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Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation is shaping up to be...

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2025/06/08

Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP’s long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and older games long past their fundraising. Ashes of Creation is shaping up to be the classical MMORPG to beat: This week, Intrepid Studios went in-depth on the Summoner pet class, which […]

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Extraction shooter Arc Raiders targets October 30th...

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2025/06/07

As announced at this weekend’s Summer Game Fest, Embark Studios’ sci-fi extraction shooter Arc Raiders is heading our way on October 30th. Nexon is releasing it pretty widely, too, as the title is set to release on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and NVIDIA GeForce Now. Arc Raiders […]

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SGF 2025: Blade & Soul Heroes is a ‘collectible...

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2025/06/07

Among the trailers coming out of NCsoft during this year’s Summer Game Fest opening presentation was what appears to be a new gacha title, though the studio is calling it a “collectible action MMORPG.” However you want to categorize it, say hello to Blade & Soul Heroes. “Blade & Soul Heroes is a collectible action […]

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The Stream Team: A headstart to becoming worm chow in...

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2025/06/07

Dune: Awakening launches soon, but it has already opened its doors early for some folks to get a headstart on becoming worm chow… er, we mean, playing the game on permanent characters. (Who definitely might become worm chow.) Massively OP’s Larry and MJ have both already worked through the temporary modes of the character creator […]

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MMO Hype Train: Palia’s been given a chance to...

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2025/06/07

Sometimes it takes more than one run at an MMORPG or online game for it to click with you. There are titles that have taken multiple approaches before they improved and I finally “got it.” I would say that Palia’s one of these games for me. The early access launch of this still-in-beta MMO-lite life sim […]

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Dune Awakening Steam reviews shift from red to blue...

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2025/06/07

We are now roughly a couple of days removed from the not-really-launch-but-totally-launch of Dune: Awakening, with the survival MMO moving through its “advanced access” – aka its five-dollar term for paid-for headstart – so naturally that means it’s time to check the pulse of the game. Uptimer time let’s goooooooooo. The very opening moments of […]

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WRUP: Leprechauns done stoleded my teefs edition

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2025/06/07

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about not getting enough sleep.

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The Daily Grind: Have you ever been shamed out of an...

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2025/06/07

The other day I was doing a little homework reading about an MMO and stumbled upon a chunky section dealing with proper etiquette. And this wasn’t merely “don’t be a jerk and don’t troll general chat” but full of community-made rules how to conduct yourself while dealing with gathering nodes or at certain events. The […]

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The Stream Team: Party Animals in a pinch

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2025/06/06

When plans need to change in a pinch, what can Massively OP’s MJ turn to? PvP! Of the stuffed animals variety, of course. MJ is throwing herself into a few rounds of Party Animals — possibly without any friendly backup. Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. to see if she can survive the stuffy slaughterhouse. […]

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Betawatch: Dune Awakening launches, possibly without...

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2025/06/06

Finally! After ten thousand years, Dune Awakening is free! It’s time to conquer Earth! By which I naturally mean “get a lot of players who are happy to play the game.” The head start has kicked off, and that means that everyone can explore what it means to walk without rhythm to avoid attracting the worm. […]

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SGF 2025: The Cube is a new MMO looter shooter based...

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2025/06/06

The MOP team was happily bopping along to the Atomic Heart 2 trailer at Summer Game Fest and debating the proper use of Queen music when Mundfish via Geoff Keighley casually announced an MMO in the same universe. It’s called The Cube, and during the show, it was called an “MMORPG shooter,” though the PR […]

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SGF 2025: Dune Awakening, Chrono Odyssey, The Cube,...

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2025/06/06

Welcome to Not-E3 2025 – that is, Summer Game Fest 2025, which runs all weekend. Tonight, the ubiquitous Geoff Keighley will host the kick-off event live from YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, complete with teasers and (of course) a long line of trailers. Probably way too many overly long shootymans demo videos too. Pew pew […]

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Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead has apparently had a...

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2025/06/06

Apparently the studio behind co-op shooter Helldivers 2 is very likely paying out literal dividends for Chinese megacorp Tencent, as Swedish news sites are reporting that Tencent bought up a 16% stake in Arrowhead Game Studios back in July of 2024 a few months after the shooter released. The stocks bought up by Tencent cost […]

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XDefiant officially goes dark as its former executive...

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2025/06/06

Def Leppard once sang that it’s better to burn out than to fade away, but in the case of video games – and especially their developers – that’s really not the best case scenario. Unfortunately burning out was the case for XDefiant, the Ubisoft shooter that announced its shutdown in 2024, has now officially gone […]

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Destiny 2 outlines gear updates coming in Edge of...

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2025/06/06

Destiny 2’s Edge of Fate isn’t even out yet, but already Bungie is retuning it ahead of its July release, as some adjustments for the looter shooter that were previewed in a test build are already being walked back. The primary point of contention among many players was related to certain prismatic subclass powers, which […]

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The Stream Team: Taking a first peek inside of the...

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2025/06/06

It’s time yet again for MOP’s Chris to try out an all-new game! Today he’ll be taking a quick peek inside of the current test version/demo of BitCraft Online, and you’re invited to come along for the journey! Join him today at 2:00 p.m. EDT as he explores this developing sandbox title! What: BitCraft Who: […]

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APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth continue to struggle...

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2025/06/06

It’s been a rough 2025 for Little Orbit’s MMOs, and it doesn’t look like things are getting better any time soon. Studio CEO Matt Scott acknowledged that some server issues were keeping APB Reloaded offline this week, while Fallen Earth servers continue to remain offline for months now after the server catastrophe back in February. […]

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Massively on the Go: The good, the bad, and the ugly...

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2025/06/06

As I mentioned in the June event round-up, Pokemon GO’s been sold off to Scopely, and it’s a done deal now. In the lead up, as predicted, we’ve been seeing some changes that mostly seem related to getting more money out of players in simple ways, such as more local-only content being made remote raidable. There […]

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Apple lost its latest U.S. appeal over the App...

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2025/06/06

They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, but then the legal system can feel kind of pendulous in certain situations. That said, Apple has once again run face-first into a brick wall as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Apple’s emergency appeal […]

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Gachapwned: How gacha MMOs attract players with the...

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2025/06/06

There is a strange phenomenon that is true for perhaps not every human being, but the vast majority I’ve met and dealt with over the course of my life. I want you to imagine two restaurants that both serve the same basic kind of food, and for purposes of this example, we’re going to imagine […]

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