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General: Community Spotlight: Why Are People Into F2P MMOGs?

December 31st, 2009
This week's Community Spotlight focuses on a thread started by forum user maji entitled "why are so many people into 'free' MMORPGs?" In the thread, maji wonders why free-to-play games are so popular, especially when given the number of cons he feels the genre inherently has.

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General: The Spirit of Sharing

December 31st, 2009
MMORPG.com's "Player In Residence" Jaime Skelton writes this look at gamers and their participation in various charities.

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General: A Decade in Review

December 31st, 2009
MMORPG.com columnist Victor Wachter writes this two part look back at a decade of MMORPGs from 2000 to 2010.

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Rohan: Blood Feud: Review

December 31st, 2009
MMORPG.com's Jaime Skelton submits this review of R.O.H.A.N. Blood Feud, a F2P game that ties to capture the hardcore PvP demographic.

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General: 2010 A Year in Review

December 30th, 2009
It's easy to look back on the year that was. Many different writers are recapping the year 2009. It takes a special kind of writer though to skip ahead into the future and recap the year ahead. In his usual tongue in cheek style, MMORPG.com columnist Scott Jennings looks into the future to recap the year 2010.

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CitiesXL: Photography Contest Announced!

December 30th, 2009
Any aspiring photographers out there interested in winning a new Alienware M15x gaming laptop? If you're nodding yes right now, you'll be interested to know that Monte Cristo, the folks behind Cities XL, are hosting a photography contest offering a chance to win some awesome high tech gear including the aforementioned laptop, a NVIDIA GTX 260 graphics card, or a Kodak digital video camera.

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Atlantica Online: Child’s Play Withdraws from Fundraising Event

December 30th, 2009
NDOORS Interactive recently announced a promotion whereby a new box that could potentially contain some of the game's most rare and sought after items would be made available for 3999 Gcoins at Atlantica Online's item mall, and that 5% of the gross revenue generated from the event would be donated to the Child's Play charity. This is no longer the case. NDOORS Interactive has announced today that due to negative player feedback Child's Play has withdrawn themselves from the event.

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World of Warcraft: Glory of the Hero, Part Four

December 30th, 2009
MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent James Wood pens this quickie guide to the achievements from the heroic five man dungeons necessary to snag a Red Proto-Drake mount. He continues his article by looking at: Utgarde Pinnacle, and The Oculus.

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General: CCP in 2010

December 30th, 2009
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller looks at the year ahead for CCP, the developers of EVE Online, Dust 514 and the reported World of Darkness MMO.

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Star Trek Online: Preview, Part Three

December 30th, 2009
In the final part of his Star Trek Online preview, Dana Massey discusses key gameplay elements including the game's UI, Itemization and PvP.

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