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The Stream Team: Visiting V Rising’s spirited horseman

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2025/06/14

Like everyone else, Massively OP’s MJ had to start anew when V Rising’s Invaders of Oakveil released. Therefore she wasn’t able to explore the new areas or face any new bosses right away. Now that some time has passed, her vampire crew has leveled and geared themselves up to take on some of the new […]

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RuneScape fans push back against Jagex’s abrupt...

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2025/06/14

Earlier this week, when we reported on how Jagex elected to wind back Pride events in RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, we noted how initial reactions were one of disappointment and frustration. Well, it would appear that temperature has raised over the past few days into the sort of fury, snark, and unapologetic representation that […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: How music binds the LOTRO...

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2025/06/14

Whenever I’m reading through JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth novels, one thing that absolutely pops out at me is the Professor’s love of song. Music isn’t just a passive exercise in head-bobbing; it’s a vital art used to preserve history and bind cultures together. I absolutely applaud the early designers of Lord of the Rings Online who […]

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Nightingale dev studio resurfaces with word of...

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2025/06/14

Just yesterday morning, we wondered aloud whatever happened to Nightingale, finding that there had been complete radio silence from developer Inflexion Games across social media, Discord, and Steam, while the last patch for the survivalbox of any kind whatsoever hadn’t happened since last March. This, in turn, led many fans to believe that the game […]

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WRUP: Mom says it’s my turn to lie about what mom...

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2025/06/14

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about hypothetical magical farms.

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The Daily Grind: How do you best like to contribute...

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2025/06/14

When I was in fifth grade, we had a huge “war” of freeze tag that went on every recess break for a couple months. Our class split into two factions, and everyone seemed to take roles. I wasn’t super-athletic enough to be a runner or charismatic enough to be a leader, but I was happy […]

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The Stream Team: Looking for a luck in AdventureQuest 3D

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2025/06/13

Who has bad luck on Friday the 13th? Not Massively OP’s MJ! In fact, it is — and always will be — her favorite day. Yet for some reason, so many things are going wrong for her today. Luckily for her, she can spend this special day in AdventureQuest 3D’s Camp Gonnagetcha, where hopefully her […]

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Betawatch: Chrono Odyssey’s impending closed beta,...

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2025/06/13

The closed beta for Chrono Odyssey has a date of June 20th. Fortunately, since that game is all about time manipulation, you can just make time pass faster to have it arrive, right? Wait, I’m being informed that is not right and it is actually wrong. Still, the closed beta is coming and you can […]

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LORT is an irreverent co-op roguelite ‘where chaos...

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2025/06/13

Sure, roguelite games can be grim and dark and full of death and misery. Or they can be colorful and actively goofy, such as LORT, an upcoming multiplayer action roguelite from indie studio Big Distraction. “In LORT, players will dive headfirst into a land where chaos reigns and goblins beware,” the team says. “Whether flying […]

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ARK’s latest Aquatica map trailer trades AI-generated...

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2025/06/13

Cast your minds back to this past March, when ARK: Survival Evolved announced that it would be releasing a new Aquatica map DLC to mark the survival sandbox’s 10th anniversary, which was heralded by a trailer that featured awful and laughable footage using procedural AI generation – a trailer that publisher Snail Games said it […]

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Wizard101 introduces its first ever eight-player raid...

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2025/06/13

It’s still a bit interesting to consider that a game like Wizard101 has raids in it, but indeed it does; two of them in fact! And now it has a third with the Ghastly Conspiracy update, which introduces the family-friendly MMORPG’s first eight-player instance. “Some things’ blood runs colder than any night could ever be,” […]

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Black Desert spawns more moles on PC, launches events...

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2025/06/13

You guessed it: It’s another week of completely random-sounding additions to all three versions of Black Desert. That also means that we promise to contextualize just what the heck is happening in these games because moles, events, and new zones aren’t the only things happening across Pearl Abyss’ sandboxes. First of all, yes, BDO PC […]

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Cozy co-op sandbox Aloft is refining combat and...

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2025/06/13

At Summer Game Fest’s Best Indie Games Showcase, multiplayer survival sandbox Aloft – the one we previewed just a few months ago – announced a juicy new update landing later this month. Called Puzzles & Pyrologics, it’s launching June 26th with a new puzzle system and a combat overhaul. “This update introduces an all-new puzzle […]

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The Stream Team: Checking out the community farms of...

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2025/06/13

This week has felt like a month for MOP’s Chris and Bree, so that means it’s time to get into a nice cozy groove, and there are few games cozier than Farm Together 2. So, to mark the game’s release from early access, the pair are going to tour farms together and just bask in […]

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Not So Massively: Immortal Gates of Pyre’s latest...

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2025/06/13

The recent Steam Next Fest included the latest demo from StarCraft II inspired multiplayer RTS Immortal: Gates of Pyre. This demo included several pieces of new content, and notably, the game is now labelled as beta rather than alpha. I’ve been in love with IGoP from the first trailer I saw, and while there’s still […]

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Dungeons and Dragons Online heralds a trio of new...

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2025/06/13

The game master has returned from furiously planning a new campaign, and now the full truth is revealed: Dungeons and Dragons Online is saying farewell to all of its old 32-bit realms while opening up a trio of new 64-bit worlds this summer. First, the opening. DDO is rolling out three 64-bit servers on July […]

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MMO Hype Train: What’s the ideal path to promoting...

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2025/06/13

As much as there’s a great deal to master when creating an MMORPG, there’s also quite the learning experience when it comes to promoting an upcoming title. In the fairy tale, Goldilocks continually evaluated the Three Bears’ home for its services, finding some of it dissatisfying to varying degrees while other things hit just right. […]

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Lord of the Rings Online announces the full closure...

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2025/06/13

When Standing Stone Games revealed its plans for Lord of the Rings Online’s new 64-bit servers, it left a little bit of leeway in regard to the status of the old worlds, saying that their continued existence would depend on the size of the remaining population. However, the verdict is now in: All of these […]

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Star Citizen discusses the moving target of vehicle...

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2025/06/13

Whether this was a grumble session or a Q&A could be left to individual interpretation, but the point is that Star Citizen’s devs had things to say during a Q&A broadcast about vehicle balance that offered some general insights into the goals of balancing along with at least a couple of specific details as well. […]

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Gachapwned: How gacha MMOs drown us in progression...

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2025/06/13

Over the past three weeks of the Gachapwned column, we’ve talked about the three main prongs that keep people invested in gacha games in the longer term – and how all three of them are mutually reinforcing. In fact, if you stopped there, you might wind up taking away the idea that gacha games are […]

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