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Great old.

The Secret World rolls out its Ultimate Edition

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Getting back up to speed in any game can be tricky. If you're out of the loop for a while, you miss out on...

The Daily Grind: Is there MMO busywork you enjoy?

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Down in the comments beneath the Marvel Heroes column we first published this week, a Massively OP reader expressed annoyance with online action RPGs and...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO annoyances that provoke ragequits

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I'm going to do something I don't do a lot in Massively Overthinking -- or anywhere, really. I'm going to ask you to whine. MOP Kickstarter...

Crowdfunded game developer bows to FTC pressure

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Don't look now, but the federal government is riding to rescue people who willingly donated their money to a Kickstarter campaign. In its "first case involving...
Darkly falling all over again.

An ‘official letter’ from Darkfall’s CEO is coming tomorrow

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The latest Darkfall dev forum post is... well, I don't what it is other than an announcement about an announcement. Aventurine community manager Icy Wave says that...
Making you not concerned with the other person's expenditures on the game would actually be novel for physical card games, too.

How Hearthstone challenges mobile free-to-play assumptions

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Hearthstone is a successful title on phones and tablets. It's successful all around. And yet if you look within the field of mobile free-to-play...
This dude, but in motion.

Crowfall developers discuss balance in a new Q&A video

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If you want total and absolute balance for one-on-one classes in Crowfall, you will be disappointed. That's the first answer in the new question...

The MMO industry mourns the passing of Christopher Lee

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If you haven't heard the news already, then we're sorry to report that Star Wars and Lord of the Rings actor Christopher Lee has...
If you keep up login issues long enough, you don't have congestion problems any longer.

The Elder Scrolls Online addresses console launch login issues

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The launch of The Elder Scrolls Online on consoles had some issues, chiefly that players were trying to log in and were unable to...
Here we are again, and we're looking at each other as if each other was to blame.

Final Fantasy XIV plans 24-hour maintenance for Heavensward

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Only a little more than a week remains before Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion moves into early access for players. But if you have...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is less popular than you expected?

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I'm not sure why Allods Online barely registers with western gamers. It's pretty, it's a well-made themepark MMO, and it has a couple of unique...

Leaderboard: Stock MMO soundtracks vs. custom playlists

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I like music. I like MMOs. I like MMO music, and really most game music in general. I don't always listen to an MMO's...

Massively Opinionated: Was ESO’s console release worth the wait?

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In this episode, Larry, Troy, Andrew, and Lee debate Elder Scrolls Online, its console launch, and its missing features.
Something to (shadow) crow about.

World of Warcraft to allow flight in Draenor in a post-6.2 patch

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If you had given up on flight as a lost cause in Warlords of Draenor, there's good news. World of Warcraft's developers posted a...
The power of price compels you, or something.

Elder Scrolls Online console newbie? Bethsoft’s got a guide for you

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So, how do you transition from playing Skyrim to The Elder Scrolls Online? Well, first you log on, which can be a bit of...

Ask Mo: Why MMORPGs still need traditional chat

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I dug this intriguing question out of our brimming-over letters-to-the-editor bin, and it's particularly timely given the recent launch of Wander, notable for its curious glyph-based...
Ice cold.

TERA is getting region-locked on Steam

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If you want to play TERA in Russia, you certainly can, as the game has a Russian publisher. The game is also available on...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite unusual MMO weapon?

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Maybe I've been around for a little too long and have become jaded at the same-old weapons that we see in every MMO, but...
So it goes.

Reddit’s Button is over

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On April 1st, Reddit's big gag for the year was "The Button." It was a button that started a 60 second countdown, and when...

EU team disqualified from Guild Wars 2 world tournament

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One aspiring Guild Wars 2 PvP team will be sitting on the sidelines when the world tournament comes to a conclusion later this year. ArenaNet has...