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NASA teams up with Epic’s Fortnite and Microsoft’s Minecraft to stream the April 8 solar eclipse

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If you somehow don't know about the solar eclipse this coming Monday, then you're probably not in the US since that's all anyone here...

Multiplayer medieval fantasy brawler Warhaven has officially sunsetted

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Pour one out for the medieval warriors who were fighting it up in the fantasy world of Warhaven, including but not limited to Crud...

Classic EverQuest announces two new time-locked progression servers, Teek and Tormax, launching May 22

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It'd be tempting to assume that EverQuest's producer's letter would just mirror EverQuest II's earlier this week, as Darkpaw head of studio Jenn Chan...

The Daily Grind: Are you looking for drama in your MMOs?

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The other day in Lord of the Rings Online chat, the topic of guild drama came up and took one hell of a twist....

Massively Overthinking: Would you pay for a Guild Wars 1 revival?

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WoodenPotatoes had a fun video this past weekend about Classic Guild Wars 1, and I fully admit I clicked on it just to hear...

Stop Killing Games is a modern games preservation initiative prompted by The Crew’s cynical sunset

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The words "game preservation" are holy words here on MOP and in the MMORPG genre beyond, as few gaming communities understand the pain of...

The Daily Grind: Do you play different MMORPGs for different content types?

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A while back on the MOP Podcast, I was waxing on about housing and crafting and player cities in SWG Legends, when Justin asked...
But it's like on your couch.

Age of Water will launch on consoles at the same time its PC early access starts

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Did you just watch the notorious 1995 box office flop Waterworld starring Kevin Costner, read the Wikipedia article confirming that the film did eventually...

1998 MMORPG Tibia announces that it’s opening Oceanic servers – with caveats

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One of the oldest continually operating MMORPGs on the market is embiggening its scope and reach this month. Tibia's devs announced on April 1st...

The Stream Team: Taking a friend along for a ride in the Starship Simulator demo

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MOP's Chris has gotten the keys to his own starship, so naturally he's going to be bringing his best friend out for a joyride!...

Global Chat: What should we be thinking about Guild Wars 3?

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The surprising (and not surprising) news that ArenaNet has the go-ahead from NCsoft to develop Guild Wars 3 sent ripples of interest, confusion, and...

Almost five years after killing Player Studio, Daybreak wants to revive a Creator Program

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It's weird enough to see a Daybreak press release in my inbox, but this one threw me for a loop as it's for a...

Throne & Liberty’s next global beta remains under NDA, tests combat and trading

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We're just a week away from Throne & Liberty's next big global test run, and ahead of the event, Amazon has released a dev...

For Science: EVE Online’s Project Discovery initiative opens signups for mobile testing

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At EVE Fanfest last fall, CCP Games announced that its latest Project Discovery push would essentially set EVE Online players to training AI in...
Dudes

The Daily Grind: Are you waiting on WoW The War Within at this point?

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Unless you've been playing World of Warcraft fairly faithfully during the Dragonflight expansion, you're probably buried in content and objectives if you've tried to...

New World’s Scot Lane talks Summer Game Fest announcement timing and Amazon support

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As we noted this morning, New World's Season of the Guardian is live today - in fact, it was only a few minutes later...

Choose My Adventure: Returning, remembering, and relearning in New World

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Once again for this week's Choose My Adventure, I've found myself coming back to a game I haven't touched in a while - New...
All things go, all things go.

World of Warcraft lead dev asks for opinions on whether to merge two US PvP realms

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If you're a PvPing player in World of Warcraft - specifically someone who's on the Faerlina or Benediction servers - then you'll probably want...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most predictable MMORPG?

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MMORPGs have an impossible problem: If they patch whenever they can - big patches, small patches, whatever is finished and ready to go -...

LOTRO and DDO’s unexpected server outage goes into its third day [Update: They’re up!]

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Update: The servers for both games are now back online. If you're a fan of Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online, no...

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