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Global Chat: What do you remember about Guild Wars?

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Late last month, the classic Guild Wars transcended its 10th birthday and prompted a flood of nostalgic posts and shared stories. A few MMO...

Dungeon Fighter Online promises gifts for all if ‘Jerry’ loses weight

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Sometimes there are stories that come across our desk and elicit an immediate response of, "What is this I don't even." This is one...
Warcraft

Here’s a look at Orgrim from the Warcraft movie

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Wired has our first look at Orgrim from Duncan Jones' forthcoming Warcraft film. Who's Orgrim? Well, he's an orc warchief and the creation of...

ArcheAge spawns fresh Reddit drama over pay-to-win

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Third time's a charm with Reddit! Remember back in March when a Skyforge moderator threatened to ban anyone using the term pay-to-win and was...
Shroud of the Avatar

The Daily Grind: Has your favorite MMO been DDoSed?

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So, Shroud of the Avatar got DDoSed yesterday. Shroud of the Avatar!? While there's really no excuse for any DDoS attack, it kind of...

One Shots: Nothing to see here, move along

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Do you ever stop to realize just how much weirdness we see and dismiss every day as MMO gamers? If a fraction of the...
Not what I'm traveling in, probably.

The Daily Grind: Do you MMO on the road?

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I am traveling again for Massively OP, and that means not much in the way of MMOs for me for a little while. When...

The Game Archaeologist: Multiplayer BattleTech

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It was the 31st century, where feuding factions decided to settle their differences by throwing multi-ton war robots at each other. It was also...
This was a real game that existed.

WRUP: This game existed, no one cared edition

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The above screenshot is from Fantasy Earth Zero, a title that was developed by Square-Enix, launched to a resounding thud, got resurrected by another...

The Daily Grind: What MMO gets you exploring?

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You want to hear something weird? For as much crap as WildStar got about its path system, I actually do love to explore in...
lol

WoW Factor: A three million loss lesson

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It's been a little while, hasn't it, friends? In the time since I last penned WoW Factor (which missed an installment purely due to...
You have to do something, you know.

Star Trek Online explains the big shift in event currencies

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Star Trek Online is doing something new with its summer event this year by shifting currencies in a big way. This has caused a...
Space Engineers

Space Engineers opens its code base to modders

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Hey space engineers, how would you like access to the source code of, um, Space Engineers? You can have it, since developer Keen Software...
Oh, look, it's this fun debate again.

The Elder Scrolls Online will not require a one-time code for play on consoles

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Good news for those of you looking to play The Elder Scrolls Online on consoles - if you want to sell your copy or...
Dungeons? Check. Dragons? Check. What else could need changing?

Neverwinter outlines new and upcoming changes

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When lead designer Scott Shicoff took point on Neverwinter, his first dispatch to the community was a statement that he and the rest of...
THere's a big picture here that you may not be seeing.

The Daily Grind: Would you try a Darkfall reboot?

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Yesterday's news regarding the possibility of a classic Darkfall server was pretty great. I loved Aventurine's 2010-era fantasy gankbox, and I'd resubscribe or even repurchase the client...

Rumor: WildStar coming to Steam as a free-to-play title in August [Updated]

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WildStar is coming to Steam, according to third-party scraper site SteamDB.info. When and for how much is less clear, given that Carbine and NCsoft...
Well... huh.

Here are the top 10 moments from Wargaming’s recent Grand Finals

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Wargaming has published a video recap of the top 10 moments from its recent Grand Finals 2015 competition. If you want to see some...
Money

Leaderboard: Do you like the buy-to-play model?

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I was discussing MMO business models with some friends this week, and one of them commented that buy-to-play is the best thing ever. I...

Ask Mo: The trouble with roleplaying in MMORPGs

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Long ago on Massively-that-was, a reader named Avaera sent in a long list of fabulous questions worth addressing. I'm tackling another in today's edition...