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The Daily Grind: Would you play Guild Wars 2 Classic?
At the end of this week's podcast, Justin and I were chatting about Guild Wars 2's big announcement that's coming up later today, and since we'd spent so much of the episode talking about WoW Classic up until then, naturally we had to crack a joke about Guild Wars 2 Classic, which is not to our...
The Stream Team: Gotta getta Gith in Neverwinter
The Gith are out! Neverwinter has opened up the new race for everyone who log in now, and Massively OP's MJ has gotta getta Gith! What a perfect way to begin her new regular D&D nights in the MMOverse. If only she could pick a new class as easily. Or will she just race-change her Cleric? Tune in live...
Massively Overthinking: The future of WoW and WoW Classic
With WoW Classic finally launched, perfectly capping off the summer with jokes about queueing like it's 2004, we can't help but look to the future of the game and wonder what's next. We'd like to assume Blizzard has a plan for WoW Classic's future development, but it's announced nothing concrete yet. We're also assuming that Blizzard will follow...
Closers provides a lore-based look at the upcoming character Seth
While we know that the new character is coming on September 10th and we've gotten a visual preview of her, the question remains: Who is Seth? More about the new Closers character is now available for those who want to know.
Seth is the combination of two souls: Anna, a young girl who was the subject of...
For Science: A deeper look at the Proteus effect and Toronto’s game dev mental health summit
We once more have a couple of science and gaming news pieces to share, so let's bundle them up like last time and get smart, shall we?
If you took a look at our science-minded roundup this past July, you are perhaps now familiar with the Proteus effect -- the idea that people behave differently according to their...
Outlaws of the Old West splits its single-player sessions to a dedicated version
If the headline there made you anxious and possibly brought visions of other titles wherein development was split for vaguely worded reasons, relax. Outlaws of the Old West is not splitting into multiple titles. Instead, the game is just allowing solo games to launch via a dedicated file without creating a background server that only has one occupant....
Today in bizarre gaming promos: Roblox and the NFL, Overwatch and Cheez-Its
Step aside, bubble tea and video game candles: We've got new weird cross promotions for you today.
First, Roblox announced a partnership with the NFL. At first I wondered why the NFL would partner with a game aimed at tweens, but the cynic in me thinks she already knows the answer.
"For the first time ever, Roblox players can...
2017 Call of Duty swatting murder prompts swatting target registration program
The aftermath of a "swatting" incident that saw 28-year-old Andrew Finch of Wichita, Kansas, fatally shot by police has resulted in a new program to hopefully prevent a similar tragedy from happening in the area. Wichita police have now opened up a voluntary program that will allow residents to register their address as a possible swatting target.
The...
Prosperous Universe explains new free-to-play model, vows to avoid microtransactions
So Prosperous Universe has officially gone free-to-play. But why? What makes a commerce-centric MMO open its doors to possible exploitation from free accounts? What makes being a Pro license owner better, and how does that not translate to pay-to-win in a game like this? These are all questions that are touched on in a recent dev...
Domain and settlement claiming for Chronicles of Elyria begins on August 30
The time is near for eager Chronicles of Elyria fans who bought in to the MMO's promise hard enough to be granted land ownership in the game. Actually, that time is very near. It's tomorrow; claiming of domains and settlements begins Friday, August 30th. Holy crap.
Here's how it's going down: Claiming begins at 6 a.m. in the...
Path of Exile previews new Poison Assassin attacks and Mine skills coming with the Blight League
The upcoming Blight League in Path of Exile means changes, obviously, but more specifically it means changes to several class builds. In a couple of new previews shared on the game's forums we got a look at two such updates to the Poison Assassin and to Mine gameplay.
First off, the Assassin: A variety of new attacks are...
EVE Online bans an entire botting corporation, moves EVE Vegas to San Diego starting in 2020
Cheating in EVE Online? It's not the best idea. The latest dispatch from CCP's security team says that it banned 4385 accounts for hacking, 12446 for botting, and 5101 for RMT, just since January. "Part of our work this month was the disassembly of an entire 250+ member corporation that was pretty much entirely comprised of botters,"...
Daybreak’s PlanetSide Arena will hit early access September 19, full launch Q2 2020
Yesterday, Daybreak finally broke its long silence on PlanetSide Arena with a teaser trailer, and as of today, the studio's got a new dev letter. Gamers will recall that last December, Daybreak announced a massive-scale battle royale game called PlanetSide Arena, a buy-to-play title hitting early access in January. It was delayed to March, and then...
Design Mockument: Plausible ideas for The Matrix Online 2
When Bree found out that I'm a fan of the Matrix franchise of films, she said it'd be fun to see me take on the idea of a hypothetical sequel for The Matrix Online. She probably was not expecting my suggestion for the following for The Matrix Online 2:
Don't. Don't do this. Do not make this game. I...
Riders of Icarus’ new publisher vows to ‘keep it more active’ post-Nexon
Back in 2016, one of the fresh new games that rolled off the Nexon assembly line was Riders of Icarus. Our impressions of it back then and most recently haven't really changed: It's a passable title, pleasant and functional and even comfortable, but with nothing to truly set it off from the crowd - and Nexon...
Perfect Ten: Ten weird things I’m relearning with WoW Classic
It's been a strange week. No - it's been a strange year in MMO gaming, all things considered. As I'm going through old Lord of the Rings Online zones thanks to a progression server, enjoying the resurrection of City of Heroes, and as of this past Tuesday, playing a version of World of Warcraft that hasn't...
Bless Unleashed heads to Xbox One open beta in November with big revisions
You'd be forgiven for having forgetten about Bless Unleashed - its last closed beta was way back at the beginning of July, and we haven't heard much else about this Xbox One exclusive since then. But there's good news today, as the Neowiz and Bandai Namco have explained their silence (they were retooling the game) as well...
Final Fantasy XIV buffs up job potencies in patch 5.08
The latest patch for Final Fantasy XIV has arrived, but it's not one of the game's immense content patches. No, this one is all about giving a variety of jobs some serious potency bumps. Ninja and Samurai have all seen improvements across the board for weaponskill combos, with Ninja also getting a boost to its Bunshin ability and...
Blizzard’s lawyers are busy again, this time suing yet another overseas company for ripping off WoW
Another day, another Blizzard lawsuit - this one lodged against the Chinese purveyor of Glorious Saga, a mobile/browser title from Joyfun/Sina Games that pretty much steals shamelessly from World of Warcraft. Check this out.
Defendants did not just copy a few discrete elements from Blizzard’s Warcraft games; they created a game whose content is almost entirely copied from the...
Star Trek Online plans five new patrol missions for Awakening
One of Star Trek Online's ever-present challenges is creating enough content for player captains to consume. With new featured episodes are few and far between, repeatable missions such as patrols do the heavy lifting of giving people things to do. Patrols are slightly more relaxed tours of a string of systems, sometimes eschewing combat in favor of investigation...













































