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WildStar pens a retrospective on the game in 2017 while looking ahead to 2018

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How would you rate the year 2017 for WildStar? As far as director Chad Moore is concerned, it went pretty well as a whole....
A world of disappointments.

Overwatch heads off to Blizzard World on January 23

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Haven't you ever wished that you could bring your favorite Overwatch characters on a grand tour of every Blizzard game? Because... well, you sort...
It's a fooler.

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2018

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This is, bar none, the column I hate doing most on a regular basis. None of the games I highlight in here is something...
No chance to survive!

Heroes Mecha Storm Episode 1 – Mecha skins arrive in Heroes of the Storm! Heralds of the Great Battle!

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It is time to begin the great battle for the eternal fate of the Nexus! Hero Rehgar, Orc Shaman from beyond the Dark Portal,...

Destiny 2 players erupt over token throttling bugs

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Another day, another Destiny 2 subreddit meltdown, and it's not over the Eververse cash shop, holiday items, or lockboxes this time. Redditors report a multitude...
A dispatch from the days when I bothered.

World of Warcraft patch 7.3.5 is live in the wild after extended downtime

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Some patches just don't go down smoothly. World of Warcraft wound up extending its patch time for patch 7.3.5. pretty thoroughly yesterday, with the...

The Daily Grind: What MMO zone biome puts you in an adventuring mood?

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Two of my favorite MMORPG zones are World of Warcraft's Mulgore and WildStar's Algoroc. Both managed to catch some of the spirit and flavor...
Yikes what

Star Trek Online offers free stuff for its eight-year anniversary

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It can't be right that Star Trek Online is really eight years old, can it? Eight full years of boldly going? The answer is...
Here in the open air!

Citadel: Forged with Fire will be patching out underground structures

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It turns out that some of the players of Citadel: Forged with Fire are using underground structures for rather nefarious purposes. Not the fun...
All right, then.

MU Ignition is launching on January 23

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Remember way back when MU Ignition first went into beta testing? You know, back in the wild days of early January? Because it's launching...

CCP addresses EVE Online botter problem, saying it’s at the ‘top of the list’

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Last week, we reported on a situation brewing on the EVE Online subreddit, where player after player spoke out about the game's botting problem,...
Gotta fly these things somehwere, guys.

World of Warcraft’s patch 7.3.5 abolishes expansion-specific flight skill requirements today

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Since the ability to fly was added in the first expansion to World of Warcraft, there's always been the question among players about when...
Hello again.

Amazon’s New World page is back again [Updated]

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On Monday of last week, we reported that a video of the anticipated and rather mysterious New World from Amazon had been leaked... and...
You either didn't like the last answer or you didn't care then or now.

The Daily Grind: How much worse could MMO business models get?

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During the roundtable podcast a few weeks ago, when we had the whole Massively OP staff on to chat, we tackled a question from Teviko...
Bears &c

ARK: Survival Evolved shows off the visuals and abilities of its dinosaur TLC pass

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The animal denizens of ARK: Survival Evolved could use some improvements of all sorts, and that's why dinosaurs and mammals alike are being considered...
Can we start, start over.

World of Warcraft patch 7.3.5 arrives tomorrow with worldwide level scaling

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Got some alts you want to level up in World of Warcraft? The experience is about to become much broader when patch 7.3.5 arrives...
Not pictured: Rabbits. We don't know what they'll look like yet.

Wisdom of Nym: The final countdown before Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.2

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We still don't technically know when Final Fantasy XIV is launching its next patch, but we can also figure it out. It was always...

LOTRO players pull off massive multi-day Winterstock concert

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In case you missed it, over the past few days the Lord of the Rings Online community has been running one of the largest ...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best camping system?

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The first MMORPG I ever played had a camping skill. You chopped down some wood for kindling, clicked to build a fire, and then...
Big empty.

A player modder is building the No Man’s Sky you always wanted

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Way back in 2016, No Man's Sky was all anyone talked about thanks to misleading hype positioning the game in the stratosphere. In fact, the...