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Star Trek Online plans an Admirality campaign for the Romulan Republic

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The Romulan Republic has been in the background for a bit in Star Trek Online. Obviously the faction is still important, considering that it's...

Devilian revs up refer-a-friend program

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When you're looking to bolster your game's population, there's nothing that makes a marketing department quite as happy as getting loyal players to work...
MAKE ME

Diablo III honors fallen developer with special cow level

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Bumped into the extra special bonus cow level in Diablo III? It's there for a good reason and a limited time as a tribute...
Staying alive, somewhat.

Defiance continues its story in a big new update

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The television series has ended, but Defiance isn't giving up the ghost along with it. The game has just deployed a big update that...
Balanced!

Camelot Unchained discusses balance in the midst of the beta crunch

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The developers behind Camelot Unchained are currently in the midst of a hard crunch to get the game's beta ready for players to, well,...

The Daily Grind: What unpopular opinion do you hold about MMOs?

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I saw this question posed to Reddit the other day and thought it sufficiently interesting enough to want to post it to MOP's community with...
Exploitation.

The Division’s soundtrack is available for pre-order

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Do you like The Division and want to take a piece of it with you all over the place? Do you just particularly care...
We have your son in custody. We also have your older, fatter, balder son.

Final Fantasy XIV takes a look behind the magic of its sound design

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Are you a fan of Final Fantasy XIV? Are you not a fan of Final Fantasy XIV while still feeling a great deal of...

EVE Online compensates players with 200k skill points for server move downtime

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EVE Online Executive Producer Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren has addressed EVE players in a new video posted to the official site. Nordgren apologizes for...

WildStar ups Omnibit drops for subscribers

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If you're currently a WildStar subscriber, you're going to be getting a bit more with the price of your subscription. The development team announced...
Camelot Unchained

Camelot Unchained passes ‘send more programmers’ stretch goal

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Camelot Unchained just announced that it's passed its "$3,900,000 - Send more programmers" stretch goal, which enables City State Entertainment to hire "two additional...

Hyperspace Beacon: How to run a roleplay event in spite of SWTOR’s mechanics

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I have mentioned before that my community and I roleplay in spite of the game mechanics of Star Wars: The Old Republic. It’s not...
THere's a big picture here that you may not be seeing.

Darkfall: Rise of Agon is now in development

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Are you interested in a Darkfall reboot? No, not the official one that rewrote the game's core structure, but something throwing the game back...
Black Desert

The Daily Grind: If an MMO has a cash shop, when should it launch?

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Massively OP reader Leiloni pointed out to us something unusual about Black Desert: Its much-talked-about cash shop wasn't originally going to open until March 10th,...

RuneScape’s DarkScape will sunset in March

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Jagex is retiring RuneScape's DarkScape "experiment" at the end of March. "DarkScape offered an intriguing twist on the traditional RuneScape gameplay, and the experimental mode...
I can see I'm going blind.

MMORPGs celebrate The Revenant’s Oscars

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If your MMORPG has a Revenant class, you'd best not be missing the opportunity to plug it today, as the movie celebrates its three...
Top gear indeed.

Allods Online explains gearing changes for the New Order update

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The New Order hitting Allods Online is going to be changing how players acquire gear in a big way, and it's going to be...

One Shots: I heart you

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Valentine's Day is already well behind us (and greatly before us), but the love among the MMO community never dies down. Today we have a...
The Guitar Hero rush hit us all.

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO for having an army of alts?

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One of the things that makes me happy about World of Warcraft's next expansion is that cosmetics are becoming more unified. Unlock a plate...

Gabe Newell fires Dota 2 presenter, calling him ‘an ass’

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Dota 2's Shanghai Major tournament got off to a shaky start this week with a slew of technical problems and controversy over presenter James...