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Final Fantasy XIV adds new carbuncle options while preparing for a dogged year

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It's time for the annual celebration of the new year in Final Fantasy XIV, and this year has a theme like every other. And...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Expansion of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Expansion or Update of 2017, which was awarded to World of Warcraft: Legion...
Eventually, we'll add women.

Wild West Online posts its development roadmap ahead of a late winter release.

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Here's the bad news for Wild West Online testers: The game's next big update has to wait until January, because the developers realized that...

Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: Most egregious use of buttcapes in an MMO

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Most egregious use of buttcapes in an MMO. And the winner is... Guild Wars 2 For...

The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017

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One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...

Flameseeker Chronicles: A Guild Wars 2 2017 column retrospective

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Welcome along to a rather festive retrospective in which I sum up 2017 for both Guild Wars 2 and Flameseeker Chronicles! A large glass of...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Studio of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Studio of 2017, which was awarded to ZeniMax last year. We asked our...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best level up and mission complete sounds?

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Indulge me for a few seconds and click on this link. And this one. And this, and this, and this, and this. Those tiny sound effects...

Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: Best MMO crosspromotion

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Best MMO crosspromotion. And the winner is... Final Fantasy XIV's Stormblood blood drive This is the...
Move it move it.

The best Massively OP streams of 2017

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As captain of our Stream Team, Massively OP's MJ Guthrie and Larry Everett were joined by Andrew Ross this year to play zillions of...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Holiday of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Holiday Event, which was awarded to The Secret World last year. This award...

Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: The best article joke that almost nobody got

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for The best article joke that almost nobody got. And the winner is... A broken payload...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Best MMO Crafting of 2017

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Crafting, which was awarded to Landmark last year (and no, we didn't know...
Slotted.

Final Fantasy XIV shows off the tracks of its orchestral album

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Who likes video game music here? That's good, a lot of hands. And it's also good that you'll be able to pick up a...

One Shots: Hand over the presents or the reindeer gets it

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Well, that escalated fast. A showdown with a Santa Claus raid boss in The Division led to BalsBigBrother attempting an unorthodox tactic of threatening Donner...
I did not get a handle on my fixation with robots.

The Daily Grind: How did you do with your 2017 MMO goals?

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The year is slipping onward, and while there's still a few more days in the year, odds are good that your big goals are...

Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: Defunct MMORPG with the most coverage

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today with our blooper award for Defunct MMORPG with the most coverage. And the winner is... City of Heroes You thought I...

Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Most Likely to Flop in 2018 or Beyond

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Most Likely to Flop, which was awarded to Star Citizen and WildStar in a tie...
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WRUP: Happy holidays, have some glass eyes edition

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Happy holidays, everyone! Here is your gift. It is a carefully made box full of glass eyes. I am giving you a box filled...

The Daily Grind: What MMO rewards are you chasing this holiday season?

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One thing is always for certain this time of year: MMO players have their hands full with Christmas events, so much so that they...