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The Daily Grind: Which two MMORPGs would you love to...

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2025/12/21

Once upon a time, some well-intentioned person realized that you could pair chocolate with peanut butter. It was so crazy that it just might work. And that person’s name was Reese “Piece” McCup. No part of that story is true aside from the fact that peanut butter and chocolate are delicious together, but they’re hardly […]

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Star Wars The Old Republic plots new galactic...

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2025/12/21

What lies ahead for the new year in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Seasons and story is the short answer, but the latest executive producer’s letter grants a few more details beyond just that – namely, some launch windows for when these features will arrive. Obviously galactic seasons will roll on, with Season 10 arriving […]

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EverQuest Online Adventures rogue server Sandstorm...

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2025/12/20

Just because an MMORPG is technically dead doesn’t mean that it can’t throw a spectacular Christmas celebration! The EverQuest Online Adventures rogue server Sandstorm is bringing back this year’s Frostfell event with a siege to end all sieges, XP boosts, and a special merchant from now through January 3rd. “A chilling disturbance has settled upon […]

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Pantheon outlines 2026 crafting and gathering revamp...

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2025/12/20

Do you think of crafting and gathering as part of combat? Well, Pantheon says they are, so that’s the next subject up for discussion as the preview of 2026 content rolls on. All right, fine, it’s combat and progression, but the joke doesn’t work that way. And there is some overlap with combat progression, as gathering and […]

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The Stream Team: Probing Planet Crafter’s alien paradise

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2025/12/20

Massively OP’s MJ was already impressed by the ruins she found after unlocking the alien door in Planet Crafter. But the next step in the adventure was a doozy! When she took the keys and followed the clues from there, MJ was blown away by the picturesque paradise hidden in the cliffs. Now she’s gathered […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at Lord of the Rings...

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2025/12/20

How will the history books judge Lord of the Rings Online’s development and operation in 2025? Well, I suppose I’m writing one history book right here, and I have to pronounce this year as… weird. It wasn’t the best year for the game but far from the worst. The biggest theme we saw was Standing […]

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MassivelyOP’s 2025 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder

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2025/12/20

Welcome back to MassivelyOP’s annual MMORPG awards for 2025! Today’s award is for the Biggest MMO Blunder, which was awarded to New World Aeternum’s messy marketing last year. This award isn’t exactly fun, but it’s important accountability and a complement to the praise in our other awards. We believe identifying where the industry went wrong […]

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WRUP: Welcome to the FLESH ZONE edition

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2025/12/20

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about unrealistic games-related Christmas gifts we want.

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The Daily Grind: Do you ever choose to play MMOs slowly?

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2025/12/20

Are you sick of the constant rat race to hit the level cap, keep up with other players, and stay on top of all of the new content that developers continue to fling in your face? I know I hit that limit a while back and made the decision that I was going to play […]

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The Stream Team: Catching more Cloudheim chickens…...

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2025/12/20

Previously, Massively OP’s MJ got a taste of Cloudheim through its demo. It certainly showed promise. And now she’s got the whole shebang to explore! This turtle-based (it’s literally set on a flying turtle) title has launched its early access, allowing MJ to advance further in the adventures. And catch more chickens, which is obviously […]

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Betawatch: Somehow, Legends of Aria returned

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2025/12/20

After multiple failed versions that shut down, including a pivot to blockchain that never actually launched as a playable game at all, somehow Legends of Aria has returned once again. We cut to live reactions to this news. This time it’s a buy-to-play version with an eye toward private servers, which does probably feel closer to the […]

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Pax Dei’s Yule events are underway along with a story...

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2025/12/19

Pax Dei is not a temporary MMO; it fully launched this year. But its winter event is temporary, like that time we moved into a new house over Christmas, had no time to put up a tree, and had to sit on our floor to open presents! No, actually, by temporary, the devs mean limited-time […]

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Odin Valhalla Rising offers a preview of 2026 as its...

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2025/12/19

You might expect from the festive borders that the latest dispatch from the Odin Valhalla Rising team at Kakao would be focused on holiday events, but no, it’s all about previewing what is coming next year. And what’s coming is a lot of new classes. The Bard (derived from the Priest) and the Thunderbringer (derived from […]

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Palworld’s Home Sweet Home adds building...

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2025/12/19

If you’re anything like me, your Palworld base is a barely functional sprawl of chaos with a few buildings to dress things up. Ideally, those bases can now be a slightly more presentable sprawl of chaos thanks to the newly added Home Sweet Home update, which brings some new features and improvements to the early […]

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Guild Wars Reforged gets a hardcore mode, Guild Wars...

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2025/12/19

Still waiting to hear whether we’re getting a new Guild Wars 2 expansion next year and what it might look like? Keep waiting: The “holiday studio update” from the team doesn’t confirm anything on that front. In the memo, game director Josh “Grouch” Davis reiterates how well Visions of Eternity is going, albeit in his usual […]

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Equinox Homecoming rolls out a festive holiday...

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2025/12/19

Down with honse, up with… reindeer? Well, maybe just for the Christmas season, Equinox Homecoming! Yes, the tiny indie horse mystery MMO has officially patched winter festivities into Alderwood, complete with a paid bundle that makes your horse “the perfect holiday” steed – i.e., gives it antlers, a red nose, and a themed saddle. Expect […]

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The Stream Team: Continuing Combat Evolved...

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2025/12/19

MOP’s Chris and bestie Britarnya are back for another weekly run through Halo: The Master Chief Collection together. Last time, our intrepid Spartans were headed to an island to stop the evil Covenant from capturing the ring world as a weapon. What awaits them? Well, old salts know, but our plucky shooter fan will continue […]

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Blizzard’s ‘yearbook’ says over 51 million people...

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2025/12/19

Leave it to Blizzard to wrap up a wild-and-wooly 2025 with a digital yearbook, of all things. It’s actually a pretty clever way to wrap up the year and shine a spotlight on the studio’s various games, from Hearthstone to Overwatch 2 to Diablo IV to (of course) World of Warcraft. Amid a lot of […]

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Dune Awakening goes over Chapter 3’s updates to...

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2025/12/19

Are you ready for a Dune Awakening livestream about its upcoming Chapter 3 update that’s been chopped up into four separate videos? Then brace your sweet bippy because that’s just what we’ve got lined up. Or you could just read our summaries if you can’t devote your time to a small playlist of YouTube content; […]

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Stars Reach shows skill and species progress, talks...

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2025/12/19

In the latest dev vid for Stars Reach, Raph Koster is present in a Santa hat, bringing gifts by way of “leaks” for what’s currently being worked on behind the scenes. “As we’ve mentioned on the roadmap, we have been working toward essentially an entire newbie town and planet,” Koster says. It’s called Haven (you […]

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