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Pax Dei’s Market Square update officially launches...

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2024/12/12

If you weren’t already overloaded with MMO patches, new games, and Christmas events, here’s one more: Pax Dei is dropping its massive update, dubbed Verse 2: Market Square, tomorrow on December 13th. In fact, if you’re in the US, the patch will likely be in place before you even wake up, as servers are expected […]

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Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s unusual gift of time

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2024/12/12

When starting a column, I’ve found it’s always best to kick off with gripping subject matter, so let’s talk about scheduling! Earlier this year, I realized that my weekly schedule was so packed that, effectively, I did not have a day off. Like, ever. And I was burning out because of it. So I rearranged […]

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Eight-year-old indie superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes...

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2024/12/12

Just a few weeks ago, we noted that it appeared Ship of Heroes’ release plans had continued shifting around (at one point, it was targeting 2021), but as of today, all that’s changed: Heroic Games has officially announced a launch for the game in Q2 2025, so basically next spring. “Many parts of the game […]

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Former Dauntless dev decries Awakening update as...

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2024/12/12

It’s not just the veteran players who are extremely upset at the Awakening update for Dauntless; the game’s former associate producer Jessie Leigh Gagnon has also spoken out against the update, expressing her dismay at the direction the multiplayer RPG has taken. Gagnon, a former developer on League of Legends and one of the first […]

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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen announces early access...

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2024/12/12

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen continues to perform its pre-flight checks before it takes off for early access tomorrow, which means that once again the MMORPG’s Discord has new information to share for followers of the project. First, last night saw a new build put forth for a “pre pre EA testing” phase for backers, […]

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Throne and Liberty launches the Startree Solstice...

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2024/12/12

It’s patch day for Throne and Liberty as Amazon and NCsoft roll out the planned holiday content, the first Christmas ever for the global game. The festive Startree Solstice event kicks off today and runs through January 9th. “Join event-only Snowdrift Island arena matches for event-specific rewards, explore festive villages with holiday decorations (including Trees […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you see yourself...

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2024/12/12

I have friends who are super excited for Path of Exile 2 but have not yet picked up the game. Not because they don’t intend to, but because right now the game has just launched to early access and is still chasing a bit of stability. So they are waiting until 2025 when it will […]

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The Stream Team: Wrapping up the Gianthold Wastes...

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2024/12/12

The end is nigh! The end of Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Gianthold Wastes Saga, that is. Tonight, Massively OP’s MJ is embarking on the final quest, Gianthold Tor. Here she will enter the fortress of Gianthold Tor to find out what is happening: Have the giants there succumbed to the same magic that has driven […]

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World of Warcraft shows off the new zone, story, and...

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2024/12/12

The next patch for World of Warcraft arrives on December 17th, and it’s bringing a storm. Specifically, it’s bringing regular storms to the new zone, Siren Isle. The island used to be an Azerite mine run by Kul Tiras, but the miners have all vanished and now people are investigating what the heck happened. In […]

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Final Fantasy XI unveils its latest version update...

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2024/12/11

It’s not fair that players of Final Fantasy XIV are getting a weekly raid that lets them dress up in outfits from Final Fantasy XI, specifically the Ark Angel costumes, is it? FFXI players should get access to that! Well, good news – they do have access to that with this month’s login campaign, which […]

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Dauntless players express frustration over Awakening...

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2024/12/08

The Awakening update for Dauntless has instead proven to be a nightmare, as the co-op monster slaying RPG’s overhauls to weapons, armor, progression, and monetization have gone over like a lead balloon if Steam user reviews and social media replies are any indication. Right now, the game is at an “overwhelmingly negative” Steam user review […]

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Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Update 7.6 arrives...

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2024/12/07

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s last big patch of 2024 now has a release date: Tuesday, December 10th. Broadsword confirmed that Update 7.6 will be coming out next week with promises of full patch notes on Monday. However, we know that Galactic Threads will improve many of the visuals in the game, add a new […]

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Lord of the Rings Online sells a new Rohirrim bundle,...

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2024/12/07

Who wants to adopt the bestest boy of all of Middle-earth? Standing Stone Games put a few Rohirrim store bundles together for Lord of the Rings Online, and the two more expensive variants contain the shaggiest herding dog this side of the Great River. Sure, there are also a number of Rohirrim-themed cosmetics, a mount, […]

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Path of Exile 2 wrestles with database issues and...

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2024/12/07

So how did your early access to Path of Exile 2 go? Because in the macrocosm sense, it was an extremely busy start to the OARPG’s life, with hundreds of thousands of players flooding the game via Steam and the unsurprising technical issues that sort of assault comes with. Many of the game’s day one […]

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Casually Classic: Ranking WoW Classic’s six starting...

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2024/12/07

Part of the sheer fun of fresh start servers and going through WoW Classic again is becoming reacquainted with that old and welcome friend, the original starting zone. When World of Warcraft originally came out in 2004, there were but six of these, as the Gnomes and Trolls were too late to the party to […]

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Elder Scrolls Online’s 10th anniversary fizzles as...

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2024/12/07

Hope you weren’t planning on attending the big anniversary bash finale for The Elder Scrolls Online because ZeniMax Online Studios just abruptly canceled it. Readers will recall that last December, the studio announced it would be celebrating the game’s 10th anniversary with a full year of real-world events starting in The Netherlands last April and […]

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WRUP: And now the thrilling conclusion edition

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2024/12/07

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about non-gaming award snubs we're mad about.

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The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy, tolerate, or resent...

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2024/12/07

One of my early favorite movies was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, so I guess you can say that I’ve long been a fan of rampant silliness in my entertainment. While some things in life should be taken seriously, gaming is not one of them (at least to me!) and so I welcome the silly […]

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The Stream Team: It’s finally time for AQ3D Frostval...

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2024/12/07

One of the (many) things Massively OP’s MJ loves about AQ3D is that it waits until December to begin the winter holiday festivities! That’s right: Because the game giving ample time for all holidays to shine — and doesn’t stick Frostval things in our faces starting in August — warms her heart. (If only the […]

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Betawatch: Path of Exile 2’s early access has begun

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2024/12/07

All right, let’s not front, the only thing we’re really worrying about in the MMO-ish (it’s flagged MMO on Steam) beta space right now is Path of Exile 2 entering its early access, something that will make people very happy if they enjoyed the original but wanted it to be more pathy and more exiled. […]

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