Yearly Archives: 2016

En Masse relaunches Alliance of Valiant Arms

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Have you ever heard of Alliance of Valiant Arms (AVA)? It is a team-based FPS title that's been on the market in various regions...

Global Chat: Is casual raiding in MMORPGs an oxymoron?

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Do you scoff, chortle, or sneer when you hear the phrase "casual raiding" among the MMO community? You might be laughing at your own ignorance...

Perpetuum adds two new mech-class robots in today’s patch

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Robots! Yes, an article about robots that is not written by Eliot! We're talking about Perpetuum Online's robots, of course. Back in August, Avatar...

Ultima Online turns 19 years old this weekend, grants cash shop currency to veteran players

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Nineteen years ago this weekend, Ultima Online launched into the world, a creaky sandbox that even its own developers did not fully realize would...
This is less annoying, sure.

WoW Factor: The state of WoW’s dungeons and how we got here

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I've still been having a blast in Legion over the past few weeks. Nithogg might have been unkind to me by offering me no...

Star Citizen as the ‘unwieldy, ever-changing dream project’

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Kotaku has a long piece on Star Citizen out today, cobbled together over months of discussions with Star Citizen developers, anonymous and not. Julian...

MMOFPS Heroes & Generals has officially launched today

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World War II-themed persistent MMOFPS Heroes & Generals has formally launched as of this morning. During its early access period, it had counted over...
Challenge: Get queued up.

Eternal Crusade launch-day roundup and trailer

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Following the deployment of patch #24 yesterday, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is finally prepared to launch today. Players who jumped in last night found...
I have to chop SO MUCH right now.

Final Fantasy XIV offers up its preliminary patch notes for patch 3.4

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It's a bit unnecessary to note at this point that Final Fantasy XIV tends to have huge patches. We all know that by now....
It lurks.

League of Legends promises more revenue sharing and stability for pro teams

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There's no question that League of Legends is making serious bank with its dominance of the esports scene and its staggering monthly user base....

RIFT players finally turn the tables with planar assaults

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One of the defining features of RIFT is its titular invasions. Since the game's launch in 2010, creatures from the elemental planes have been...

The Daily Grind: Are MMOs better the second time you play them?

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Whenever someone makes a statement like "video games are better the second time you play them," my gut reaction is "nuh-uh!" That's exactly the...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG collector’s editions worth the money?

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I have a confession to make: I pretty much never buy collector's editions of anything, especially MMORPGs. Call me cheap, I guess, but there's...

The Secret World’s seasons two and three are ‘completely written’

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In a new interview, Funcom Game Director Romain Amiel said that while the devs are in the middle of development for Season 2 for The Secret World,...

Forsaken Legends brings you up to speed on its ‘massive’ updates

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The small team at Forsaken Legends wants to bring fans up to speed on the "massive" updates that it has rolled out for the...
Slither slither slither.

Age of Conan’s next patch is available for testing

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You need to be careful to ensure that you've got the right sort of chaos going into the next Age of Conan update. The...
Always dragons.

TERA plans non-cash shop prehistoric dragons, launches The Guilded Age

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The new prehistoric dragon mounts of TERA are decidedly draconic, indisputably iconic, likely quite laconic, and sending players into understandable histrionics. After all, when...

The Stream Team: Aion’s 7th anniversary includes mega XP birthday buffs

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Has it really been seven years? Yes, it has! Aion, the game that brought MassivelyOP's MJ into this business, is celebrating its seventh anniversary...

Destiny’s newest raid goes live tomorrow

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Destiny's players might be storming through Rise of Iron this week, but their journey is far from over. Bungie is preparing to turn on...
I mean, nothing is real.

Crowfall’s Raph Koster and Thomas Blair on the challenges of MMORPG harvesting

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Harvesting in an MMORPG is just the boring gruntwork you have to trudge through before you can get to the glory of crafting --...

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