The Weekly Raid: Which MMORPGs Should Get a Defiance Style Reboot? 544v1y

Today's big story is Trion's announcement of Defiance 2050, a remake of their 5 year old sci-fi MMORPG shooter Defiance. The game originally launched alongside a SyFy series of the same name that lasted 3 seasons. While the show isn't making a comeback, Trion has announced that Defiance 2050 will be ready by summer 2018. We don't have all the [...] 3g6f4j

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The Weekly Raid: Are Battle Royale Games A Fad? 4i483e

The Battle Royale genre turned from a niche game mod to industry leader in just one year. Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, developed by Bluehole, blazed that trail and hit a peak of 3.2 million concurrent players earlier this year. But what turned Battle Royale into a genre rather than a single hit was how quickly Epic Games was able to spin out [...]

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The Weekly Raid: Do You Care About World of Warcraft? es26

World of Warcraft revolutionized the MMORPG genre when it first launched in 2004. It quickly accumulated millions of monthly subscribers, dwarfing all previous records set my the genre. For years it has continued to retain its crown despite a wave of MMORPG contenders. Warhammer Online, Star Wars The Old Republic, and many others were billed as WoW killers whose [...]

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The Weekly Raid: Will Subscription MMOs Make a Comeback? 1a3169

With a new World of Warcraft expansion on the horizon, we are once again reminded that the subscription based MMORPG business model is far from dead. While the ratio of free to play to subscription games continues to favor the former, there are a number of interesting releases worth highlighting. Last week Rift announced the addition of a classic server [...]

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The Weekly Raid: When Were You Last Hyped For A MMORPG? 222i7

With so many promising MMORPGs in the pipeline, its easy to go through cycles of hype and indifference towards various projects. Whether its a game still in development or an existing game releasing a new patch or expansion, we want to know when the last time you felt hyped for a MMORPG. We've highlighted the fact that games like Star [...]

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The Weekly Raid: Will Cryptocoins Find Their Way Into MMOs? 4v6p6w

The last few months of 2017 were ablaze with Crypto news. We even saw a few projects reltaed to gaming. Both Neverdie coins and Crycash hope to integrate into multiple games and promise to reward gamers for their time investment. While neither of these projects has gained much traction, the crypto mining craze continues to cause GPU shortages worldwide. The [...]

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The Weekly Raid: Can MMORPGs Be Used For Good? 672b6e

I don't know about you, but I love me some Black Mirror. Season 4 started with a bang with a plot that could be said to involve a MMORPG of sorts. As per Black Mirror custom, a new technology product was quickly shown to be a hidden horror. But does it have to be that way? Can MMORPGs be used [...]

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The Weekly Raid: Will 2018 Be The Year Of E-Sports? 5m6b8

There's no question to e-sports scene is growing, but despite all the hype I'm just not convinced its quite 'taken off' just yet. Total tournament winnings have been increasing year by year (see chart), but the majority of that cash is concentrated among 3 titles: Dota 2, Counter Strike Global Offensive, and League of Legends. Overwatch laid much of the [...]

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The Weekly Raid: A Look Back At 2017 6jw6n

Welcome to 2018! Last week we discussed what MMOs & MMORPGs we were looking forward to, so its only fitting that we take some time this week to look back. As we stated in our 2017 Game of the Year Awards, 2017 has been a great year for gaming, perhaps one of the best in recent memory! Nintendo's new console [...]

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The Weekly Raid: Which 2018 MMOs Are You Most Excited For? 2664d

Another year has come and gone. 2017 has been a great year in gaming, we've seen newcomers rise to the very top (PUBG), while many older titles have seen massive improvements (Path of Exile, Warframe, Final Fantasy 14.) But while 2017 has been kind to us, 2018 looks like it could be even better! It seems next year will be [...]

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