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Massively OP Podcast Episode 205: Dragons and other MMO rarities

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr, Breach, Nexon, ArcheAge, Pantheon, FFXIV, SWG Legends, CrossCode, and the harms of early access.

Ashes of Creation yoinks another ex-Daybreaker, this one a community manager

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Ashes of Creation's Intrepid Studios has been grabbing up Daybreak devs left and right, and now it's hired a new one: Sarah "Lt. Toast"...

The Daily Grind: What’s your core problem with mobile MMOs, and is it fixable?

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Droid Gamers put out an interesting piece this weekend that to me illuminates how the ongoing conversation about mobile MMOs go south. Author Ash...
Take care.

The MOP Up: WildStar suffers another indignity

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Miss WildStar? Well at least there's the soundtrack to listen to on various sites, right? Nope! Apparently NCsoft pulled the acclaimed score from sites...

Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a World of Warcraft 2?

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Let's pretend for a moment that the reason Blizzard appears to be dropping the ball with World of Warcraft right now is that it's...

EverQuesting: Can Daybreak make it through 2019?

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Those who've been long-time followers of Massively OP's long-running EverQuesting column might have noticed a distinct lack of new year hopes and predictions articles...

Project Horseshoe’s design papers confirm decades of MMORPG lessons

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Not everyone involved in game design is trying to squeeze every last penny out of you. Yes, a lot of them are, but many...
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Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2019

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Working in this field has given me something of a sense of how a lot of the industry is going to play out. Take...
Also, more robots.

The Daily Grind: Which old MMO studio do you miss the most?

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We have spent a lot of time -- perhaps more than is prudent -- pining over MMOs that have closed their doors. But I...
Oopsies.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 204: SpatialOS spasms

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Justin and Bree discuss the Unity vs. SpatialOS showdown, the Destiny 2 Activision split and investigation, Elite's massive event, big updates for Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, and LOTRO, plus our adventures in ESO, LOTRO, SWG, and DDO, and reader mail on games that don't click with you, the MMOs we'd like to see built, and video game eyeballs.

Interview: Astellia’s western team on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early access and battle royale

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Yesterday we covered the news that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity classes, solid PvE and...

PSA: Make sure you log in to get your free DC Universe Online CR210 character booster

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Daybreak's superhero MMO DC Universe Online is currently in the midst of its eighth anniversary celebrations, complete with the new event Attack of the...
Which one of you is the Juno Reactor and which one is the Don Davis?

The Daily Grind: What dead MMO needs more coverage?

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One of the humorous awards we've given out in the past - but didn't in 2018 - was our award for the dead game...

The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s Battle at the Binary Stars heats up

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Star Trek Online has a serious crush on Discovery right now -- and why not, since the show has propeled the franchise back into...

Jukebox Heroes: Bless Online’s soundtrack

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You probably wouldn't blame me for the fact that I've dragged my feet on listening to the Bless Online soundtrack over this past year....

One Shots: 100% pure nightmare fuel

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Oh hey! Nice to see you there! Do you think that you can stop screaming quite so loud? Yes, I know that our header...

The Stream Team: Happy 8th anniversary DC Universe Online!

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Eight years of tights, capes, and super powers? Oh my! Today marks DCUO's eight anniversary, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to party. So...

Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2019?

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Way back in 2015, not long after the SOE game purge and Daybreak transition that laid off a huge number of developers, we began...

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2019

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With nearly all of our end-of-2018 content finally and blissfully behind us - seriously, I always breathe a huge sigh of relief when it's...

What Destiny 2 could’ve learned about community puzzle gating… from Star Wars Galaxies

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Say you're the developer of an online shooter, but you really want to add something that challenges the players in a world where they...

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