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EVE Online kicks off its Capsuleer Day anniversary...

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2024/05/02

Happy 21st birthday, EVE Online! You’re old enough to drink now! But before players head to their local package store, perhaps they’ll will want to mark the occasion in-game via the newly released Capsuleer Day events. And then afterwards they can raise up a favorite tipple if it’s legal for them to do so. The […]

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Final Fantasy XIV’s studio and boss are getting a...

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2024/05/02

Apparently, Square-Enix has been doing more than replacing its president, moving its offices, losing money, and blathering about blockchain and gen AI: It’s also rearranging the deck chairs of the SS Yoshida. Now don’t panic; it pretty much looks like just name changes, and not particularly dramatic ones. The Square-Enix studio that is responsible for […]

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Dungeons and Dragons Online is granting you the free...

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2024/05/02

This is too good for a long lead-up, so we’ll cut to the chase: Dungeons and Dragons Online is giving all players an expansion of their choice as part of the Year of the Dragon festivities. All expansions are up for grabs save for the latest (Vecna Unleashed) and won’t include any extra bonuses or […]

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PSA: Elder Scrolls Online is handing out a free house...

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2024/05/02

Friends, ZeniMax is not messing around with Elder Scrolls Online’s 10th anniversary this year. We’ve seen some pretty big gifts already, including the Orsinium and Thieves Guild DLC packs, but the year’s not over yet. In fact, May is jam-packed with great daily rewards simply for logging into the game — including a free house […]

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Final Fantasy XIV checks in with Dawntrail benchmark...

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2024/05/02

As most players of Final Fantasy XIV already know, the benchmark tool for Dawntrail is getting an update to address player complaints about lighting and character model oddities that might be too much to ignore despite things ultimately being OK. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida has checked back in with a follow-up to that work, […]

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The Daily Grind: What challenge in an MMORPG resulted...

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2024/05/02

Hello, my name is Eliot, and back when City of Heroes launched the character I made at launch 20 years ago could not kill a Level 11 Bone Daddy in a very basic mission. My character was badly made, I did not know what I was doing, and I must have died like a dozen […]

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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming digs into the...

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2024/05/01

In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch the gameplay right along with you; instead of you commenting on their adventures, they will comment on yours! Mayday! Er, May day! The Dwarves are digging deep down into the dangers […]

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MapleStory adds a new class and a 19th anniversary...

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2024/05/01

It’s time for MapleStory to mark 19 years of operation by opening Mayple Island. And no, that misspelling isn’t a twisting of the MMO’s own vernacular; it’s a reference to the month of May. Though there’s lots of Maple things happening at Mayple Island as it marks its Mapleversary, and now we think that’s enough […]

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Walmart now has a digital storefront for real-world...

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2024/05/01

Buying things online from Walmart’s website? Like some kind of boomer? That’s so last decade. If you want to take your digital Walmart shopping to the next level, then you fire up Roblox, bring your boxy backside into the Walmart Discovered experience, and buy some real-world items from the digital storefront. We’re living in the […]

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Final Fantasy XIV is adding new logistical data...

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2024/05/01

What if you wanted to log in to a new logistical data center in Europe to play Final Fantasy XIV, but Naoki Yoshida looked upon you and personally said no? The new logistical data center, Shadow, is going to be added to the game’s data center selection following maintenance on May 7th. However, players will […]

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Final Fantasy XIV highlights Fruity Snacks, a player...

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2024/04/21

There’s more to Final Fantasy XIV than just emotionally charged fights against birds with depression, and there’s more to the behind-the-scenes elements of the game than just making it. The most recent entry on the game’s official blog shows off just that by having the community team interview Fruity Snacks, a veteran player whose gameplay […]

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Whatever happened to Wildcard’s pirate-themed sandbox...

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2024/04/20

It might be by design that we’ve collectively forgotten about Atlas, the piratical survival sandbox MMO by Wildcard substudio Grapeshot Games that was at one point meant to offer 40,000-person servers: The last major news that came out of the title was from last June, when it confirmed Season 13’s release. So whatever happened to […]

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Space exploration sandbox Starship Simulator...

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2024/04/20

Getting to command, tinker, fix, explore, decorate, and control your own detailed virtual spaceship looks even more promising with the recent news that FleetYard Studios’ Starship Simulator successfully funded on Kickstarter. The campaign, which concluded this past Friday, raised $497,338 from 5,761 backers to help push it across the finish line. Thanks to the project […]

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The Stream Team: A first foray into Planet Crafter...

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2024/04/20

Massively OP’s MJ definitely loves sandbox games where she can terraform the land somewhat. But what about when the entire premise of a game is terraforming? Of course, she cannot resist! Planet Crafter has added multiplayer functionality, and she can’t wait to test it all out. Tune in live at 2:00 p.m. as Massively OP’s […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back and ahead at LOTRO’s...

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2024/04/20

At the start of Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins famously celebrates his 111th birthday (alongside Frodo’s own 33rd birthday). He looks back at a life well lived but also one that’s developed a terminal case of stagnation and restlessness, largely because of the effects of the One Ring. His farewell birthday party is meant […]

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Tarisland opens a dedicated pre-registration website...

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2024/04/20

Do you wish to pre-order Tarisland on the Windows? No, we’re not making a joke or a typo, that’s what the official dedicated pre-registration website says. It asks you to pre-order on the Windows. So someone skipped a proofreading step, but if you want to pre-register the game for Windows or for mobile devices, that […]

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WRUP: Come to Botulism Dave’s, your one-stop shop for...

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2024/04/20

Hey there, fine folks of What Are You Playing! Do you need shipping containers? Then come on down to Botulism Dave’s, where we’ve got all the shipping containers you could possibly need! Everything from hard-shelled plastic shipping containers to soft paper. We’ve got differently shaped containers for custom goods, we’ve got package fill, we’ve got […]

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The Daily Grind: How important is music to your MMO...

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2024/04/20

It’s hard for me to fathom going anywhere or doing anything without music as part of the background of my life. That’s certainly true for my MMO gaming experiences, where I either pump up that in-game soundtrack or play some of my own tunes while I grind mobs and check off those quest objectives. I […]

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The Stream Team: Answering A Plea from the Woods in...

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2024/04/19

Earth Day is all about focusing on helping the world, and for Massively OP’s MJ, that includes the land of Lore! It’s especially important when giant trees have sentience and can swat her for any negligence. The Voice of the Forest, an ancient tree in Heartwood Forest, has sent out a plea for aid as […]

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Betawatch: World of Warcraft heads for another...

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2024/04/19

Like Oscar Isaac folding his arms and lowering his head with an exasperated sigh, we must report to you that somehow, World of Warcraft testing has returned. If you consider testing for the next expansion to be the equivalent to full beta tests for new games, which I don’t, but it does mean that there […]

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