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Cryptic CEO says Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and...

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2024/03/01

If you’ve been worried about the future of Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, or Champions Online recently… well, who can blame you? It’s been a weird time for the games with Embracer in flames, Gearbox about to be sold off, and Cryptic being shunted off to a tiny European branch of the company. This is why […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you kept installed...

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2024/03/01

A few weeks back, I asked y’all about the MMOs that have a permanent place on your device, the ones you’ll never uninstall. I even showed a pic of my little list of permanently installed games and poked fun at myself for even keeping some MMOs I haven’t played in years but just can’t bear […]

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The Stream Team: Paws and Peril and DDO’s 18th...

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2024/03/01

One thing Massively OP’s MJ has been very interested in since its release last December is DDO’s Paws and Peril. How could she not love a quest called Catastrophe involving kitties and dragons? And what better time to indulge than for the game’s 18th birthday celebration? Join us live at 8:00 p.m. for this Leap […]

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Massively Overthinking: Always-online vs. offline...

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2024/03/01

The Nightingale team’s admission that players are clamoring for an offline version of the game – and that Inflexion is now planning to do it much sooner than anticipated – has left me a bit bewildered about where I stand on the topic. Nightingale actually began as an MMO in its original design and had […]

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Vindictus pits players against a vampire gardener...

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2024/02/29

After taking a brutal and unexpected axe to all of its PvP systems earlier this year, Vindictus is looking to shore up that self-inflicted wound with more content. Some of this healing comes in the form of this week’s Dead of Night update that added a new raid against a vampire boss. This raid takes […]

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Old School RuneScape shares additional details of...

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2024/02/29

The Wilderness zone of Old School RuneScape is looking to get a little more wild and smell a lot more like zombies and sea salt. That might sound like an awful combination on the face of it, but it’s apparently what players of the MMORPG are looking forward to according to Jagex, so they’ve taken […]

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Mortal Online 2 tweaks when players can sub to the...

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2024/02/29

Mortal Online 2 studio StarVault is smooshing around its sub and – if we’re reading it right – sweetening the deal by offering players the chance to pay it money. That’s not a joke! Apparently, there was no way to sub during various free promos. Now there is. And as a bonus, SV is adding […]

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Runes of Magic celebrates 15 years with ‘festive...

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2024/02/29

Happy 15th birthday, Runes of Magic! Runewaker’s Gameforge-published MMORPG is hosting a party for its players to mark the western version’s new milestone by launching an all-new minigame for players to enjoy. And what could celebrate 15 years of operation better than “festive artillery”? You read that right: Players are invited to speak with one […]

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Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Sinnoh Tour turned...

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2024/02/29

Both the Pokemon GO’s Sinnoh Tour LA Tour and now the Global Tour have both ended, and while there are good points to be had for both events, overall, the Hoenn Tours were more impactful, even if they were low in value. I’m not one to normally give praise for the sake of giving praise, […]

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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen marks progress on pet...

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2024/02/29

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen appears to be trying to exude a renewed sense of vim and vigor in the February producer’s letter, which gets right past the preamble and outlines several lines’ worth of progress updates made to the MMORPG as it opens its current season to additional backer tiers. Updates applied to the […]

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10-year-old Camelot Unchained is launching ‘late next...

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2024/02/29

So, remember Camelot Unchained? The throwback sandbox MMORPG that was Kickstarted way back in 2013, hit beta in 2018, then added a second game to its repertoire all while stiffing some of its angriest backers on refunds? Well, the plot thickens this week as the Mark Jacobs-led studio behind the whole ordeal, City State Entertainment, […]

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Elite Dangerous shares initial details of the...

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2024/02/29

The beginning of February saw Elite Dangerous announce something it hasn’t done in literal years: plans for “at least” four new ships, the first of which being the Python Mk II. Naturally, players have been eager to learn more since that revelation, and they got some of that sweet, sweet info drip during Frontier Developments’ […]

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Massively Uplifting: Dragon Con and The Game Awards...

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2024/02/29

It is not uncommon to spend the beginning of a year reflecting back on the old while looking forward to the new. That’s something I have been doing since the dawn of 2024. There are changes I want to see in myself – and changes I want to see in the world. In light of […]

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Elder Scrolls Online is giving away the Orsinium DLC...

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2024/02/29

Hey, kid, want some free stuff? No, it’s not candy – but it’s free DLC for Elder Scrolls Online. ZeniMax Online Studios is giving away the Orsinium DLC for free this month as part of its full year of 10th anniversary festivities. All you have to do is log in. Twice. “The Elder Scrolls Online’s […]

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Vague Patch Notes: The day I deleted a character in...

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2024/02/29

Today, I’d like to tell you about how your characters in MMOs aren’t real, and you know that, but I want you to think about it anyway. In order to tell you about that, I’m going to tell you about the time I deleted my main in Final Fantasy XI. But in order to tell […]

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New World devs on PTR testing, Slayer Script,...

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2024/02/29

New World’s upcoming Season of the Guardian is already in the hands of players in the MMO’s public test realm, and feedback has been coming in fast and thick, so naturally those conversations are the main topic if the game’s latest Forged in Aeternum video as a couple of the devs discuss PTR matters. First, […]

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Dungeons and Dragons Online celebrates 18th...

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2024/02/29

The 18th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons Online hath arrived, and Standing Stone Games isn’t taking this lightly — especially during the Year of the Dragon. In fact, the studio is handing out free Dragon Lord archetypes to all players over the next month, with VIPs able to access it for free afterward as well. […]

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Star Citizen’s CIG admits to rumored layoffs, blaming...

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2024/02/29

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been reporting on an apparent wave of layoffs at Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games, starting first with the sandbox’s game director followed by revelations of other lead devs being handed pink slips. CIG has now finally elected to issue a statement to GIbiz, officially confirming what most […]

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Daybreak’s EverQuest-themed Fippyfest fan event will...

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2024/02/29

Last week, when Daybreak announced it’s planning a live/digital EverQuest community event called Fippyfest in June, the studio said it’d be opening ticket sales on February 28th. We somehow didn’t imagine it meant at 9 p.m. EST on February 28th, but that is indeed what happened. While the show will be free to watch for […]

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EA lays off nearly 700 workers to ‘deliver the...

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2024/02/29

If your friends decided to jump off a bridge lay off hundreds of the very workers who made their products, would you do it too? Apparently EA would, as it’s adding to the ongoing games industry carnage by laying off 5% of its workforce – 670 employees. EA CEO Andrew Wilson characterizes the layoffs as […]

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