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General: Community Spotlight: Five Things You'd Like to See
This week's Community Spotlight focuses on the thread "Sooo... The Future for MMO's? - 5 Things you would like to see" by Breezeycouk. Breezeycouk's thread is an attempt to channel a lot of the dissatisfaction and negativity many of us are feeling into a positive discussion on what five things you would like to see in future MMOGs.
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Pirates of the Burning Sea: Re-Review
MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy reports on his travels across the ocean blue in this re-review of Flying Lab Software's swashbucklin' MMOG.
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General: Jon Wood: Accessibility is King
MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood writes this week's column on the importance of accessibility to the future of traditional MMOs.
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General: U.S. Gamers Spent $3.8bil on MMOs in '09
Gamasutra is reporting on a study that has found that American gamers have spent 3.8 billion dollars on MMOs in 2009. Wow!
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Craft of Gods: Open Beta #2 Begins!
The next Open Beta event for Craft of Gods is upon us! The event will run from today, March 11th through to Saturday, March 13th.
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Global Agenda: "No Elves" Line Up Video
This live-action video continues the Global Agenda "No Elves" campaign as a victim aims to identify an Elf in a line up.
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Aika: GDC 2010 PvP Preview
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller gets a feel for Aika's PvP offerings in this latest preview coming out of GDC 2010.
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Alganon: David Allen FIRED; Derek Smart Weighs In
Massively.com is reporting that Alganon's David Allen has parted ways with Quest Online and is no longer involved with the game. Allen has been replaced by the often controverseial creator of the Battlecruiser 3000AD series.
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Final Fantasy XIV: March Famitsu Information, Screenshots
SteveManly over at FFXIVCore has come across a cornucopia of information and images of Final Fantasy XIV from this month's issue of Famitsu.
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Fallen Earth: Mac Beta Version Released!
Icarus Studios has announced today that a Beta version of the upcoming Mac release of Fallen Earth is now available!
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EVE Online: New Details on Planetary Interaction
CCP Hammer has posted a new dev blog on the official EVE Online website detailing the Planetary Interaction features which will debut with the launch of EVE Online's newest expansion, Tyrannis, later this summer.
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Jumpgate Evolution: NetDevil Breaks Silence, Provides Update
It's been quite awhile since Jumpgate: Evolution's delay announcement last year, and until today we didn't know much more about the game than we did then.
In the interest of providing eager fans with some sort of update, NetDevil has broken the silence in a post to the official Jumpgate: Evolution forums, outlining some of the things the developers are working on or thinking about.
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Star Wars Galaxies: Producer's Note Outlines Game's Future
This latest Producer's Note for Star Wars Galaxies discusses the recently released Galactic Civil War update, as well as the future of Star Wars Galaxies, including the upcoming Game Update 16.
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Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning: In Dev: The Future of WAR's Economy
Mythic Entertainment is interested in taking some significant steps in order to sort out Warhammer Online's economy issues, and they are looking for player feedback on how to do just that in this latest In Development post on the official WAR forums.
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Champions Online: Cryptic Studios Introduces "On Deck" List
Similar to the recently announced "Engineering Reports" for Star Trek Online, Cryptic Studios has posted an "On Deck" list on the Public Test Server forum of Champions Online, giving players an idea of what the developers are currently working on.
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Final Fantasy XIV: New Famitsu and Dengeki Leaked Info
The intrepid reporters over at FFXIVCore have dug up some early leaked details on Final Fantasy XIV from upcoming issues of Japanese magazines Famitsu and Dengeki.
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Champions Online: Revelation Playtest Tomorrow
Cryptic Studios has announced a new playtest for Champions Online's upcoming free expansion "Revelation." The short three hour test kicks off tomorrow at 4PM PST and will conclude at 7PM PST.
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World of Warcraft: Mastery System Preview
Blizzard Blue poster Eyonix offers up a preview of the upcoming Mastery System that is set to debut with the launch of World of Warcraft's third expansion, Cataclysm, later this year.
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General: Land of Chaos: GDC 2010 Preview
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller explores Ala Playa's Land of Chaos Online in this latest preview coming out of GDC 2010.
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Black Prophecy: GDC 2010 Preview
MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood sat down with Gamigo's Patrick Streppel to talk about Black Prophecy at this year's Game Developers Conference.
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