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The Stream Team: Final Fantasy XIV roulette time with friends and family is back

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Last week, MOP's Chris had to shuffle his schedule a bit to make way for something else, but this week he's back with his...

One Shots: Fully furnished and in need of a yard sale

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Hey look, everyone, it's RimaHadley! Welcome back to the big leagues, AKA "that goofy Sunday column where we get to stream our games, one...
She's gone.

The Daily Grind: How long can you keep up a regular MMO weekly task?

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Final Fantasy XIV does not have a shortage of weekly tasks to complete at any given interval, and there are several that remain regular...

WRUP: Dril edition 2: Supreme Blessings of High Princes edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our favorite seasonal smelly things.

The Daily Grind: Do certain seasons of the year bring you back to MMOs?

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As the years start to flicker by faster, I've observed that certain seasons tend to bring out different gaming desires and habits in my...

The Stream Team: Taking a peek inside of the early access release of Pantheon Rise of the Fallen

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Today is the day when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen takes its next big step forward toward release with its early access launch, and...
It's less of a secret now.

The Secret World TTRPG group is working on a North American expansion book

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Way back in 2021, Funcom officially gave its blessing to a player-run studio that wanted to build a Secret World tabletop RPG. In 2022,...
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Guild Wars 2 shows off all of the things players have created with Homesteads

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Some people with limited imaginations do not personally wish to use housing in MMORPGs and thus do not see the value of it. "So...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offered the best console or mobile experience in 2024?

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There was a time not all that long ago when this question would've been inane since we had so few top-notch MMORPGs on console...

The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming The Game Awards live

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In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024

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You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...

Brighter Shores AMA confirms updates for combat, professions, and co-op play are en route

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It looks as if the devs of Fen Research have plenty of updates planned for Brighter Shores, at least according to an AMA the...

Elder Scrolls Online could be offline as long as 12 hours today thanks to a datacenter power failure

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Hope you didn't want to play Elder Scrolls Online today: The core servers are having serious issues right now and won't be back anytime...
You are bad and you should feel bad.

Vague Patch Notes: EVE Frontier’s blockchain foundation makes it a worse MMO

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It is a mark of pride for our readers that basically none of you are having CCP Games trying to play around with the...

Former Dauntless dev decries Awakening update as ‘blatantly not player focused’

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It's not just the veteran players who are extremely upset at the Awakening update for Dauntless; the game's former associate producer Jessie Leigh Gagnon...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you see yourself trying in 2025?

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I have friends who are super excited for Path of Exile 2 but have not yet picked up the game. Not because they don't...
wet

World of Warcraft shows off the new zone, story, and activities of patch 11.0.7

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The next patch for World of Warcraft arrives on December 17th, and it's bringing a storm. Specifically, it's bringing regular storms to the new...

The Stream Team: Taking another swing at the Pi-Rat King in Cat Quest III

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MOP's Chris and his best friend are once again ready to take on the challenge of the Pi-Rat King fight in Cat Quest III!...

Destiny 2’s seasonal holiday Dawning event launches with a bunch of bugs in tow

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Nobody likes to see things go wrong during the holidays, and that definitely includes the players of Destiny 2, who were diving in to...

End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2024

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I have not had a good 2024. I have, in fact, had the absolute opposite of that. I feel like I exist now through...