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Yarr, cut out all carbs, got much lighter.

More details emerge about Studio Wildcard’s Atlas as next week’s launch looms

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Even with a slight delay, the launch of Studio Wildcard's Atlas has come out of nowhere this holiday season and sent many MMO gamers...

Anthem tries to sell you on slick skins and inspirational speeches

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There's no doubt that BioWare's Anthem has a lot of expectations and excitement resting on its shoulders, so it's a good thing that those...

Ashes of Creation shows off alpha gameplay while prepping fans for the Apocalypse

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With the public battle royale-style Apocalypse mode coming to Ashes of Creation next week, Intrepid Studios is leveraging the increased attention as best it...
Capital idea!

The Division 2 is hosting its first technical alpha test this weekend

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Although Ubisoft's upcoming MMO shooter The Division 2 isn't set to launch until March of next year, some lucky players will be able to...

Prosperous Universe blasts off to early access today

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Call it early access, call it first access, just don't call it late to space dinner. The sci-fi sim Prosperous Universe is taking one...

Population Zero starts selling founder’s packs, lays out 2019 testing schedule

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Russian-made survival MMO Population Zero plans to head into alpha testing at the start of 2019 -- and hopes to end the year with...

Pantheon’s full world begins to emerge as pre-alpha winds down

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One of the big hopes of the future of the MMO genre is finally putting all of its pieces together. Pantheon announced in its...

Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019

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The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
Neigh. Is that the sound elk make? We honestly don't know.

Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall is preparing to test its first real campaign

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Crowfall's on a "fast track" to its first campaign, ArtCraft says. Getcher "it's happening" gifs: "After a few weeks of testing, our final pre-alpha...

Worlds Adrift toggles on proximity-based voice chat, engine overheating, and ciphers

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You couldn't get enough of mouth-breathing and kids yelling at their mothers in some state far away from you in Fallout 76, and now...

Anthem player learns why you don’t break NDAs. Or why you don’t use Origin. It’s one of those.

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With the line between live and beta in online games blurring more and more by the year, it's no wonder some folks have gotten...
Combination crossover.

Ship of Heroes opens registration for its first login test

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It's uncommon for a development team to describe an upcoming test phase as "boring," since the goal is usually to get fans excited and...

EVE Evolved: How could Project Nova live up to its true potential?

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I think it's fair to say that EVE Online developer CCP Games hasn't had much success when it comes to avatar-based gameplay. The studio's...

Population Zero is an upcoming crafting-survival MMO inspired by classic sci-fi

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Survival crafting games are all the rage these days, it seems, and the genre's about to get just a little bit bigger with the...

The MOP Up: TERA’s Valkyrie goes to console while Vainglory comes to PC

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No matter what platform you're on, there's good stuff coming your way! TERA's Valkyrie update is finally making the jump to Xbox One and...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Legends of Aria pushes back its Steam early access

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It's been a week of some speed bumps for Legends of Aria; after it reset progress with its karma system ahead of its early access...
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Crowfall’s first campaign is the last phase of its pre-alpha testing

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The ramp-up for Crowfall's first campaign in pre-alpha 5.8 continues, with the team kicking off the first snap testing on the game's test server. No,...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2018

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It's become a tradition on Massively OP to include among our end-of-the-year roundups and editorials and retrospectives a run-down of our favorite - and least favorite - MMO dev quotes of the year, be they obscure, poignant, or just plain dumb. So once again, for this week's Massively Overthinking, I've asked our staff to offer up those quotes and then reflect on what we from the year and reflect on just what we've learned from them.

Star Citizen shows off Lorville business district for 3.4.0 as alpha 3.3.7 goes live

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Sean Tracy and Steve Bender helm this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, and the dev update focuses on the culture and business district...

Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions

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As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later? So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.

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