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Ever the same.

Betawatch: Elyon is planning its next closed beta with an early fall launch

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It seems as if it's taken forever for Elyon to really make much movement over here in the west, but don't worry: It's happening....
Look at me accomplishing very little.

PAX East 2021: Gaming streamers are frontline workers, not mental health experts

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Since PAX East 2021 is virtual again due to that little virus that's been going around for over a year now, it should come...

Massively on the Go: How Jackbox Games helped gamers stay social through COVID

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For some people, Jackbox Games' Party Packs were a COVID lifesaver. While many of us have a lot of virtual connections thanks to our...
Mean elf.

Vague Patch Notes: Hating an MMO isn’t the same as having a personality

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There was a friend I had at one point who had a particularly annoying habit. Whenever I would bring up something obnoxious that was...
Skull go BLORF

The Daily Grind: What’s your least favorite content in an MMO that you still take part in?

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I have a lifelong policy of not being spicy to people who are bad in World of Warcraft PvP because I can hardly blame...
Eat it, eat it, put it in your mouth and eat it.

Massively Overthinking: The curious cycle of MMO refunds, tutorials, and reviews

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MOP reader Steve recently posed us an intriguing question about the state of tutorials in MMOs and other games - and how those tutorials'...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: MMOs with the noisiest fanbases

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In my particular neck of the woods, there are a lot of big fans of the Boston Red Sox. There's also something of a...
Whoops.

WoW Factor: The Blizzard ‘leak’ is probably fake, but it’s still valuable

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So right now it doesn't need to be said that stuff with World of Warcraft is kind of a mess. Shadowlands might have been...

Perfect Ten: The 10 most huggable boss monsters in multiplayer online hunting RPGs

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Have you ever fought a boss monster that didn't feel like it deserved your fatal blows? Sure, it's just a video game, and the...

Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s Burning Crusade entry ditch

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With this year's Burning Crusade Classic, the dynamics of leveling in WoW Classic shifted just as they did originally. Before Burning Crusade came along...
These losers again?

Wisdom of Nym: Looking at lost actions as a key to more job customization in Final Fantasy XIV

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Let's talk a little bit about the Save the Queen content in Final Fantasy XIV, but perhaps not in the way you might be...

Hands-on with Monster Hunter Stories 2: Teasing out the multiplayer content

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So Monster Hunter Stories 2 is out in the wild now, and to be honest, the demo does the game no justice for MH fans, and...

Fight or Kite: Crowfall’s launch is a struggle, but I’m ready to play

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It’s been just under a week since Crowfall officially launched, and the game’s more alive than ever before. It’s been what has felt like...

Global Chat: Exuberant over SWTOR’s combat styles

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The recent announcement of this fall's Legacy of the Sith expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic has (as expansion announcements tend to do)...

One Shots: Fight for your right to party

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When a Star Wars: The Old Republic player wants to party -- and with an expansion on the way, it's as good an excuse...
It could be one. You don't know.

The Daily Grind: How do you style your characters in MMOs?

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Not every game has housing, usually for bad reasons. But the vast majority of games at this point do allow you to design your...

Four Winds: MassivelyOP’s guide to getting started in Swords of Legends Online

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It's a strange trend whenever new MMOs launch that there's a deluge of tutorial videos on a bunch of topics but a shortage of...
Yes please.

Betawatch: Launchapalooza

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After last week's rather dismal opening, it's nice to know that this week we get to celebrate two games leaving our list because they've...

Lawful Neutral: Defining toxicity in the MMO industry

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One of my earliest memories from World of Warcraft isn't really a positive one. It was in back in the Wrath days. My guild...
Sort of?

The Game Archaeologist: Why 2008 was one of the wildest years for MMORPGs

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In the relatively short history of MMORPGs so far, there have been a few years that I would say were watershed moments for the...

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