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Word Play: Marvel Heroes Morphs Into A Game For All

“It's not uncommon to say we didn't have a super-stellar launch” was one of the first things Gazillion Community Manager Ryan Collins told me during our Marvel Heroes play session on Thorsday.

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Is Hotbar Overload A Thing Of The Past?

It's not hard to spot the trend in new MMOs to have minimal hotbars, or in some cases, small and unobtrusive UIs as a whole.

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F2P Games On The Rise In 2013, Bringing In $2.9 Billion

The year­-end numbers from market research firm SuperData are in, and they paint a positive picture for online games that adhere primarily to the free-to-play model. SuperData reports that online gaming revenue overall in ...

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Word Play: Going To War With Tribal Wars 2

InnoGames' social strategy game Tribal Wars has seen over 50 million players embark on an epic path to conquest and glory since its launch a decade ago.

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Mordor or Bust! LOTRO Extended to 2017

When I was first getting heavily into The Lord of the Rings Online back in 2007, a common joke among players, commenting on how slowly content was coming to match the pace of the books, was “Mordor in 2016 or bust!...

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Subscriptions vs. F2P: A Matter of Mind Over Money?

In a recent guest column on MMORPG.com, Goblinworks CEO Ryan Dancey responds to a Forbes article that casts doubt on The Elder Scrolls Online's ability to succeed as a subscription-only MMORPG.

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Is Free-to-Play Where Good Game Franchises Go To Die?

In a recent interview with Edge Online, Dark Souls II Producer Takeshi Miyazoe made light of free-to-play games and their, shall we say, inconsistent quality: Again, the notion [of going F2P] draws laughter from Miyazoe.

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