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MMO dev and astronaut Richard Garriott hosts a Reddit AMA on /r/space today

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Curious about astrophysics? The Massively OP Podcast brought on a special guest for a fun holiday bonus 'cast back in 2015 to answer a...

Shroud of the Avatar stymies insider trading at the perceived expense of backer privileges

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Yesterday, Shroud of the Avatar's Starr Long announced a change to its testing forums that has ruffled more than a few backer feathers. "Due to the...

Pokemon Go organizers apologize for live event debacle, saying they’re ‘horrified with the results’

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Over the weekend, we reported on the distastrous Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago, where thousands of paying ticket holders spent most of the day...

Bless Online’s Rebuild Project homes in on character growth

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Following the cancellation of the western version of Bless Online, Neowiz surprised everyone by announcing that it would be publishing the game here in the...

Austin company announces brand-new BrightLocker gaming platform

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If you're fed up with the messes that are Steam and Android and the Apple Store, BrightLocker might be for you. Announced just this...

70% of Lineage M’s launch players were over 30 years old

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The Lineage franchise continues its unstoppable runaway train force in South Korea -- this time with Lineage M. Korea's Pulse News reports that Lineage M...
Pay more, wear less?

PSA: Today is your last chance to buy a Kritika Online founder’s pack

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Been on the fence about buying in to Kritika Online? It's time to make a decision now, because the game's founder's packs are going...

Star Citizen’s latest concept ship isn’t a ship, and it’s pushed the game to $155M funding

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Star Citizen's latest concept ship isn't a ship -- it's a freakin' rover. Dubbed The Tumbril Cyclone, the vehicle's multiple variants will run up...
Just behind.

RuneScape is a massive hit on Twitch

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Time and again, we here at Massively OP have noted how RuneScape seems to be incredibly underestimated by the larger MMO community. For how...

SuperData June 2017: ROBLOX, GTAV, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are making bank

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SuperData's global digital games revenue summary for June 2017 is out, and it's a strange melange of huge shifts and no changes at all. On the...
If you doubted this before, well, don't.

Final Fantasy XIV sees a price hike for Brazilian and Russian players

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Shock! Dismay! The prices for Brazilian and Russian players have risen for Final Fantasy XIV! But to confuse the issue a little further, they've...

Make My MMO: Albion Online joins the list of launched crowdfunded MMORPGs (July 22, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, indie sandbox Albion Online -- whose 250,000 founders reportedly crowdfunded the game for almost $10,000,000 -- formally launched. The...
Why notvern?

Betawatch: Dark and Light shines a light on early access (July 21, 2017)

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For everything, there is a season, turn turn turn. We've bid farewell to Albion Online this week, as it has launched properly and thus...

No, exploitative gacha mechanics are not a good idea for western devs

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We've been talking about exploitative gacha games and related business models on Massively OP for a long time, most recently and notably in depth earlier...

Blizzard adds a Diablo III senior designer, lays off audio director, and ends XP and Vista support

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From zombies to demons, game designer Harrison G. Pink is no stranger to bizarre apocalypses. Pink formerly worked on Telltale Games' hit Walking Dead...

Massively Overthinking: Building a better MMORPG economy

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We are on a roll with the epic questions for Overthinking lately! "The recent article about monetization got me thinking about just how much most...

SuperData’s new report suggests multiplayer console gamers are more susceptible to DLC and RMT than ever

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Gamers talk a big talk about horse armor DLC and pay-to-win and the evils of cash shops, but y'all keep buying anyway. That's according to...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott backs Neverdie’s ‘etherium blockchain gaming’ venture

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I often joke with our readers that Massively OP is not an MMO uptime monitor, but darn if we don't feel like a Richard...
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Albion Online is hitting login queues as Veteran players get to log in

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Launch is here for Albion Online and it's popular enough that there are queues. Yes, login queues are being login queues. According to the...

Analyst Michael Pachter’s Overwatch League skepticism and other business tidbits

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Everyone's favorite gaming industry analyst Michael Pachter announced that his firm Wedbush is "skeptical that the Overwatch League will achieve much success," noting that...

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