and no grinding. 21

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  US official killed in Libya was a senior Eve Online player

  UPDATED: "Our words are lost adrift amongst such a tremendous, soul-affirming outpouring from the EVE community" - CCP 99

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  Guild Wars 2: a dramatic live action trailer by director of V for Vendetta

  Game goes back on sale, stock replenished. 37

• Release date for Rift's first and meaty expansion Storm Legion

  Can it put the fantasy MMO back on the map? 20

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  Guild Wars 2 Trading Post/auction house now available for all

  Another hurdle cleared. 49

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  UK chart: Guild Wars 2 top but sells less at retail than SWTOR

  Second largest non-Warcraft PC MMO launch. 59

• Ragnar Tornquist on The Secret World's "turbulent couple of weeks", and the future

  "We're not going to play it safe." 28

• City of Heroes and developer Paragon Studios to be closed by NCsoft

  "No longer fits with our long-term goals for the company." 28

August 2012

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  Guild Wars 2: bans for first "widespread exploit", game sales suspended, status update

  ArenaNet reacting well so far. 65

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  Guild Wars 2 boss on the current matters that matter

  On stolen accounts, overflow, Trading Post, mail, botting, forums. 26

• MMO RuneScape being developed for tablets, smart TVs and other platforms

  Being transposed from Java to HTML5. 13

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  Funcom turns to "smaller, more focused online games" after The Secret World tanks

  MMO inches over 200,000 sold mark. LEGO MMO in development. 65

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  Blizzard blocks Iran access because of US law

  No refunds allowed. 58

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  Peter Moore gives BioWare vote of confidence after tumultuous 18 months

  "They're doing great. Mass Effect has been enormous for us." 50

• Funcom announces layoffs as The Secret World struggles

  MMO maker insists it remains committed to its games. 32

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  Star Trek Online nude patch accidentally outed by virtual peeping tom

  Voyeur-ger caught selling outlawed patch to others. 72

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  Regaining fans' trust in Final Fantasy will take a "long time", FF14 producer says

  "We can't - we just can't - let this game end in failure." 95

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  Blizzard's lavish cinematic unveiled for World of Warcraft expansion Mists of Pandaria

  Pandaren to the masses. 57

• The Guild Wars 2 servers and launch timings

  Asura hope it goes smoothly. 28

• Cryptic's Neverwinter for early 2013, looks in good shape

  Free and with user-generated content to boot. 9

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  BioWare's Command & Conquer: Generals 2 repurposed for new free-to-play venture

  RTS series to live and evolve online. 72

• Dust 514 beta ready for move to Eve Online servers

  PC MMO and PS3 shooter about to collide. 16

• Wii MMO Dragon Quest 10 scales Japanese chart

  Mario, Pokémon help 3DS outsell Vita by ratio of 10:1. 26

• Guild Wars 2: "You will never be at a statistical disadvantage when playing PVP"

  Endlessly chasing stronger loot not part of the game. 31

July 2012

• Final Fantasy 14 Version 2.0 becomes FF14: A Realm Reborn

  Think of it as latest title in the series, says Squenix. 33

• Sony shows off fancy new PlanetSide 2 CGI trailer as beta nears

  PlanetSide veterans get priority. 26

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  World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria release date

  Updated with Collector's Edition details. 56

• Mad Catz announces multiplayer flight sim Combat Pilot

  Requires Microsoft Flight Simulator 10 to play. 6

• Need for Speed World MMO is two years old

  EA celebrates with new car and double XP. 14

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  DayZ doppleganger The War Z announced

  Dean Hall predicted it would happen. 61

• Shadowrun Online turns to Kickstarter

  Wants half a million dollars. 35

• Rewrite the record books, RuneScape has passed 200 million registered users

  Are you sure you don't care? 30

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  70% of DC Universe Online users on PlayStation 3

  "Free-to-play on PS3 is huge. A lot of people have already stored their credit card information." 32

• Hollywood's Sam Raimi not directing World of Warcraft movie any longer

  Project has a new, unknown helmsman, apparently. 24