The royal city of Barloque was once a bustling virtual place. Its streets were filled with a babble of voices: residents visiting Joguer’s Herbs and Roots store, tourists settling down for a tipple at ...

Meridian 59 is a tremendous value for any role-playing gamer looking to engage in a vast and ever-changing 3-D fantasy world populated almost exclusively by real human players. A small monthly fee ...

A colony founded through a magical nexus, Meridian 59 had it all going on — until, that is, the portal to the colony collapsed and it was left to fend for itself. Monsters swarmed over the land, ...

MMORPG: Meridian 59 is recognized as one of, if not the first, 3d MMORPG. How is it still relevant today? Jacqueline: Meridian is an example of how important online personalities are in our culture.

Last week we began to examine one of the most significant MMOs in history: Meridian 59. While it never rose to the level of fame and subscriber numbers as its successors did, Meridian 59 was a daring ...

From our friends at Near Death Studios, we've learned that the revival of the aptly-named Meridian 59: Resurrection has reached its most significant milestone to date by entering full commercial ...

Meridian 59, the venerable online world now owned and operated by Near Death Studios, is in the process of being upgraded to a new engine. Company co-founder Rob Ellis II sent out this update today: ...

Near Death Studios, the developer behind ageing 3D MMO Meridian 59, is to close its doors following a long-running lack of support for the title. After its relaunch, Meridian 59 "never really grew" ...

I was sceptical at first, I must confess: the Meridian 59 website is a total shambles, festooned with dead links and apologetic placeholders that, I guessed, had been gathering dust for a while now.

Look, I can't quote Mommie Dearest and I've never owned a Kylie Minogue album, but I know a sexy blacksmith when I see one. They're everywhere in videogames, especially MMOs, where they serve as ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. California-based Near Death Studios has announced the completion of Meridian 59: Resurrection, its remake of shut down in 2000, and last November Near ...