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Kickstarter reports $172M raised for games in 2017

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Here's something interesting to chew on today: Kickstarter actually had an incredible 2017 when it came to funding games and raising money. Head of...

The Daily Grind: What MMO has the brightest future looking into 2018?

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One of the most popular annual roundups we do is on the healthiest MMORPGs in the genre, both because it reminds us that the...
Huh!

Aion prepares to move to a free-to-play model in Korea on its 10-year anniversary

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There are many possible reactions to that headline. Some of you are expressing disbelief that Aion could be moving to a free-to-play model in...

The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2017

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Last week, we posted a rundown of the most popular MMORPG articles of 2017, calculated strictly by the number of pageviews they got. Today, we're going...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG studio has the best communication?

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A few weeks ago, we ran a poll asking MMO players how they want developers to communicate. What sparked it was our readers' annoyance...

Call of Duty swatting incident leads to man’s death in Kansas

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A case of gamer "swatting" in the U.S. has led to the death of an innocent father of two in Kansas earlier this week. According...
Big lights.

Betawatch: The preparation for the next year (December 29, 2017)

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The last week of the year is always a time of anticipation and a fair amount of "let's get this dumb year finished already,"...

Jeremy Soule releases a preview album for his long-awaited Kickstarter symphony

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Backers of Jeremy Soule's 2013 Kickstarter campaign are still awaiting the long-promised symphony by the video game composer, but at least they have a...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the end of 2017?

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We talk about money a lot here on Massively OP. Business models. Stupidly expensive things we've bought. Annoying cash shops. Even things we'd like...

Visionary Realms and Cryptic Studios put out help wanted notices

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As always, we here at Massively OP keep our eyes glued to MMO studio job boards to see if any posted positions might give...

EVE Evolved: 2017 EVE Online year in review

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We've reached the end of another year, and it's certainly been a busy one for EVE Online. This year saw heavy gameplay iteration, with...

The Daily Grind: Will you kickstart any MMOs in 2018?

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I didn't back a single video game in 2017, which is a first for me. The year before, I backed Hero's Song, and we...

The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017

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One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...

Lizard Squad leader convicted for 2014 cyberattacks on H1Z1 and John Smedley

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You do the cybercrime, you do real world time. Cast your mind back to 2014 and 2015, when a hacker group called Lizard Squad...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Holiday testing, ho ho ho (December 22, 2017)

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It's holiday time, and that means everyone is leaving the offices early now. Except for those of us who work from home, because we...
Good news, this isn't bad as it looks!

Destiny 2’s playerbase is melting down over holiday lockboxes in Eververse

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Destiny 2 just can't seem to stop pissing off everyone. Its Dawning holiday event, detractors argue, is overtly designed as a moneygrab focused around...
Reed.

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2017?

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Earlier this week, we posted our award celebrating what we thought was the best MMO-related trend of the year: a renewed focus on building...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2018

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With 2017 drawing to a close and 2018 rushing up to meet us, the Massively OP team has regrouped for another round of bold...

Pearl Abyss to western Black Desert players: ‘We want BDO to last for another 20-30 years’

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Pearl Abyss Executive Producer Jaehee Kim has a message for western Black Desert players today. It's not gonna look all that different to what...

Dungeons and Dragons Online adds a new raid while Hollywood preps yet another D&D flick

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The terror of Dungeons and Dragons Online: Mists of Ravenloft are only increasing thanks to this week's Update 37.1. Standing Stone Games activated an additional...

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