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So I Tweeted out something semi-amusing Thursday morning: I've got a game that's in such a pre-pre-pre-alpha state, I haven't even conceived it yet.

Zombies might actually be scary again. SOE gave gamers their first extended look at H1Z1 gameplay during a Twitch stream on Thursday.

What's in a name?...

How much can you learn about a game from a few hours in an alpha?...

In case you missed it, Sony had a few choice words to say at last week's GDC about their free-to-play business on the PlayStation 4.

Microtransactions are big business and they aren't going away any time soon. That's the conclusion one can easily reach by looking at the latest brief from market research firm SuperData, which puts a number on the console MT...

I'm an e-sports skeptic.

And then there were 16. Only one-quarter of the games that started on this journey still remain, so we thought we'd reflect on some of the stats we've seen in the first two rounds with a few “best of” lists: Most vot...

It's fully out in the open now.

Player housing is in the works for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

The first round of the MMOBomb Ultimate F2P Tournament is over!...

EverQuest Franchise Director of Development Dave Georgeson laid out the monetization plans for EverQuest Next Landmark on the game's forums today.

When it comes right down to it, I'm just a guy.

It's time to fill out your bracket – no, not for basketball, for video games!...

“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.

Every free-to-play game is pay-to-win. That's a sentiment I see all the time.

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.

In the wake of stories like this one, the United Kingdom has cracked down on the free-to-play industry.

Racing titles within the Free-to-Play space have never quite had the widespread fame their console counterparts have enjoyed over the years.

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 ...

The indie group of Swedish game developers that are building their MOBA Deadbreed, have been hard at work preparing a game that they believe is their own collective vision.

I didn't mean to play Hearthstone.

I'll say this for Square-Enix, they definitely go the atmosphere right in Nosgoth.

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.

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!...