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After what can rightly be described as a mixed first year, EA and BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic is now a free-to-play title. Throughout the game’s early life subscriber numbers hit a reasonable 1.7m, although within six months that number had fallen to 1.3m and as of July this …
Read More »Layoffs at Tiny Speck as MMO Glitch closes
Developer blames industry trends such as move to mobile and the decline of Flash as reasons for game's closure
Read More »Russian MMO developer receives $1.86m investment
Investor believes developer expand with its backing
Read More »VIDEO: Elder Scrolls Online gameplay
Bethesda has released the first gameplay video for the divisive The Elder Scrolls Online. The game has split fans of the series down the middle, with some outwardly delighted that the IP is finally getting the MMO treatment and others annoyed at the cartoonish WoW-like art style. The game is …
Read More »Free’s crowd: Using free-to-play to grow MMOs
Trion Worlds aims to reinvent the MMO space with each title, and is using free-to-play to attract a wider audience. James Batchelor finds out how this model will benefit titles like the online RPG? Rift and strategy game End of Nations. What are you doing to prepare for the launch …
Read More »World of Warcraft claws back 1m subscribers
Mists of Pandaria expansion helps halt decline with 2.7 million copies sold in first week
Read More »Gameforge Berlin suffers 20 layoffs
Germany-based publisher axes product development and communications staff
Read More »Star Citizen makes over $1m in crowdfunding
Creator Chris Roberts backpedals and moves project to Kickstarter
Read More »Chris Roberts: Mobile is going to be a bloodbath
Wing Commander and Star Citizen creator is disappointed by the lack of attention PC is getting
Read More »CCP veteran Nathan Richardsson joins Trion Worlds
MMO shooter Defiance gets SyFy channel TV counterpart
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