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Interview: Worlds Adrift’s Bossa Studios on giving, griefing, and gittin’ gud

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After the launch of Worlds Adrift but prior to E3, we sent off an interview to Bossa Studios and recently received our answers, complete...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Our preview of Guild Wars 2’s Long Live the Lich, now live

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We've waited out the short delay, and today's the day when we get our hands on the third episode of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living...

Massively Overthinking: Massively OP’s E3 2018 awards

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We've finished rolling out all of our E3 2018 content this year, save a few last stragglers coming this weekend, so now we've chosen...

E3 2018: Hands-on with Descent, the future of space mining

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Fallout 76 wasn't the only Interplay throwback at E3 2018: Descent, one of the games that defined the six degrees of freedom genre, is no longer...

E3 2018: Hands-on with ReEvolve, Perfect World’s new mobile sandbox MMORPG

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Remember how we learned that Perfect World would be showing off some new games at E3? Well, things happen at conventions like this -...

E3 2018: Hands-on with the superb (and hopefully Switch-bound) Black Desert Mobile

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While I've had kind words to say about the potential for mobile in the past - particularly MMOARGs - I just haven't been able...

E3 2018: Hands-on with Funcom’s upcoming Mutant Year Zero

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Apparently, GDC was good to Funcom, The Bearded Ladies, and Mutant: Year Zero. The teams had originally thought to skip E3 this year, but...

E3 2018: Hands-on with Ubisoft’s open-world pirate PvP game Skull & Bones

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So, you want to be a pirate, but Sea of Thieves isn't your cup of tea? If the issue was PvP, well, you're probably out of...

E3 2018: Hands-on with Pokemon Let’s Go

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You know with my being the one at this year's E3 that this would happen. A console Pokemon game that also connects to Pokemon Go?...

E3 2018: Hands-on with Super Smash Bros Ultimate

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With all the online talk about Nintendo this year, it feels only fitting to give Nintendo's Super Smash Bros Ultimate a little time. We've talked recently...
To blathe.

E3 2018: Hands-on with Bethsoft’s Elder Scrolls: Blades (yes, in portrait mode)

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Out of all the announcements Bethesda had at its pre-E3 presser, The Elder Scrolls: Blades was the last title I thought we'd be offered. Oh, we...

Tamriel Infinium: With Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset, more of the same is a good thing

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Today is the formal launch day for Summerset! My goal during the PC early access was to finish the main storyline, and I'm happy...

Hands-on: The Jurassic World Alive ARG shows promise, but not for MMO fans

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Ludia's Jurassic World Alive isn't being marketed as an MMO, but it is an augmented reality game that involves roaming in the real world for virtual...

Tamriel Infinium: Eight things you need to know before jumping into Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset

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Monday, the Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset chapter went live for early access accounts. For the first time since 1994, players can visit the island...

First impressions of Worlds Adrift: Innovation, Zelda, open-world PvP, and that sinking feeling

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Worlds Adrift has been one of those games I've been closely watching but trying not to jump into until it was ready. I tried...

First impressions of State of Decay 2: Frolicking fun with friends and zombies

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State of Decay 2 is out, and I know, I know, it's not an MMO, but it does have online multiplayer in a shared...

Returning to Conan Exiles: Praise for Funcom’s progress on PvE and PvP

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As some of you may remember, I wasn't terribly impressed with Conan Exiles when it first went into Early Access last year. It wasn't exactly that...

Hands-on with Bless Reborn at Neowiz’s San Francisco media reveal

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As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers...

Tamriel Infinium: Deep-diving the mechanics of Elder Scrolls Online Summerset’s Psijic Order skill line

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Many MMO gamers - including me - are a bit underwhelmed by the next chapter of the Elder Scrolls Online. Although Summerset is not...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Update 5.9 concludes the traitor storyline in classic style

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May the fourth be with you, Massively OP readers. I hope you are having a wonderful unofficial Star Wars holiday. And if you're thinking...