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PUBG’s new scooters are freakin’ adorable and I want one

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The FIX PUBG campaign, or the start of it, is materializing today, as the latest update to hit the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds test servers tackles some...
PUNCH! YOUR FRIEND! PUNCH, PUNCH YOUR FRIEND!

Massively on the Go: Our basic guide to Pokemon Go gameplay and questing

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Pokemon Go has come a long way since its early days of just catching and gym battling. Those are still core gameplay elements, but there's...
SIR

Monster Hunter World breaks its Steam record but now faces a regulation nightmare in China

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The record for highest concurrent users on Steam for a game launched in 2018 goes to Monster Hunter World, smashing the record set by......

Pearl Abyss sees hefty revenue bump thanks to Black Desert

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Pearl Abyss, the Korean developer of Black Desert, posted its Q2 2018 earnings report this past week, showing both significantly increased revenue and profits...

Nexon’s financials hint at an upcoming western release for Moonlight Blade

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We have been waiting for a long, long time to see if and when Nexon would be bringing the mega-hit Moonlight Blade over from...

Massively on the Go’s guide to returning to Pokemon Go: Focus on community

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I've noticed a bit of a renewal for Pokemon Go thanks to large improvements by Niantic starting with Generation 3. With raids, quests, real-world weather affecting...

Chinese MMO company NetEase invests $50M into SpatialOS MMO platform

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Improbable's SpatialOS is moving on up in the world: The company announced this week that China's NetEase has invested $50 million to acquire a...
Well, bye.

God Eater Online is shutting down in September

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Sadly, it does not seem that God Eater Online really talks much about the experience of turning deific entities into snacks. If you were...

Perfect Ten: The best expansions for specific MMOs

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Looking over the past two decades or so, MMORPGs have grown by leaps and bounds with regular releases, events, and (of course) expansion packs....

Fantasy Life Online launches in Japan this month, no word on Western release date

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Game historians might recall that way back in 2002, game development studio Level 5 and Microsoft were collaborating on bringing the cel-shaded True Fantasy...

ArcheAge’s July content update adds sport fishing, expands fresh start server content

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Despite the slightly awkward name -- "Phase 4: Reign, Part 1," really, Trion? -- this week's ArcheAge content update is chock-full of fun for...

Exploring Pokemon Go’s real-life communities: MOP staffers revisit the game from opposite corners of the world

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It's year two of Pokemon Go. While there's always room for improvement, enough has changed that I feel comfortable recommending the game to at...

Pokemon Go’s second anniversary report card sees high marks for content and innovation

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Today is Pokemon Go's second-year anniversary. Last year's report card had to grapple with things like the game's rapid rise and fall as a fad,...
Let's go blow something up.

E3 2018: Deep-diving Trion’s kid-friendly voxelbox Trove and its upcoming Geode expansion

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One thing Trion Senior Producer James Karras drove home during my meeting with the team at this year's E3 is that with Trove's Geode...
Never happening.

E3 2018: Square Enix says it hasn’t given up on bringing Dragon Quest X westward

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In an alternate universe, Dragon Quest X got ported to western shores in 2012 when Square Enix launched the MMORPG in Japan. Sadly, we're...
Cool.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 172: Delays and do-overs

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Dauntless, Trove, H1Z1, Bless, RuneScape, Echo of Soul, Wargaming, FFXIV, hyper-realism, wacky MMO jobs, and Solo (but no spoilers!)

Funcom Q1 2018 financials: Conan Exiles will be the studio’s ‘bestselling game of all time’

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A year ago, MMO fans were thrilled to find out that Funcom had had its best quarter in ages thanks to the early access...

With 17M registered players, Trion’s voxelbox Trove launches in Japan

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Trion Worlds is in an expansionist mood of late. Earlier this week, we learned Atlas Reactor was porting to Steam in China. Today, the...
That's not a doll, guy.

Final Fantasy XI promises more reunions for its 16-year anniversary

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It's been 16 years since Final Fantasy XI initially launched in Japan, which is a really long time. If the game were a person,...

Hands-on with Bless Reborn at Neowiz’s San Francisco media reveal

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As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers...

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