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Star Citizen shows off updates and adjustments to...

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2024/07/18

Right now players are locked inside of the single system of Stanton in Star Citizen, but when alpha 4.0 goes online, they will then be able to move to the new system of Pyro. And doing that will require moving through jump points, which are the focus of this week’s video digest from the spaceship […]

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Vague Patch Notes: How widespread free-to-play...

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2024/07/18

In 2009, Dungeons & Dragons Online went free-to-play, which was a pretty big deal at the time. It was especially important to me, since it was one of the big stories happening when I first started writing about MMORPGs professionally on Massively-that-was. And it was the moment that presaged a seismic shift in the industry, […]

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Guild Wars 2 deep-dives Janthir Wilds’ enhanced...

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2024/07/18

August is shaping up to be an interesting month here in MMO land, and a large part of that is the impending release of Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds. ArenaNet is reminding us of that fact with its latest dev blog, which focuses on one of the expansion’s best bits: the (re)introduction of the warclaw […]

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Once Human’s latest maintenance runs afoul of a...

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2024/07/18

At this point, reading that NetEase’s survival shooter Once Human is facing technical issues probably feels like “water is wet”-level news, but indeed the devs at Starry Studios are having a rough time, particularly with maintenance related to a patch that was scheduled for today. The patch in question was intended to bring in things […]

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Raph Koster aims to make Stars Reach complex but not...

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2024/07/18

You didn’t think Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster was going to stop at just two pillars of design for his new sandbox MMORPG Stars Reach, did you? Because Koster seldom does things in half measures. This round of pillars focuses on the “principles that animate the games” – specifically, the fun. And he begins by laying […]

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SSG’s Rob Ciccolini laments aging hardware and long...

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2024/07/18

As both Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online players noticed yesterday as both MMOs were unavailable for 15 hours, SSG’s game downtime seems to have gotten longer as of late. This may be the new norm — at least for a while — as Executive Producer Rob Ciccolini said that the […]

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Hearthstone’s Perils in Paradise won’t feature a...

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2024/07/18

Usually when Blizzard releases a new Hearthstone expansion set, it also offers a colorful new game board cosmetic to go along with it – an entertaining and sometimes interactive digital play mat that’s themed around the set in question. However, it looks as if the upcoming Perils in Paradise expansion will not feature one of […]

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Former Blizzard and Funcom dev Craig Morrison is...

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2024/07/18

Cast your mind back to summer 2021, and you might recall that was when World of Warcraft’s Craig Morrison – best known to MMORPG players for his key role at Funcom during its MMORPG heyday (Anarchy Online, Age of Conan, and The Secret World) – announced that he was parting ways with Blizzard after after […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played with...

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2024/07/18

One of the neat things about City of Heroes Homecoming is that it is not a game bereft of updates or approaching content. No, there is ongoing content being added to the game! There is a patch schedule! However… it is an all-volunteer group, and so it’s slower. But that’s fine. I play the game […]

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Black Desert brings Jordine Saga and major class...

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2024/07/18

While many Black Desert players might be engaged in the large scale War of the Roses PvP instance on PC, this week has also brought some new things for players on console and mobile to do as well, so allow us a moment to recap the highlights. One of the big additions for this week’s […]

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Fans fill The Crew’s gas tank back up for a ride down...

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2024/07/14

Just because Ubisoft planted an “End of Road” sign for its open world racer The Crew doesn’t mean that fans are content to turn off the engine and let their virtual cars fall into disrepair. In fact, there’s an effort already underway to revive the shuttered game after Ubisoft took it offline and out of […]

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The Stream Team: The killer droid jailbreak in SWTOR

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2024/07/13

The end is nigh! Massively OP’s Larry is so close now to finishing the SWTOR’s quest line to adopt the new Mandalorian robo pet, B3-S1. (Too bad he can’t really enjoy the pup after unless he subscribes!) His last task is simply to break an expert out of prison on Belsavis. And by expert, we […]

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Player numbers for Once Human continue to climb as...

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2024/07/13

NetEase’s survival shooter Once Human continues to make a significant and surprising splash in the multiplayer gaming world, as this weekend has seen player headcount continue to climb, hitting a new all-time peak of over 173K this past Friday and a slow rise in positive user review sentiment to about 63% following Starry Studio’s response […]

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Embers Adrift goes on sale with its weekend Summer...

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2024/07/13

Embers Adrift hopes that you are warming up to this hardcore PvE MMO because its first-ever Summer Celebration is in full swing for this weekend, with another one coming August 16th through the 18th. The Summer Celebration involves a welcome party, special GM events in various zones, a PvP tournament, and other social activities (hide-and-seek, […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways you can prepare for the...

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2024/07/13

With brand-new legendary servers coming soon to Lord of the Rings Online, the allure of a fresh start, lower lag, and the Ringwraith ruleset may pull in many old, new, and returning players. Considering that this is the first new server (more or less) since 2021, I think it should prove to be a significant […]

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Kickstarted VR MMO Zenith officially goes into...

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2024/07/13

It’s the end of the road for Zenith, more or less, as its small indie team announced that the virtual reality MMO is going into maintenance mode going forward. This comes as little surprise, as the studio admitted that the game was running at a loss at the start of this year. Even the launch […]

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WRUP: A list of places where I have not kissed David...

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2024/07/13

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about the oldest albums we owned.

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The Daily Grind: What’s an underrated MMORPG that...

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2024/07/13

I find that when people grow bored with their MMOs and start searching around for alternative entertainment, often they’re looking for the less-than-obvious answer. We all know the “Big Four,” but past that is a vast field of potential and quite possibly overlooked and underrated MMOs that could be our next addiction. So let’s help […]

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The Stream Team: Summer sun and fun in AQ3D

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2024/07/12

The heat is really bearing down in Massively OP’s MJ, so she’s going to enjoy cooling off at the beach — even if only virtually. Pointe Less Isle is the place to be in AQ3D, and she’s going to be there. Maybe MJ will even remember to turn in her quests from last summer! Join […]

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Here’s how to access Pantheon’s July beta test for...

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2024/07/12

Pantheon’s big announcement this week – that it’s officially launching into early access in December after years of testing and crowdfunding – was accompanied by plenty of curiosity about the indie game, and if you count yourself among the curious, we can help get you in during the July/August test, courtesy of a code granted […]

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