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Elite: Dangerous players are already rebuilding following the Thargoid attack

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For a long time, Elite: Dangerous players felt... well, not exactly safe around the Thargoids, but at least safe enough to poke or ignore...
No, you don't get it, she has no eyes.

WoW Factor: The fate of the class orders post-Legion, part 2

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Back before the winter break, I took a look at how the various class orders are going to handle the increased conflict between the...

Massively OP’s 2017 awards debrief and annual recap

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As we did in 2014, 2015, and 2016, today I'm going to recap our annual awards and other meta articles from the end of 2017....

Cult TV series Black Mirror examines online toxicity

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Toxic behavior and attitudes is one of the more shameful elements of online gaming that drag down the experience. As developers struggle to address...

Blizzard has dispatched free Hearthstone packs as Kobolds and Catacombs dailies bug compensation

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Stretch your mind back into last year just a few weeks and you'll recall that Hearthstone suffered an irritating or blessed bug, depending on...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating in 2018?

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I didn't intend to leave Star Citizen off my personal list of most-anticipated MMOs this year, but I think it's the first time in...
Guns and ships.

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO hopes and wishes for 2018

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One of the frustrating bits about our end-of-the-year content rollouts is that sometimes predictions and story roundups can come across as negative. It’s way too easy...
Throw wide the gates to let us pass once more.

Food and video games, two great tastes together at last!

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If you thought that the World of Warcraft official cookbook was a stupid idea, then you may not be the target audience for the...
Weird dog.

Final Fantasy XI starts off 2018 with dog enemies and associated controversy

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The first update for Final Fantasy XI is scheduled for later this month, and it's hitting the ground running with controversy. See, it's the...

Asheron’s Call exiles take root in Project Gorgon

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It has already been a year since one of the oldest graphical MMOs, Asheron's Call, was shut down unceremoniously following Turbine's decision to jettison...
Race!

Check out the starting cutscenes for the first four Allied Races in World of Warcraft

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When are the first four Allied Races arriving in World of Warcraft? They're a big feature of Battle for Azeroth, but evidence increasingly points...
lolwut

DC Universe Online brings back its anniversary event with a Krypto base pet

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As one year passes into the next, DC Universe Online gets to celebrate another anniversary, and this time around it's bringing in a beloved...
Hooray, we still exist!

Blade & Soul celebrates its second anniversary with a new costume

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Congratulations are in order for Blade & Soul as it celebrates its second year of operation, and as is most often the case with...

A look back at the MMO industry’s law dramas of 2017

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In all our many roundups at the turn of the year, we've never done one on the legal dramas that have affected the MMO...

Superhero indie MMOs City of Titans, Valiance Online, and Ship of Heroes say they’re not in a race

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Whenever we write about the current crop of City of Heroes-inspired indie superhero MMORPGs, some of our commenters nearly always ponder whether it would...
Some day, I will be good about screenshots. That day is not today.

Choose My Adventure Year in Review: DC Universe Online, Shroud of the Avatar, Guild Wars 2, and Secret World Legends

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As our review of the past year of Choose My Adventure rolls onward (a bit longer than originally planned), we enter what I think...
feelin' fine!

Dataminer suggests massive Destiny 2 playerbase slump

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If player dataminers are right, Destiny 2 is in trouble, and I'm not talking about the ongoing Eververse rioting. Destiny 2 player and Redditor stevetheimpact...
Also, let's just put this out there, how about more robots?

The Daily Grind: Where do you turn for your MMO guidance?

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The great part about MMOs is that they've embraced one sort of crowdsourcing almost from the moment they first existed, and that's crowdsourcing information....

Massively OP’s Weirdest MMORPG Stories of 2017: A big bag of what?

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Today we're finishing off our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2017! And the weirdest MMORPG story of 2017 on MOP was... An EVE...

RIFT players build remembrance garden for well-loved teen

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Just before Christmas, 17-year-old Nikita Hedingham was biking to a volunteer position when she was struck by a semi and killed. Her death has...