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Pantheon explains the changes coming to NPC claiming,...

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2025/12/12

Has the firehose of Pantheon preview content been shut off? No. Obviously not; you can read headlines. The latest previews are covering how NPC claims and spawns as well as the experience curve will be changing in 2026, which has some pretty big implications when combined with the already revealed changes to difficulty and upcoming previews […]

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Warframe of Mind: The Old Peace is a solid entry if...

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2025/12/12

So here we are, at the end of the year, and Warframe has finally brought us The Old Peace. And I think this update was always doomed a little bit because it’s neither Tau nor 1999. Let me explain a little. Tau itself is something that Warframe has built up as a potential eventual destination as long […]

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Fractured Conquest is the new title replacing...

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2025/12/12

It was earlier this year that Kickstarted sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online got taken largely offline, again, this time with new ownership, meaning fans of the game have been waiting for some time to find out what will become of the game. And at long last, new owner Happy Cauldron Games has been released detailing what […]

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Diablo IV’s April expansion, Lord of Hatred brings...

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2025/12/12

In case you missed it at The Game Awards last night, Blizzard revealed the second expansion for Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred. By all accounts, this looks to be even bigger and wilder than the first (which you’ll get when you buy this one, by the way). Coming on April 28th, 2026, Lord of Hatred […]

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According to court filings, Daybreak is now chasing...

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2025/12/12

Over the course of 2025, we’ve been covering the wild story of Daybreak pursuing a profit-seeking EverQuest emulator, The Heroes Journey, in court, accusing it of making serious money (as much as $100K a month) on the studio’s copyrighted IP, effectively starving the incomes of the original EverQuest franchise, which is still alive and well. […]

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Ashes of Creation garners a mixed reaction and strong...

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2025/12/12

In what’s already been a crazy packed month of MMO releases, Ashes of Creation made a bid for operational legitimacy by launching into early access yesterday afternoon. Almost immediately, it was a clusterfudge on the technical side, with many players expressing frustration at not being able to get into the PvPvE sandbox title, access the […]

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The Daily Grind: Do you prefer to make your...

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2025/12/12

Within any MMORPG, you arguably have two different options for how to dress up your character. The first is to give your character an outfit that strikes you as extremely neat and generally badass, the sort of outfit that would be instantly iconic if you saw the character on a poster for an upcoming film. […]

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The Game Awards 2025: Guild Wars 2, Soulframe, Diablo...

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2025/12/12

Tonight’s Geoff Keighley extravaganza, The Game Awards as broadcast from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, will indeed have game awards, though very likely not much our readers will care about. Notably, best “ongoing” game (bizarre) at least has Final Fantasy XIV and No Man’s Sky nominated alongside Fortnite, Helldivers 2, and Marvel Rivals. The same group, minus […]

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Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO...

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2025/12/12

Those of you newer to MOP might not know that I spend all year slowly amassing a long list of wild things MMO devs say, specifically for this annual Massively Overthinking, when we pull them back out to roast, cheer for, or lament. And now, the article has arrived! I’ve asked our writers to join […]

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Gamigo built out a new Trove community club world...

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2025/12/11

RIFT isn’t the only Gamigo MMORPG embarking on Christmas celebrations this week: Trove is likewise donning its Santa hat for some fun, though this year, it’s coming in waves. The first festivity is a new themed community club world that includes themed deco and daily quests through a seasonal community event called Tales from the […]

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Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest update lets you...

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2025/12/11

They say that crime doesn’t pay, but if GTA Online lets you get yourself a really huge mansion up in the hills based entirely on doing crimes, what does that tell you about that aphorism? That’s right, nothing but good things. The newest update introduces three options for players to build a luxury estate overlooking Los […]

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Throne and Liberty’s Startree Solstice holiday event...

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2025/12/11

What do pets battling in a snowball-flinging arena and the chance at fishing up a catch worth millions of sollant have to do with the holidays? Well, if the word “sollant” wasn’t clue enough, that’s part of what’s available in Throne and Liberty this week, as the MMORPG’s Startree Solstice is now available with this […]

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Surprise, EverQuest II’s Rage of Cthurath expansion...

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2025/12/11

When EverQuest II launched its Rage of Cthurath expansion yesterday, we covered the basics – but as a clever MOP reader quickly pointed out, Daybreak had a few undisclosed bits in the update. The marketplace had an item called Conqueror’s Campaign: Rage of Cthurath, which wasn’t explained and earned the irritation of some players who’d […]

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RIFTmas emerges with 12 days of free gifts and the...

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2025/12/11

Speaking of cozy MMOs perfect for some holiday visitation, RIFT is still plugging along and has a surprising amount of Christmas cheer to share with its playerbase this year. “It is time to be JOLLY!” boomed the RIFT dev team. Gamigo announced that “RIFTmas” is back with 12 days of daily surprise gifts and raffles. […]

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Lost Ark readies another series of progression...

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2025/12/11

Next week is going to be all about more character progression tweaks and the festive season in Lost Ark on Wednesday, December 17th, when the game’s next content patch goes live with… well, both of those things. That’s mostly what’s happening in December. Specifically, there will be multiple character progress adjustments including solo mode versions […]

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Star Citizen’s festive Luminalia event brings free...

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2025/12/11

Who’s ready to play sci-fi Santa Claus in Star Citizen? Then fire up your favorite space-faring sleigh and hop into this year’s Luminalia event, which will feature the opportunity for players to take on missions that involve delivering presents, among other things. That’s right, this year’s event will introduce seasonal courier missions that will be […]

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Final Fantasy XIV brings its Starlight Celebration...

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2025/12/11

The cold months are exactly the right time to have a nice hot mug of your preferred winter beverage, ranging from hot chocolate to warm cider, and Final Fantasy XIV’s latest Starlight Celebration event realizes this is important. The new event will give you not just an emote to both take a little sip from a […]

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Amazon’s King of Meat devs face layoffs following the...

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2025/12/11

Ever since King of Meat, the co-op party platforming game from Amazon-owned studio Glowmade arrived to gamers this past October, it’s been bad news all around to the point that developers at the studio are facing layoffs following what they’re calling a “disastrous launch.” According to anonymous insider sources, leaders at Glowmade were expecting King […]

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Vague Patch Notes: Why do some open PvP MMOs succeed...

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2025/12/11

So if you’re one of the folks out there who are content in the knowledge that open PvP MMOs are inevitably going to fail, I humbly suggest that Albion Online must be really frustrating for you. It is a steadily successful and well-received game that boasts a large number of players and a pretty active […]

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Kickstarter MMORPG Ashes of Creation makes its early...

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2025/12/11

Eight and a half years: That’s how long it’s been since Intrepid Studios took MMORPG Ashes of Creation to Kickstarter and pulled in a record-setting 3,270,000 dollarbux from gamers to fund its development. It’s obviously been a long run, and through it, Ashes has managed to emerge from the typical Kickstarter MMO controversies having gathered […]

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