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World of Warcraft shares the behind-the-scenes of its Ibelin-inspired charity bundle, the Reven Pack

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World of Warcraft has made a tradition for years of selling charity pets which offer all of the profits to charity for a limited...

The Stream Team: Engaging in adorable co-op gunplay in AK-Xolotl

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To say that MOP's Chris is trying something different for today's stream is an understatement: He's bringing his best friend along so they can...

Final Fantasy XIV community institutes new world first rules after players use add-ons to cheat (again)

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For players who claim to have the highest levels of skill in Final Fantasy XIV, it's extremely fascinating that members of this facet of...

Classic EverQuest’s 31st expansion, The Outer Brood, is live – and so is a brand-new EverQuest book

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As promised, EverQuest's 31st expansion officially launched last night, unleashing The Outer Brood on classic EQ players in its 25th year of existence. The...
Reborn as the... uh... team we are talking about.

The Daily Grind: How would you have gamed differently in 2024?

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Our MOP interns brought me my morning coffee and the dire news that this is, indeed, the last month of the year. For lo!...

‘We own our shortcomings’: Old School RuneScape solicits support feedback from players

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"Your experience in Old School RuneScape matters deeply to us, and we know that includes getting quality support when it’s needed. We own our...

Choose My Adventure: Starting life as a Jem’Hadar in Star Trek Online

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So, first thing's first: I wasn't really able to spend excessive time in Star Trek Online this weekend. It was not just a holiday...

Elder Scrolls Online is giving away class style packs for its anniversary – but there’s a catch

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As Elder Scrolls Online pushes into the final month of its year-long 10th anniversary celebration, it has one more promo for players... or at...

New World has enlisted rapper T-Pain and other influencers for a ‘T-Party’ Aeternum stream today

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If you can remember back to the fall of 2021 when Amazon's New World first launched, it was pretty bewildering: Amazon had New World...

Pokemon Go is testing a monthly reward program that caps out at $500 a month

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MOP's Andrew has been covering Pokemon Go's many problems - including whaling problems - in his Massively on the Go column for the last...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever had a dream about MMORPGs?

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Today's Daily Grind is inspired by two bits from social media. First, MOP's Justin recently joked on the podcast that describing MMO boss battles is...
are you and me gonna happen?

GOG offers a discount on the original Warcraft 1 and 2 along with a commitment to preservation

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So for some reason people are not super happy with Blizzard's remasters of Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 on the company's official storefront. However,...

The Diablo franchise boss seriously suggested that ARPGs should be called ‘Diablo-likes’

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Another member of the Blizzard C-suite has opened his mouth on social media again, but at least this time it isn't to say something...

The Daily Grind: Have you let go of any old MMORPG obsessions?

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Earlier this year, when City of Heroes Homecoming first scored a license to operate from NCsoft, my kid fell hard into econ PvP over...

The Stream Team: Post-holidays with family in Final Fantasy XIV

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While Thanksgiving is technically over, MOP's Chris is continuing to feel the holiday mood of togetherness here on OPTV, and that means it's time...

One Shots: The billiards of the universe

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The irony of going on lengthy adventures to exotic settings in MMOs is that your character usually doesn't bring a smartphone to take pictures...

The Daily Grind: When have you definitely played too much of an MMO?

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Yes, folks, this is truly the time of excess for those of us in the USA, when we all gorge ourselves on about four...
Nope, not letting this one go.

Rumor: Ubisoft is developing a cozy MMO with voxel-based building mechanics

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Did you think that the "cozy multiplayer game" trend was dying out? That would mean all it needed was for one major publisher who...
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WRUP: Auditioning replacement Eliots 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 what we do for Thanksgiving aka Thursday.
A pet you can no longer have.

The Daily Grind: What MMO meme should be retired in 2024?

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Jumping back into WoW Classic with the new fresh start servers has been quite the amazing (and nostalgic!) experience. But I was taken aback...