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EverQuest II devs address everything from hardcore...

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2024/04/12

Back in February, Daybreak’s Darkpaw Games opened up an ask-me-anything thread on the EverQuest II official forums – and now the dev team is actually offering its answers, at least to some of the questions. While players did lob a few softballs – like asking the devs’ favorite expansions and favorite foods and the cheesecake […]

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Diablo IV boss discusses whether season 4 constitutes...

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2024/04/12

If I had a nickel for every time a game dev or a gamer insisted that a patch to a game constituted a whole new game, well I’d be rich enough I wouldn’t need this job anymore. Diablo IV’s Rod Fergusson doesn’t quite do that in his latest interview with IGN, preferring to attribute the […]

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PlayStation players are flooding the Sea of Thieves...

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2024/04/12

Sea of Thieves officially rolled into closed beta on PlayStation 5 early this morning, continuing its forked path far away from the exclusivity it once had. Access to the event, which runs from today through Sunday, is accessible only with a preorder of the game – just under 50 bucks, more for deluxe and premium […]

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WoW Factor: What’s a Mists of Pandaria remix and why...

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2024/04/12

In hindsight, I feel like I was gentler toward Season of Mastery than I should have been. World of Warcraft has turned everything into that. WoW Classic just went all-in on just launching as many limited-time modes as possible to stop the darkness from creeping in, but between Plunderstorm and this newest thing, it’s clear […]

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Star Citizen releases a new launcher and talks about...

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2024/04/12

CIG is certainly not the first MMO to unleash an inordinate amount of fanfare for releasing a new game launcher, but even so, there is a lot of noise being made for the RSI Launcher 2.0’s arrival to Star Citizen to the point that the studio is likening its use to an “adventure.” Overblown or […]

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Blue Protocol JP unveils the Beat Performer class...

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2024/04/12

It’s part bard, part hard rock guitarist, and an all-new class for the Japanese version of Blue Protocol. It’s the Beat Performer, the headline act of the anime MMO’s April 24th update. Like some other MMO bards, the Beat Performer is a long-range magic caster that’s mostly described as a support class with only a […]

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Zenith Infinite Realms rolls out its second season...

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2024/04/12

Yes, that header is not lying to you; the second season of Zenith: Infinite Realms will indeed feature the aurora borealis. At this time of year, in this biome of the game, localized entirely within some of the random fight arenas you move through. And yes, you may see it, but you will be doing […]

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Todd Howard doesn’t see an Elder Scrolls television...

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2024/04/12

So now that everyone loves the Fallout television series (except possibly for John Phillips Fallout, who was literally named to be the lead), the obvious question is whether or not Bethesda is going to go for its other long-running property as a TV show. IGN caught up with Todd Howard at the Fallout premiere event, […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMO dev deserves sainthood for...

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2024/04/12

The other day, Justin and I were joking about the Allan “Orion” Maki interview that turned out to be a massive three-hour affair. Orion has become an icon in the Lord of the Rings Online community because of his apparently insane work ethic and patience for the wackadoos in the playerbase (y’all know who you […]

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The Stream Team: Sunrise, Ravenloft’s finale in...

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2024/04/11

The Abbey finally gets its wine! Now that she’s beaten Baba Lysaga and retrieved the magic gem, Massively OP’s MJ has completed all the steps to obtain wine for the The Abbey of Saint Markovia in DDO. That means she can get in the doors and go for the legendary Sunsword, the hopeful key to […]

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Massively Overthinking: How long should it take MMO...

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2024/04/11

With Throne & Liberty’s latest global underway, I want to point back to something Amazon said about the test for our Massively Overthinking discussion this week. Amazon said it had dropped the level block for the test and would be boosting players so they could “explore the early-mid game, and also begin participating in end-game […]

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Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases ships, city...

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2024/04/11

Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends has dropped its spring newsletter, with a few teases about the future of the game – in some cases, just images really, feelings. We spy what looks like a new droid, a new vehicle, new ships, and more player city structures – new parks and a landing pad, […]

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V Rising teases Dracula, new difficulty modes, and...

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2024/04/11

V Rising is barreling along toward its May 8th launch and 1.0 update with a new landing page that outlines what players can expect – including Dracula. I mean, who else, really. It’s a vampire survivalbox. “Dracula has been biding his time and gathering his power in the depths of the Shadow Realm. His servants […]

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Boxy MMORPG EverCraft Online announces a weekend-long...

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2024/04/11

Last week we first got word of EverCraft Online, a boxy 3-D sandbox MMORPG that aims to be “a demanding, yet rewarding, multiplayer experience.” If its voxel visuals and urge to recreate a rose-tinted genre past have you curious, intrigued, or skeptical, then you might be the sort of person who will want to join […]

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After months of retooling, Evercore Heroes comes back...

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2024/04/11

Back in October 2022, we were all first introduced to Evercore Heroes, an isometric “competitive PvE” title that tasked opposing teams with completing PvE combat objectives as fast as possible. The game began paid closed beta testing last June, but despite it making a strong case for its style of gameplay according to our own […]

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Old School RuneScape unleashes undead pirates on the...

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2024/04/11

The Wilderness zone in Old School RuneScape is already a dangerous place on account of it being a PvP location, but thanks to this week’s patch, things have gotten more dangerous on account of the arrival of undead pirates. This can not be good for property values. The sudden appearance of these zombie scallywags is […]

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Palworld unveils plans to release a PvP arena feature...

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2024/04/11

Yes, you read that headline correctly: The PvE-minded co-operative survivalbox that is Palworld is going to be getting a PvP arena, which will let players face off with their best critter teams in direct combat – and it’s arriving sometime this year. The teaser trailer hitched to the reveal doesn’t provide too much in the […]

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Co-op roguelike 33 Immortals debuts new gameplay...

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2024/04/11

Last June one of the Not So Massively games we highlighted was 33 Immortals, a co-op action roguelike from Canadian developer Thunder Lotus that lets up to 33 players team up to fight their way out of hell in what was described as “a lean, mean distillation of the MMO raid experience.” If that sounded […]

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Roblox walks back statements that children earning...

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2024/04/11

Roblox’s PR department has found itself in the unenviable position of providing cover for some dumb nonsense an executive said at GDC this year. During an interview with Eurogamer, Roblox Studio head Stefano Corazza attempted to argue that earning money from and paying creators a portion of those earnings for games crafted on the platform […]

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Fallout 76 kicks off free-play week in celebration of...

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2024/04/11

Bethsoft knows how to work some transmedia synergy: It’s running a bunch of Fallout 76 promos in conjunction with the premiere of the Fallout TV series this week. For starters, Fallout 76 is kicking off a free-play week right now, starting at noon EDT today and concluding April 18th. “Beginning on April 11 at 12PM […]

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