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Make My MMO: Kickstarted Ashes of Creation hits early...

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2025/12/14

Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP’s long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and older games long past their fundraising. Well, the mad lads and ladies at Intrepid Studios did the thing: They officially put Ashes of Creation, one of the highest-profile Kickstarted MMORPGs ever, […]

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BitCraft Online brings wintry decorations, snow, and...

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2025/12/13

Technically speaking, we’re only just starting the winter season, but what are calendars to MMORPGs other than vague suggestions – as well as rationale to hold seasonal events? So it goes with early access sandbox MMO BitCraft Online, which has introduced some frosty feelings in its Midwinter Begins update. The new patch has introduced snow […]

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Sea of Thieves brings a dangerous new foe, new...

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2025/12/13

It’s time for an all-new season in Sea of Thieves, and we hope you like your sailing adventures extra spicy because this season is encouraging players to head back to the volcanic Devil’s Roar area to take up new pillaging opportunities as well as face off against some deadly sounding new foes. The primary driver […]

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The Stream Team: An alien door and more to explore in...

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2025/12/13

While distracted by fish and scavenging ships, Massively OP’s MJ forgot to go back and explore the big alien door she discovered. Then, right at the end of her last adventure, she blew open a wall and discovered a really cool and colorful hidden biome. Obviously she needs to explore these areas! What knowledge — […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: Where should LOTRO visit after Umbar?

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2025/12/13

Lord of the Rings Online’s latest expansion, Kingdoms of Harad, launched last week with the intention of taking players through the conclusion of the Songs of Waves and Wind epic story. It’s been a captivating few years down in the southern regions of Middle-earth where Sauron is an afterthought but Morgoth still a real threat […]

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Guild Wars 2 fans lament the passing of actor Jim...

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2025/12/13

The Guild Wars 2 dev team and community are in mourning this week, as voice actor Jim Ward, who played as the character Tybalt Leftpaw, has passed away at age 66. News was first shared by radio host Stephanie Miller, who had Ward on a co-host for multiple years, though his primary job was bringing […]

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WRUP: A kitty memorial edition

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2025/12/13

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about new games (not necessarily MMOs) that we're personally looking forward to playing when they launch in 2026.

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The Daily Grind: Should MMOs include hyperlinked...

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2025/12/13

This fall I’ve been easing back into playing some CRPGs on the side as a palate cleanser for MMORPGs. And I was struck by one really handy feature in many modern CRPGs that would make a great addition to MMOs, which is how dialogue screens offer the occasional hyperlinked proper noun or slang that would […]

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The Stream Team: Facing new frozen foes in...

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2025/12/13

Sometimes when the weather is bad, you just want to beat the snow and ice into submission (to make up for all the times it beats you!). Thanks to the new challenge, AQ3D is giving Massively OP’s MJ the chance to release some of that pent-up winter fury on a new frozen foe: Frostscythe. And […]

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Betwatch: Past Fate’s last open testing, Ashes of...

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2025/12/13

It’s the final… well, open test before early access for Past Fate. It is not the final countdown, not really. It is adjacent to the final countdown. It is also not the final time I will refer to the game as “Paste Fat” because it’s right there. That’s not really an insult, that’s just me having Problems. […]

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Magic The Gathering Online releases new sets,...

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2025/12/12

It’s been effectively a year since we last checked in on Magic: The Gathering Online, and while updates to the digital CCG over the last several months could effectively be boiled down to “more stuff was added,” things are a little bit more granular than that, so let’s run through some of the bigger highlights, […]

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‘Fake massively multiplayer offline roleplaying game’...

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2025/12/12

This past September we first caught word of Soloria, a self-described “fake massively multiplayer offline roleplaying game” from Skylark Studios, which is headed by former Dungeons & Dragons Online dev Tonquin. The game promises a “perfect replica of an MMORPG” without any of the online features (and thereby no need for an internet connection) while […]

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Black Desert starts new guild league season on PC,...

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2025/12/12

This week in Black Desert is a little bit jumbled around across the sandbox’s three versions. With the year ending and the way this year has been, perhaps that shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, but regardless we’re once again raking in all of the updates fit to print for the game. Let’s […]

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Pax Dei releases Verse 5, bringing land ownership...

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2025/12/12

Hey, you! How would you like to own your own slice of murder fields? Isn’t that the Pax Dei dream, after all? Well, dream no more, friend, because the Verse 5: Battle for Lyonesse update is now live with the much-disseminated sovereignty feature that lets guilds own portions of the Lyonesse PvP zone. Yep, it’s […]

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Final Fantasy XIV posts its preliminary patch notes...

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2025/12/12

It’s just about time to head into the mist in Final Fantasy XIV. No, that doesn’t mean the town of Silent Hill; it means the latest update, whose preliminary patch notes are now up along with one last batch of screenshots. And if you’ve been paying attention to the various patch previews, there will be few […]

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The Stream Team: Another round of co-op rank climbing...

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2025/12/12

The next update to Monster Hunter Wilds continues to loom closer, and MOP’s Chris is once again seeking to help his best friend Britarnya climb up the hunter ranks in the hopes of joining in for some of the more recent and upcoming additions. Either way, today’s stream at 2:00 p.m. EST promises plenty of […]

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Where Winds Meet opens a new desert region, adds new...

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2025/12/12

If you’re looking for more out of Where Winds Meet, then yesterday has been the start of a very good week for you because Version 1.1: Timeless Bonds released, bringing a new region, new challenges, and some new events to the Wuxia MMO-like – as well as its official release on mobile. That’s right, the […]

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Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2025...

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2025/12/12

I meant to put this piece together back in October, but it’s actually happening toward the end of November, and it turns out to be a good thing, as so much has happened just in the last few weeks that I’d have had to write it over again anyway! Later on this awards season, we’ll […]

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Path of Exile 2 brings the Druid class, latest...

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2025/12/12

Today is the day when fans of early access OARPG Path of Exile 2 can bear arms. And flap wings. And bite foes. That’s because the Last of the Druids patch is going live today, December 12th, bringing the eponymous Druid class, another league, and a variety of item updates just as promised. Naturally the […]

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Four Winds: So who exactly is Blue Protocol Star...

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2025/12/12

I know I was pretty tough on Blue Protocol: Star Resonance on the last edition of Four Winds. I really do feel bad about being so harsh on it. Considering how I play both Black Desert Online and Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, I’m no stranger to the even meaner things folks have said about those […]

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