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One Shots: Unholy abominations
We may view them as horrible monsters who are standing between us and our precious loot, but have you ever considered life -- such...
Battle Bards Episode 177: Gone with the wind
As the weather howls and gusts around us, the Battle Bards stand in the middle of it all with their heads lifted up, listening...
Krafton spins Bluehole off as an ‘independent subsidiary’ to handle TERA and Elyon
The corporate reshuffling that's been going on ever since En Masse Entertainment announced that it was closing is producing interesting developments this fall. Krafton,...
Blade & Soul previews another round of item and system changes arriving with Cosmic Horizon
As ever seems to be the case with new updates to Blade & Soul, the upcoming Cosmic Horizon update will introduce some more tweaks...
Phantasy Star Online 2 announces Episode 5 launch date of September 30 and starts lead-up campaigns
The next episode's worth of content is coming soon to Phantasy Star Online 2 as Episode 5 has been confirmed for a release date...
TERA on console makes a wide swath of adjustments to awakened class skills and maps out the rest of 2020
Players of TERA on console that have an awakened class are going to want to pay attention to the latest update's patch notes because...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 288: ArcheAge again
Justin, Bree, and Mia discuss ArcheAge 2, TERA, LOTRO, Wizard101, Corepunk, Raph Koster's new MMO, and Star Citizen, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, Black Desert, Echo of Soul, SWG Legends, and LOTRO, plus a mailbag discussion on the Final Fantasy XI mobile remake.
DC Universe Online drops riddles for Batman Day 2020, but DC Comics already revealed what’s coming
What we have here is an apparent failure to communicate between DC Comics and DC Universe Online. The superheroic MMO is set to celebrate...
Blade & Soul will add a new class, new dungeon, and new talisman tier in the Cosmic Horizon update
Players of Blade & Soul will soon be able to control phenomenal cosmic power in an itty bitty package when the Cosmic Horizon update...
TERA will ‘live on,’ starts transferring operations from En Masse next week
It may be the end of an era for En Masse Entertainment, but it's definitely not the end of the road for TERA. The...
Phantasy Star Online 2 starts a new campaign for players to complete ultimate quests
The name "ultimate quest" brings all sorts of possibilities to mind, like having to bring items to an NPC who in turn wants you...
Jukebox Heroes: Six great ArcheAge tunes
ArcheAge is well-known for being one of the more beautiful MMO game worlds out there, but does its music stack up in comparison? The...
TERA’s console version gets a new (old) publisher
Just because En Masse Entertainment is out of the picture doesn't mean that TERA's going anywhere. In fact, plans are moving forward to transfer...
TERA’s Undying update is coming next week, but no new word on game’s future
While TERA's players continue to forge on in the wake of En Masse Entertainment's closure, at least everyone is going to have a good...
Phantasy Star Online 2 introduces new items, new Episode 4 story content, and September’s PSO2 Day
It's update time for Phantasy Star Online 2, and that means a whole bunch of new things, and since it's the beginning of the...
First impressions: New World has the foundation of what could be a great game
Like a lot of people, I've been hotly anticipating Amazon's New World, one of the first truly big name new MMOs we've seen in...
Confused about Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis? SEGA’s new Q&A might help
While Phantasy Star Online 2's upcoming standalone large-scale update New Genesis has a long way to go before release, there's still plenty of player...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Blade & Soul’s soundtrack
Pretty game, strong story focus, really not for me. That's the impression I got from dipping into Blade & Soul a few months back....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 285: Exit En Masse
Justin and Bree discuss En Masse's closure, Amazon's Lost Ark, LOTRO, WoW Classic, Wurm Online, Population Zero, and Torchlight III, with adventures in SWTOR, WoW, SWG Legends, and The Sims, plus reader mail on MMO customer service and MMO talent trees.
TERA Battle Arena spotlights several heroes and a boss from the upcoming Battle Arena MOBA
What's a MOBA without heroes to control and bosses to fight? A wholly non-existent game, that's what, and TERA's in-development Battle Arena MOBA side...
