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Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Best MMO Studio
Massively's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the Best MMO Studio of the year. Every studio that runs an MMO in 2014 was eligible, even those who didn't launch anything this year, but whatever the studio did to impress us should have occurred this year. All of our writers were invited to cast a vote, but not all of them chose to do so for this category. Don't forget to cast your own vote in the just-for-fun reader poll at the very end. The Massively staff pick for Best MMO Studio of 2014 is...
Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Most Improved MMO
Massively's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the Most Improved MMO of the year. Pretty much all MMOs were eligible for this particular award, even if they didn't launch in 2014, as long as they improved significantly in 2014. All of our writers were invited to cast a vote, but not all of them chose to do so for this category. Don't forget to cast your own vote in the reader poll at the very end. The Massively staff pick for Most Improved MMO of 2014 is...
Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Biggest Story of the Year
Massively's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the Biggest MMO Story of the year. We're not talking about a single article or a game's plot here; we're looking for dominant, ongoing news arcs in the MMO space that had a big impact on the genre. All of our writers were invited to cast a vote, but not all of them chose to do so for this category. Don't forget to cast your own vote in the just-for-fun reader poll at the very end. The Massively staff pick for Biggest MMO Story of 2014 is...
Elevate - Brain Training and Threes! distinguished as Apple's Best apps of 2014 in the iTunes Store
Apple this weekend announced the winners in its Best of 2014 in the iTunes Store. The annual awards highlights the best apps, music, movies and books from the just ending year. Winners in the App Store include Elevate - Brain Training, which won App of the Year and Threes!, which took home the Game of the Year award. Hyperlapse by Instagram and Leo's Fortune were the runners-up in their respective categories. Apple also recognized notable music, movies and books including Beyonce as the best Artist, "Guardians of the Galaxy" as best Blockbuster and FX's "Fargo" as TV show of the year. Apps highlighted by Apple include the following: Best iOS Apps Yahoo News Digest Storehouse - Visual Storytelling Swiftkey Keyboard 1Password Camera+ Toca Lab NYT Now 120 Sports Camu Spring - Go Shopping BuzzFeed Peak - Brain Training Nighty Night Circus - Bedtime story for kids Yummly Recipes & Grocery List Waterlogue Human - Activity & Calorie Tracker Steller TeleStory Network TV Litely Uber Star Walk 2 Cinamatic Health Mate by Withings Paper - stories from Facebook Best iOS Games Monument Valley Hitman Go Ruzzle Adventure Battleheart Legacy World of Warriors XCOM: Enemy Within Smash Hit SpellFall - Puzzle Adventure Spider-Man Unlimited Wayward Souls Trials Frontier Adventure Beaks Rules! FarmVille 2: Country Escape RETRY Micromon Rival Knights Godus Crazy Taxi City Rush Castle Doombad: Free to Slay Bicolor Royal Revolt 2 - Defend Your Castle FOTONICA Timberman Bonza Word Puzzle
Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Most Underrated MMO
We're breaking with tradition this year when it comes to the Massively end-of-the-year awards. Instead of lumping them together into one huge article that no one reads because everyone's busy cheering and jeering over the GOTY down in the comments, we're going to pace ourselves so the little ones get some attention too. We'll also be explaining our votes so you can see the split and the rationale behind our picks. And because we know you want to have your say too, we'll throw in a reader poll just for fun. Please don't cheat. Today's award is for the Most Underrated MMO of the year. As will be the case for many (though not all) of this year's awards, games must have launched in 2014 to be eligible, which makes the list of eligible games fairly short. All of our writers were invited to cast a vote, but not all of them chose to do so for every category, so some games will literally win by a hair. The Massively staff pick for Most Underrated MMO of 2014 is...
