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PSN users find level boosts for Destiny on the PSN store

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Good news, Destiny players on the PlayStation with a desire to bypass a good chunk of leveling! You belong to a rather narrow subgroup,...

The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO ‘harbinger of failure’?

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Earlier this year, blog Kill Ten Rats wrote about "Harbingers of Failure," a term coined by a quad of marketing researchers to describe people...

Not So Massively: Counter-Strike nerfs all the guns (December 14, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...

Shroud of the Avatar player band records musical performance

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Do you enjoy blundering around in your online worlds, encased in darkness with no torch? Good news for you: The latest Shroud of the Avatar...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO Trend of the Year

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the best MMO trend of 2015. Last year, we chose sandbox and social gameplay as the awardee...
I am COMPELLED to SHOOT!

Trion compensates Devilian players for lost progress on the Seadrift server

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There's nothing quite like logging in over the weekend to play some Devilian, logging out after a little while, and then logging back in......
Appreciable?

The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio maintains the best community presence?

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Last week, when the Massively staff was debating internally which MMO company deserved our best MMO studio of 2015 award, I argued that overseas studios...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Likely to Flop

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our most likely to flop in 2016 and beyond award. Last year, Star Citizen took home this dishonor, leading to...

One Shots: Underground wonders

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Spelunking isn't just a fun word to say but an exciting activity in its own right. Players who take the time to explore under...
Bear bomb!

The Daily Grind: What MMO has the best character hairstyles?

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We talk a lot about systems for changing the look of what your character is wearing, but what we don't talk about nearly enough...

Star Citizen just dinged to 100 million dollars

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Crowdfunding efforts for Cloud Imperium's Star Citizen space sim have just crossed the $100,000,000 mark. Over a million gamers have contributed to the game, which...
And in the distance, the call of payment.

DayZ now allows monetized private servers

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In the event of a zombie apocalypse like the one that has apparently hit the world of DayZ, human money will be entirely worthless....

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Pseudo-MMO of the Year

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the best pseudo-MMO of the year. The games that populate this category are games that we'd usually cover...
Shine shine.

WRUP: On the shininess of skin edition

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Let's cover something that I would think is... kind of obvious. Skin is not, by default, shiny. It is not reflective. It does not...

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

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I think about MMO fashion a lot because I'm a weird person who doesn't get invited to a lot of parties (or maybe it's...
Do I look like a patient cow?

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the World of Warcraft fan

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Look, I know what you're thinking, and I'm sorry to say there's not much to be done. As great a gift as it would...
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: The 10 best free-to-play MMORPGs

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You know one of the reasons I like writing this column? Because one of these days I'm going to be able to make a...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Biggest Disappointment of 2015

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the biggest MMO disappointment of 2015. Last year, we gave this "award" to WildStar and ArcheAge in...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for The Secret World and Funcom fan

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It's the holidays, and in the spirit of giving, I am going I'm going to give you ideas -- for gifts! Instead of waxing...
ENGLISH, GIANT MONSTER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!

Monster Hunter Online’s Chinese team does not oppose an English patch

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A new video is available for the open beta of Monster Hunter Online over in China, which is something less than heartening for our...