MMO Week in Review: No power in the 'verse

At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. Miss a big MMO or WoW Insider story last week? You've come to the right post.

Browncoat gamers have been pining for a Firefly MMO almost since the day the TV show was canceled, and Multiverse was supposed to make that happen... right up until the project was shut down for lack of funds, taking the sky from both the Firefly and Buffy games, as we reported this week. But no power in the 'verse can stop Firefly fans; almost immediately, a successor group formed up to take over the source code and keep the project flying.

Check out the rest of Massively's top MMO stories past the break!

• Breakdancing breaks SWTOR enemies' spirits
  Clever players uncover a huge dance-related SWTOR bug.
• The most popular Massively stories of 2011
  We reveal our top 10 stories by pageview.
• SWTOR UK sales take a dive
  Not unexpectedly, TOR sales seem to be on the decline.
• Research firm: SWTOR has 350,000 peak concurrent users
  Certainly blows EVE out of the water several times over!
• Anonymous not targeting Sony customers in OpSony
  The notorious hackers promise to focus on Sony management.
• Star Wars: The Old Republic gets into the record books
  TOR's voluminous voice-overs land it in the Guinness Book.
• Sub up or lose out: Final Fantasy XIV suspending accounts Thursday
  FFXIV finally implements its subscription fee.
• Bethesda vs. Interplay case finally settled
  The falling-out over Fallout Online is over.
• New PlanetSide 2 gameplay footage spotted in the wild
  We get a peek at how PS2's combat will work.
• BioWare's Freed talks Wookiees, relatability, and story-based MMOs
  Why Wookiees will never be a playable SWTOR species.
• New Guild Wars update brings major Elementalist changes
  Classic GW shows its a worthy game in Guild Wars 2's shadow.
• BioWare: Mac version of Star Wars: The Old Republic is something it's 'looking at next'
  Unfortunately for BioWare, Apple fanboys are too cool for Star Wars.
• Spacetime Studios working on new mobile MMO Dark Legends
  The mobile-MMO-maker plans a third cross-platform game.
• The Soapbox: Bigpoint's cash-shop policies and why they are OK
  Beau brings up ye olde pay-to-win argument.
• Setting the record straight: Massively's interview with Pando Networks
  Pando swears that it's one of the good guys.
• BioWare responds to SWTOR's Ilum exploits
  It turns out that BioWare thinks people should actually PvP in PvP battlegrounds.
• Age of Wushu's launch trailer flips over the heads of the competition
  Will this be the wuxia MMO the West loves?

And from our sister site, WoW Insider...

• WoW Insider's guide to the Darkmoon Faire
• Profiting off the Darkmoon Faire
• Post-holiday 'blues' and the known issues of the Darkmoon Faire