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The Stream Team: Adopting Guild Wars 2’s Mr. Ribbington
Disappointingly, after making Mr. Quiggles in Guild Wars 2 last week, Massively OP's MJ did not get one to carry around with her (although there is one sitting in her Janthir home). Things are different this time: After completing the achievement Gettin' the Crew Together, she'll get to keep her very own Mr. Ribbington pet to hop alongside her...
Secret Level S1 E3 teaches New World’s favorite failson an important lesson about kingship
New World's episode of Amazon Prime Video's Secret Level animated series is live today, so of course we sat down to watch it so you don't have to - though in this case, it's a breezy 15-minute watch, so we're not sparing you much. In fact, you might even decide you're missing out. It's fun. But if you don't...
Temtem the MMO has more Steam players than Temtem Swarm despite being in maintenance mode
Last September saw the final content update for Crema Games' "MMO-lite" Temtem, with the game entering into maintenance mode while the studio shifted most of its attention to co-op bullet hell title Temtem: Swarm. That maintenance mode has continued with the MMO's latest patch, which also prompted us to check on how both games are faring on Steam -...
Heroes of the Storm closes out 2024 with its fourth balancing and bugfixing patch of the year
The tail end of 2023 saw something pleasantly surprising out of Blizzard (for once): A sudden series of patches for its MOBA Heroes of the Storm after it entered maintenance mode on its seventh birthday. That surprise trend continued through this year, with three more patches - and now there's a fourth.
This latest patch once again doesn't bring anything...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 497: Walking down the Path of Exile 2
Justin and Bree discuss Path of Exile 2's early access, Elder Scrolls Online weird event snafu, EverQuest's The Outer Brood, and ArcheAge's second sunset of the year, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the normalization of bad MMO monetization and why some gamers melt down over every bit of MMO news.
DC Universe Online’s patch today adds Wonder Woman as your newest ally
This week you can lasso yourself up an iconic superhero ally in DC Universe Online. Wonder Woman was added as the latest collectible ally and can be recruited for 500 Source Marks or by outright purchasing her in the game store.
Wonder Woman comes with a recognizable array of attacks, including spinning her Lasso of Truth, deflecting with her special...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration teases new species, a housing deco upgrade, and a combat tree overhaul
Star Wars Galaxies fans always get a little sad every December as it marks the original MMORPG's deathiversary. But we're blessed to have multiple rogue server and emulator teams working on multiple projects in the SWG universe, including SWG Restoration 3, whose developers announced a big patch on the way that will double-down on the SWG promise of customization.
"Choices...
Final Fantasy XIV returns Starlight to the game on December 16
It's just about time to drench everything in red felt, silvery tinsel, and a heaping dose of hot cocoa. Wait, you probably shouldn't drench everything in that; hot cocoa is going to ruin that red felt. Look, the point is that Christmas celebrations are coming and Final Fantasy XIV is going to get in on that action with the...
F2P sandbox MMO Fractured kicks off a Christmas event and permanently boosts glory gains by 33%
You know, we get so few Thanksgiving events in MMORPGs that we could count them on one hand, but for Christmas we get so many that we can barely cover them all. One we won't be missing this year is Fractured Online, as the newly officially launched and now newly free-to-play MMORPG sandbox has opened its own winter holiday,...
Guild Wars 2’s Wintersday has returned through January 2 with plushie weapons
Guild Wars 2 friends, it's time to head to Divinity's Reach in your festive snow gear because Wintersday has returned to Tyria this afternoon. "As the year winds down and a crisp chill fills the air, Divinity’s Reach transforms into a snowy wonderland for our favorite holiday tradition: Wintersday!" ArenaNet says. "From now until January 2, Tyria welcomes everyone—whether...
World of Warcraft has added a whopping 38,000 quests in 20 years
Here's a fun fact: Originally, Blizzard intended to create only around 100 Horde, 100 Alliance, and 100 neutral quests for World of Warcraft, as the studio saw these as an on-ramp to the eventual grind- and raidfest that it (and a lot of other MMOs back then) expected from MMO players at the time. However, the system proved to...
Choose My Adventure: Tiny ship takes on big battles in Star Trek Online
I didn't have a whole heap of time to myself in Star Trek Online this week, but considering that I was basically told to just stick with what I had last week, I'd say it pretty much worked out for the most part - though it did start to teach me a little more about what this sort of...
Brighter Shores celebrates Christmas by randomly handing out hats
It's the season of Hatsgiving in Brighter Shores! OK, it's actually a Christmas event where players can find and trade hats, but Hatsgiving rolls off of the tongue a little better, don't you agree? Or maybe it should be called Hatsmas...
The holiday event running in the early access MMORPG will see one of 20 different Christmas-themed hats get handed...
Huh, Throne and Liberty is actually running a winter holiday event starting this week
Throne of Liberty global isn't even two months old yet, but it has a Christmas event: It's called the Startree Solstice, and it's rolling out with this week's patch.
"The Startree Solstice event will spread holiday cheer across Solisium from December 12 through January 9, 2025," Amazon and NCsoft say. "Join event-only Snowdrift Island arena matches for event-specific rewards, explore...
Path of Exile 2 plans to change dodge rolling, rewards, and checkpoints as it nerfs an over-performing build
Path of Exile 2 is in early access, so obviously things are going to change; it's just a question of whether or not those changes will be well-received or kick off a chicken coop-like panic among gamers. So it goes as Grinding Gear Games has put out some statements about plans for upcoming updates in the near future.
In a...
Serbian post-apoc MMOFPS Pioner is set to launch in 2025
OK, let me stop you right there. You were about to come yell at me in the comments that I spelled "Pioneer" wrong. But no sir: This game is actually called Pioner, and the Belgrade-based team has a very good reason for making all the English-speakers in the MMO audience blink in confusion as we do with Dofus: Google...
Star Wars: The Old Republic GU 7.6 goes live today with Dynamic Encounters and new PvP season
Finally, Star Wars: The Old Republic will give players the content they've been craving since the game launched: the chance to herd Banthas on the surface of Tattooine. That's not the only kind of Dynamic Encounter players can run into, of course, but it's one of the options when patch 7.6 - dubbed Galactic Threads - adds the new...
Fantastic Pixel Castle shares new prototype gameplay and dev plans for its Ghost MMO
Fantastic Pixel Castle's upcoming MMO codenamed Ghost (aka Greg Street presents Ghostboi Adventures Online starring Bobby Battle Crab™) is wrapping up its year of development with a new prototype gameplay video that offers curious onlookers a peek at "what currently looks like and where it's headed" according to studio head Greg Street.
The video opens by admitting that the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best fashion in 2024?
Fashion is the true endgame of MMORPGs, unless you've fully embraced your inner murderhobo. And personally, I have a very specific aesthetic in MMOs. I am usually looking for something that looks somewhat normal but with a spark. I don't want insane particle effects, wings or shoulderpads larger than my character, or neon dyes - and my eyes get...
The Stream Team: Pouncing on Path of Exile 2
It's here! It's here! Massively OP's MJ has been eagerly awaiting the release of Path of Exile 2, and now it's finally here for her to pounce upon. And pounce she shall. Although it hasn't formally launched, MJ gets to play half the game thanks to the early access release. Let's just hope she won't get stuck at character...
