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Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Business Model

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Business Model, which we could not reach a staff consensus on...
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Vague Patch Notes: The verbs of MMOs

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Even if you don't like crafting, you should care if your MMO of choice has meaningful crafting. And you should especially care if it...
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Black Desert starts pre-creation for Nova and the winter season

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The latest patch for Black Desert is all about pre-creation. Do you want to create your Nova character now ahead of the full class...
We were born to run.

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs did you personally have the most fun with in 2020?

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I had a lot of fun with Final Fantasy XIV this year. This is not in and of itself unusual; I usually have a lot of...
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Defiance and Defiance 2050 celebrate the holidays while offering server compensation

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Ho-ho-hopefully you like fighting the Volge in Defiance and Defiance 2050 because that's the game's Christmas event this year. Yes, running until January 11th, both games...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Disappointment of 2020

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Disappointment of 2020, which was awarded jointly to the cancellation of...
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End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2020

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Here's a fun question for you: What's the difference between the biggest surprises of a year and the biggest stories of the year? The answer,...
Other glows.

Free character transfers for World of Warcraft are closing on Thursday

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Some servers in World of Warcraft are just more populated than others. That's a simple reality. In the hopes of having some players move off...

The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2020?

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Way back in 2016, MOP reader Agemyth suggested that we debate the best new zone added to an MMO for the last couple of years. This...
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Blade & Soul offers special Blade Dancer bundles and its Christmas event with tomorrow’s Grim Tidings patch

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The next patch for Blade & Soul adds a third specialization for Blade Dancer, and if you're enticed by the prospect of the Grim Blade...
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Star Trek Online delays its next patch to avoid mandatory respecs

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Considering that respecs in Star Trek Online can cost you actual money, you wouldn't think that anyone would be upset at getting them for free......

Choose My Adventure: Simply skipping through quests small and large in Fallout 76

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I'm not sure that this week has fully inured me to Fallout 76, but I will say that things were starting to come together...
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Rumor: Nexon’s Final Fantasy XI mobile remake has been cancelled

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It looks as if the sun has finally set on the never-materialized mobile remake of Final Fantasy XI, as Korean site MTN is reporting that...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Character Customization

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with... what's this? A brand-new award? Yep! This year we're debuting a new formal award for Best...

Star Citizen adjusts insurance wait times and costs in 3.12 test build, sending the community into a froth

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Alpha 3.12 of Star Citizen is still running through its private test server paces, which is probably a good thing because the latest build...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends will launch Bespin as the City in the Clouds expansion in early 2021

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Star Wars Galaxies rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends has some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that it's put...
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The Daily Grind: What’s your one big MMO gaming wish for 2021?

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While it will no doubt continue to be a long and difficult winter, there's something mentally refreshing in turning the calendar over to a...
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Blade & Soul previews the item upgrade changes for its next update

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With the next Blade & Soul update arriving on Wednesday players will have access to a new legendary ring and gloves. That means you should...
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Microsoft outlines shared goals with Sony and Nintendo to make gaming ‘safer’

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There are a lot of things that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all disagree about. Which company gets your money, for example. But a new...

Conan Exiles confirms that ongoing Xbox One issues won’t be fixed until sometime next year

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Who knew that the greatest threat Hyboria would ever know was some gnarly bugs in a console version of Conan Exiles? Certainly not Funcom,...

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