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Massively OP’s first impressions of Devilian

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Call my stance on Trion World's upcoming Devilian "oh-so-cautiously interested." Personally, I think Trion invited more grief than it wanted with the importation of ArcheAge to...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Modern online game research

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Late last year, I published on Massively-that-was a set of articles addressing current research on the relationship between shyness and online game friendships, including a...

Choose My Adventure: Freeloading in WildStar

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Hello once again, friends, and welcome to a brand-new edition of Choose My Adventure. As you have probably already surmised, assuming that you read...
Boss of the road.

Here’s a look at the Ranger in Bless’ beta

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The final Korean beta test for Bless is officially over, and Steparu has published his final look at the game. He takes the Ranger...

Here are a few more gameplay vids from the Bless beta

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Steparu has published another look at this week's Bless Korean beta test. This time around, he tackles a flying tour and reveals that the...

Choose My Adventure: Pointy sticks and lunacy in Trove

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Hello, friends, and welcome once again to Choose My Adventure. This week, our time with Trove is drawing to an end, but we're not...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Understanding Guild Wars 2’s Mordrem Guard

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If you pay attention to the images I use throughout my Flameseeker Chronicles articles, you'll notice that one of my favourite characters to include...

MMO Burnout: Star Wars Uprising

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When I heard that Disney's first foray into the new Star Wars gaming universe was a mobile-only RPG, it made me sort of angry....

Why I Play: Final Fantasy XIV

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We used to do a column called Why I Play on Massively-that-was, and while I didn't originally plan on rezzing it here today, I did return...

Choose My Adventure: Trove’s brave new (uber) world

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It's everyone's favorite day of the week -- at least if you're that annoying camel in that one Geico commercial -- and you know...
Let's rock.

Blade and Soul beta begins October 30th, still launching Q1 2016

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You can stop holding your breath now: The beautifully rendered action MMORPG Blade and Soul arrives on western shores very soon. NCSoft officially announced today that...

Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen is starting to come together

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Last Tuesday I woke in the wee hours of the morning to install Star Citizen's 1.2 patch. I wasn't battling insomnia or anything like that; on the...

A wicked hive of synth and vibrancy: First impressions of Otherland

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I first covered Otherland, the Gamigo-turned-Drago MMORPG based on Tad Williams' sci-fi book series by the same name, at E3 2012. The idea of having...

PAX Prime 2015: Don’t hate me because I don’t like Gigantic

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If you've not heard of the game Gigantic, then I'm going to have to ask where you've been because Motiga's cross between a MOBA...

Free-to-play WildStar ‘Reloaded’ arrives September 29th

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No, that isn't a typo in the title: WildStar fully converts to free-to-play on September 29th. Carbine and its crew are calling this significant change to...

Choose My Adventure: Setting up Camp in Trove

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Welcome, friends, to another episode of Choose My Adventure: Trove edition. Last week, as you may recall, I took my first steps in the...

PAX Prime 2015: Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil might be better on Xbox

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I know the majority of us on this site are PC players. I include myself in that group. And being a part of the...

PAX Prime 2015: Guns of Icarus breaks ‘preconceived notions’ of naval combat simulation

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There are always some games that you look at and think that it would be great to try when you have the time. My...

PAX Prime 2015: Sword Coast Legends makes a great first impression

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I like to think that it's not the hype getting to me when I talk about Sword Coast Legends. When I first saw the...

PAX Prime 2015: Trion tries turn-based strategy with Atlas Reactor

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Trion, the creator of Trove and RIFT, has turned its attention to the online PvP market with its new game Atlas Rector. At its core, Atlas...

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