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Massively on the Go: 10 Pokemon Go Mega Pokemon to...

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2024/03/21

Roughly two years ago, Pokemon GO’s Mega Evolution system got its third reworking, which was a major reason I made our list of pokemon to invest in, both present (now past) and future (our present). Since then, we’ve seen not only the release of some of the predicted “future” investments but unforeseeable upgrades to them, primarily Primal […]

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Pantheon calls first season an ‘overwhelming...

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2024/03/21

Whatever your feelings might be about the Season 1 test build of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen from a visual standpoint, Visionary Realms is calling it a huge success from a development standpoint, with this month’s newsletter calling this new testing style a win for the studio, with lots of new players arriving and many […]

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ArcheAge 2 has been delayed (again), now to some...

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2024/03/21

Our eyes must have glazed over the Q4 2023 investor report from Kakao when it dropped a few weeks ago, but it contained some big – and unfortunate – MMORPG industry news that we just have to dredge up: ArcheAge 2 has apparently been delayed yet again. This isn’t the first delay for the Jake […]

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Gaijin’s ocean adventure MMO Age of Water sets sail...

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2024/03/21

Gaijin’s seafaring MMO Age of Water has an official early access launch date: April 18th. We’ve had our eye on the game since its first reveal all the way back in 2020; it entered closed beta last year with plans to hit early access in early 2024, which is… now. We chatted with the devs […]

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Fight or Kite: Is Epic’s MOBA Paragon just too easy...

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2024/03/21

This past week we got some news regarding Predecessor, a new MOBA game on the way. At first blush, it looks like many other third-person over-the-shoulder MOBAs that have released recently, though few have reached the lofty heights of games like League of Legends and SMITE (despite my aversion to the latter). Still, there was […]

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Diablo Immortal’s 2024 roadmap promises new class,...

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2024/03/21

What does the road ahead look like for Diablo Immortal? Why don’t you read a map, pal? A roadmap. Here, we’ll even give you one. You know how to read maps, right? Of course you do; this one is pretty straightforward and covers the entire year’s worth of content plans for the ARPG. Highlights in […]

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Vague Patch Notes: Why in the world do you want the...

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2024/03/21

Let’s make something clear right up front: If you came into this column eager to head for the comments section to say, “Well, I don’t want a Riot MMO,” this is already not about you. Yes, you’re very clever, but the general “you” is a well-established rhetorical device in the English language. When I see […]

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Eternal Tombs, the MMO with live GMs, preps for its...

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2024/03/21

In less than two weeks, Eternal Tombs will be hosting its first publicly accessible playtest — and Triune Studios wants to set proper expectations for the start of closed beta testing. “First off, we will begin testing with the starting zones of Southmir, Woodland Commons and Tradeport,” the studio said. “This is the primary hub […]

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Chrono Odyssey debuts a splashy new in-engine trailer...

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2024/03/21

It’s been a long time since we’ve heard any major announcements out of Chrono Odyssey, the developing open world fantasy MMORPG from Npixel that was first announced in 2020 and hinges on the use of time stopping mechanics in its combat; the studio has mostly been offering drips and drabs about its mechanics and cross-platform […]

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Blizzard is massively revamping Diablo IV’s...

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2024/03/21

If you had two hours to spare last night, then hopefully you spent it on something more fun than watching video game streams, but if you’re a Diablo fan, then there’s a good chance you spent it watching Blizzard’s huge Diablo IV Campfire Chat. The game’s subreddit is already calling it a “massive win” for […]

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The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World sells a monster 25M...

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2024/03/17

Capcom’s Monster Hunter World is a force of nature unto itself, with the boss-slaying game topping 25 million units sold and setting a record high for the franchise. This news comes alongside the spring update with the Vernal Invader event and six-month anniversary events in Monster Hunter Now. And this is just the beginning of the rest […]

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The Stream Team: Celebrating Hatching-tide and Little...

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2024/03/17

This year, Final Fantasy XIV has decided to blend together its spring festivals into one, so that means MOP’s Chris and his friends get double the festival at once! And there’s also a slightly terrifying mount to get as well. Join him at 2:00 p.m. EDT as the Hatching-tide and Little Ladies Day season begins! […]

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Whatever happened to Torchlight III aka Torchlight...

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2024/03/17

The other day we were reminiscing about the beloved Torchlight franchise in the MassivelyOP office and ended up wondering what happened to its third installment. You know, the one we used to cover fairly frequently until all of the sudden we didn’t because it morphed into a non-MMO and nothing was going on with it. […]

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Helldivers 2 players share sightings of mysterious...

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2024/03/17

The playerbase of Helldivers 2 is sharing some interesting and terrifying new reveals from the shooter’s various battlefronts, and this time it’s not just about attacks from flying Terminids. Multiple people on Reddit and Twitch are sharing footage of some random blue lasers that are menacing players mid-mission from seemingly out of nowhere. The game’s […]

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One Shots: Murderhobo and the Moon

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2024/03/17

Do you ever wonder what the last thing you’ll ever see in this world before you bite the big one? I just hope it’s not our headlining picture because I’d rather not die shortly after wetting my pants. This one comes from the ominously named The Lurker, who says, “I have been playing Nightingale a […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite...

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2024/03/17

It can be hard to judge what quite constitutes an underappreciated MMORPG in any given context. It’s easy to say that you feel like your favorite game is underappreciated, but if that game is one of the Big Five, I think it’s probably plenty appreciated. EverQuest is not underappreciated. But there are a lot of […]

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Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained and Star Citizen eye...

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2024/03/17

It’s been a fairly dramatic couple of weeks for crowdfunded MMOs! Top of the pile is surely the fact that Kickstarted MMORPG Camelot Unchained has awakened from its slumber of the past few years: The studio, now calling itself Unchained Games, released its spinoff title Final Stand Ragnarok into early access just this past week, […]

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World of Warcraft previews a dozen new War Within...

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2024/03/16

Even though World of Warcraft’s next expansion is still many months away, the theorycrafting is already underway thanks to the ongoing reveals of The War Within’s new hero talent trees. This past week, Blizzard released an overview of the “evergreen” character progression system and a dozen additional talent trees for many of the classes. There’s […]

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Palworld previews a new raid boss coming with its...

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2024/03/16

Palworld already has boss monsters you can fight in the field as well as boss fights in certain towers, but the survival sandbox’s next update is going to be specifically bringing in a raid boss for players to take on, complete with a dramatic entrance to match. Developer Pocketpair is a bit thin on details […]

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RIFT expedites server transfers while extending the...

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2024/03/16

The great RIFT server merge of 2024 looms on the imminent horizon as Gamigo continues to shepherd players off of the soon-to-be-closed realms. To aid in this migration, the studio said that it’s lifted the max character limit for transfers “temporarily,” which should allow for the preservation of entire rosters. There is a caveat to […]

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