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Lady guns are so complicated

Escape from Tarkov confirms no playable female characters because of ‘game lore’ and workload

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Sorry, ladies, but it's just too ding-dong-dang difficult to put y'all in Escape from Tarkov. That's the cited reason why the game's developer, Battlestate Games,...

Albion Online’s Queen update is crowned January 20 with Outlands rework, hideouts, and new faction

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Albion Online's next big thing, Queen, is launching on January 20th, and fans of the PvP sandbox will want to prep for this one,...
Sort of draconic.

World of Warcraft gets mounts and a new PvP season ready for next week’s update

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World of Warcraft players are about to start off the new year with a bang, thanks to next week's release of Patch 8.3: Visions...

Tales of Wind releases on PC, announces several updates and a server merge

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Tales of Wind has been pretty busy over the past few days. Not only has it released on PC last week, it has also...

Monster Hunter World releases the patch notes for the Iceborne expansion on PC

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On Thursday, January 9th, players of the PC version of Monster Hunter World will finally get to enjoy the frozen wilds of the Iceborne...

A look back at the MMO and gaming science topics of 2019

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Since becoming MassivelyOP, our staff has worked hard to buff up our gaming science-related articles. Last year, we noted that our pile of science...

Ryzom adds a new daily missions feature that lets players choose their preferred mission types

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The first update made to Ryzom in the new year is likely a pretty convenient one for players of the MMORPG. Players can now...

Grab an Ironsight Zigzag Booster Pack from Gamigo and MOP

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Gamigo's open beta multiplayer shooter Ironsight has followed up its Steam launch ahead of the holidays with a new community event called Bounty Hunt: Apex...
Looking for some HELL PIT, baby, this evening

Neverwinter welcomes console players to the Hell Pit starting on January 9

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Welcome to the new year, Neverwinter players! Want something new to do? Why don't you start by venturing into the HELL PIT? Starting on Thursday,...

TERA’s SEA servers emigrate from Playwith to Gameforge this week

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Tomorrow's moving day for TERA players in the Southeast Asian region, as publisher Playwith is transferring its arm of the MMORPG over to Gameforge...

Shadowbane emulator SBEmu announces a sixth season server wipe on January 11

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Who here remembers Shadowbane? It was an open PvP MMORPG that ran between 2003 and 2009 and is the game that pretty much inspired...

Fallout 76 previews Wastelanders’ City of the Future, preps weekend double XP

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OK, Fallout 76, it's a new year, a new decade, and hopefully a new you, with your many 2019 trainwrecks behind us, Fallout First...
Oh boy.

Shroud of the Avatar clarifies its stance on multi-boxing

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In the interest of clearing the air and apparently settling some unrest regarding multi-boxing in Shroud of the Avatar, Catnip Games has gone on...

Black Desert PS4 will release the Valkyrie class and Awakening on January 9

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Aw yeah, the console versions of Black Desert are slowly getting class parity with the PC version, bless them. Hot on the heels of...

J Todd Coleman promises Crowfall will be ‘the most strategic virtual universe’, hints at launch details

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A tweet from Crowfall prompted some responses from creative director J Todd Coleman that could perhaps perk a couple of ears, offering some promises...

Crytek’s latest legal maneuvering against CIG suggests Squadron 42 won’t release this summer

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The long, drawn out, snail-paced legal fight between CIG and Crytek has taken one more step, but this one seems to have some direct...

MMO Week in Review: Welcome to the 2020s, MMO fans

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Welp, we made it, we're here, we're now in the midst of a fourth decadal bracket of MMORPGs. Yay us! Don't imagine for a...

CNBC runs down the debate of violent video games and their effect on gamers

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Yes, we're back on this again. The subject of video games, violent content, and their affect on players is arriving once more, this time...

The MOP Up: AdventureQuest 3D’s studio is up 1.8 million new players

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We've seen a lot of New Year speeches given by MMO studios over the past week, including Artix Entertainment's rallying cry for AdventureQuest 3D....

Destiny 2’s Eververse cash shop begins to invade the game once again

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There's just something about Destiny 2 repeating its own history. Think back to 2017, when the game's Dawning holiday event caused a furor over...

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