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Choose My Adventure: LOTRO in hindsight, WildStar ahead

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Writing about Lord of the Rings Online is an odd experience for me because the reality is pretty simple: I don't like the game...

First Impressions: Struggling to survive in Conan Exiles

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I am no stranger to covering survival sandboxes for Massively OP. I wrestled with dinosaurs before ARK: Survival Evolved was a thing. I got kidnapped...
Homeward bound.

Working As Intended: Two decades of Elder Scrolls housing

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Massively OP explores Elder Scrolls housing through the ages -- starting with Daggerfall, running through Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim, and ending with Elder Scrolls Online's Homestead patch, live today.
So, fine.

Massively Overthinking: The future of a global MMORPG industry

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Massively OP Patron Duane's done the math on what is becoming, more and more, a truly global MMORPG industry. His question for Overthinking this...
There are indeed feelings I get when I look to the west.

Choose My Adventure: The most depressing road trip in Lord of the Rings Online

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You know, if my first exposure to Elves had been in Lord of the Rings Online, I would probably think that they were the...

Touring Marvel Heroes with Gazillion before January 19’s big update

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While it's true that you can see a good share of Marvel Heroes' mega January 2017 update for yourself on the test server, who...
Wake me up when the Hobbit films end.

Choose My Adventure: Starting my journey in Lord of the Rings Online

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If I had to guess which tabletop roleplaying game I was going to associate with Lord of the Rings Online, I really wouldn't have...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead player housing blew my mind

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I usually like to bury my opinion behind a bit of measured fact-checking and the weight of opposing opinions, but Elder Scrolls Online hit...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online juggles making money and making content with Crown Crates

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I think it's fair to say that the $15 subscription model just isn't cutting it for MMORPGs anymore. I understand that. The $15 pricetag...

Hyperspace Beacon: What to expect from SWTOR’s Knight of the Eternal Throne

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After some of the major flaws with Knights of the Fallen Empire, I wasn't expecting much from Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest expansion...

Hyperspace Beacon: Analyzing SWTOR’s Uprising group content

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Star Wars: The Old Republic dropped a treat this week by allowing fansites to tour Knights of the Eternal Throne. Although we can now see the...

First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s A Crack in the Ice episode

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ArenaNet gave us all word of a seasonably frosty addition to the Guild Wars 2 Living World story last week: The third instalment of season...

Chaos Theory: First impressions of Funcom’s Hide and Shriek

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Have you been hiding and shrieking? I have! Hide and Shriek, the 1v1 Secret World spinoff that pits the much-loved Innsmouth Academy against the...

Revelation Online tours a pair of closed beta dungeons

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Revelation Online has a mini preview out today on half of the dungeons -- that's two out of a total of four -- that...

Working As Intended: A tour of 19-year-old Ultima Online

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Wanna feel old? Three years ago, I wrote a Second Wind piece for Massively-that-was on Ultima Online, which had recently been turned over to Broadsword...
Challenge: Get queued up.

Launch impressions of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, part two

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On Monday, I delivered to you the first part of my impressions of the newly launched Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, laying out both the basics...

Atlas Reactor launch impressions: Who should step into this eclectic PvP arena?

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As Massively OP's SWTOR and Elder Scrolls Online columnist and an unapologetic MMORPG fan, I'm not usually the first person people turn to when looking...

Launch impressions of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, part one

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In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war. That may be unfortunate for the inhabitants of the planet Arkhona and the...

Tamriel Infinium: Cracking Craglorn’s overhaul with Elder Scrolls Online’s Rich Lambert

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First and foremost: One Tamriel puts all players on an even playing field in Elder Scrolls Online PvE. Players can go where they want when...

Tamriel Infinium: Why I’m sold on Elder Scrolls Online’s One Tamriel

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It hasn't taken me long to fall in love with One Tamriel. This Elder Scrolls Online team has a distinct understanding of what makes this...