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Daybreak was working on a Marvel MMORPG until last year

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If there are two constant news stories about Daybreak Game Company that we handle, it's that the studio keeps going through rounds of layoffs...
Well, I guess.

Fans are invited to a real-world memorial for Brad McQuaid later this month

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MMORPG fans have been in mourning for the last few weeks following the death of Brad McQuaid, one of the most popular veteran developers...
Here we go.

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019

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After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...
It was a thing.

EverQuest Online Adventures emulator updates fans on the state of the project and how fans can help

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While the original EverQuest and EverQuest II are still running, the game's console edition of EverQuest Online Adventures shut down back in 2012. But...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 249: Houses and Ponies Online

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Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest, EverQuest II, Trove, Guild Wars 2, Book of Travels, Star Citizen, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on temporary hardcore MMO servers and PvE vs. PvP sandboxes.

The Daily Grind: Do you ever play MMOs in synergistic pairs?

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I've noticed a pattern in my MMO play the last year or so. Ever since jumping into Star Wars Galaxies Legends last year, I've...

The MOP Up: Settlers of Catan goes alternate reality

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If you are anything like my family and friends, then you probably have a copy or three of Settlers of Catan in play on...

Into the Super-verse: 13 text-based superhero MMOs you can play today

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As part of this column covering superhero MMORPGs, we have looked at the usual suspects: MMOs of the past (Champions Online, City of Heroes,...
We handled this.

Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the MMO genre

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Thanksgiving conveniently falls on a Thursday every year, which means it's the perfect topic for our regular Thursday Massively Overthinking roundtable. I've asked our writers what they're grateful for in and around the MMO genre the last couple of years - and now we're gonna do it again.
Full of sound and fury. Sadly.

Global Chat: Remembering the MMO fallen

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A discussion chain has been rippling across the MMO blogosphere as of late, with writers reminiscing about online games that have lived and died...

Daybreak announces December launch dates for EverQuest’s Torment of Velious and EverQuest II’s Blood of Luclin

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Classic MMO gamers have been able to preorder EverQuest and EverQuest II's big expansions for a while now, but there's one key thing they...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends rogue server drops new mini-themepark for quest fiends

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The November patch for community-run rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends dropped last week, and it's a bit of a hodge-podge of fixes, with...
There's just more soup.

The Daily Grind: Which gaming company told the biggest fib in 2019?

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Come December, we're going to be starting up our end-of-the-year roundups, including one of my favorites: the one where we pick out all our...

Star Citizen hypes this weekend’s CitizenCon, plans new community hub and free-fly event

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We're about to have another big MMO convention weekend: this one for Star Citizen, as CitizenCon begins on Saturday. But as it so often...
Yeah but WHY though

The Daily Grind: What’s your most treasured EverQuest or Vanguard memory?

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EverQuest was not my first MMORPG, but it's certainly one that shaped me profoundly. While I look back and grumble at the antique design...

Remembering the life and work of legendary MMO designer Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid

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When the news hit last night, it brought everything to a screeching halt in the Massively OP office: At the age of 51, veteran...

The Daily Grind: Where do you go to mourn in MMORPGs?

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Our team is still in shock over last night's news that legendary MMO dev Brad McQuaid has passed away, and I can only imagine...

Veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has passed away

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I'm sorry to report another MMORPG genre obituary tonight: It's just been announced that veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has died. McQuaid was probably best...

PlanetSide 2 is celebrating its seventh birthday, teases early 2020 content

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If you were worried that recent layoffs to the PlanetSide franchise team would hamper PlanetSide 2's anniversary festivities, you can breathe a sigh of...

Former EverQuest, Vanguard developer passes away; colleagues raise money for his family

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Please be aware that this post contains discussions of suicide, which we realize may upset some readers. Please read with caution and comment respectfully. We're...

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