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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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Mytheon: Exclusive Screenshots
True Games Interactive has sent over these three exclusive screenshots for their free-to-play mythology themed MMORPG Mytheon.
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Fantasy Earth Zero: Hands On Combat Preview
MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh took Square Enix's new fantasy MMORPG Fantasy Earth Zero for a test drive in this latest hands on preview focused on the game's combat gameplay.
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General: Portalarium Interview
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller spoke to Portalarium CEO Fred Schmidt and Chairman Dallas Snell about their partnership with gaming visionary Richard Garriott, as well as their plans for Portalarium in the social networking game space in this latest interview.
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Final Fantasy XIV: FFXIII PS3 Contains Exclusive FFXIV Item, Beta Opportunity
Those of you picking up your copy of Final Fantasy XIII for the PS3 today should be excited by the latest revelation to come out of the US PlayStation blog. Every copy of the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII will come with an exclusive in-game item for Final Fantasy XIV, as well as the ability "to enter for a potential opportunity to become a beta tester for FINAL FANTASY XIV for PS3."
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General: Webb: When Beats Go Wrong
MMORPG.com columnist Justin Webb writes this latest article on how the appropriate use of "beats" makes for a good story, and how MMOG developers just don't seem to get that, or care!
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General: GDC 2010: Battlestar Galactica MMO Announced
The LA Times is reporting that Bigpoint Games, which is co-owned by SyFy parent company NBC Universal, is developing a new MMOG based on the "Battlestar Galactica" IP.
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General: Six Must-haves for a Zombie MMO
MMORPG.com Staff Writer Bill Murphy gives us a rundown of six absolute must-haves for a zombie-themed MMO in this latest edition of The List.
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General: GDC 2010: EA to Publish 38 Studios' "Project Mercury"
As the trickle of information from this year's Game Developers Conference begins to come in, we've learned that 38 Studios has partnered with Electronic Arts Partners to publish "Project Mercury," which is a singleplayer RPG introduction to the Copernicus universe. Copernicus, of course, is the secretive MMOG that has been in development at 38 Studios for some time now.
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Tales of Fantasy: Alpha Test Key Handout
MMORPG.com has just been given 1500 alpha test keys for Tales of Fantasy - a new MMORPG by IGG in where you capture and train wild beasts, then fight on them and race them in competition! Get your key while supplies last!
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Runes of Magic: Celebrates One Year Anniversary; Announces Voice Chat
Today marks the first anniversary of service for Frogster Interactive's free-to-play fantasy MMORPG Runes of Magic. To celebrate this milestone, Frogster has announced a week long event consisting of daily contests on Facebook, a number of shop promotions, and double XP (quests and mobs) and TP (mobs only).
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Aion: Eye on Community - March
Aion Community Manager Andrew "Tamat" Beegle has posted this month's Eye on Community letter, where he answers a question regarding the differences between the 1.9 vs. 2.0 game updates with regards to the Western version of Aion.
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Mytheon: 1000 More Closed Beta Keys
MMORPG.com has been give 1000 more beta keys for Mytheon. Get them while they last!
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Tales of Fantasy: Alpha Testing Begins Tomorrow!
IGG has announced that the Alpha test for their upcoming free-to-play MMOG Tales of Fantasy will kick off this Tuesday, March 9th at 8PM.
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General: A Tale of Two Allods
MMORPG.com's Free Zone writer Richard Aihoshi examines the history of Allods Online's development, as well as the recent brouhaha surrounding the release of the game's item shop in this latest article.
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Free Realms: New Pets and Mounts
Sony Online Entertainment has announced a bevy of new pets and mounts for Free Realms. The new pets include owls and groundhogs, while the new mounts (which are members only) consist of a T-Rex and Scaled Dragon.
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