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Star Citizen denies claims that a backer sought and received a $45000 refund

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If you're as "fed up" with waiting for Star Citizen as Chris Roberts is "fed up" with providing endless moving release dates for alpha...

Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan on how needing to babysit toxic turds slows down game dev for everyone

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"I'm Jeff from the Overwatch team," the outrageously famous Blizzard game director Jeff Kaplan says in this week's Overwatch developer video. I get a kick...

SMITE and Paladins players raise $76K for hurricane relief efforts

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SMITE and Paladins studio Hi-Rez is thanking players today for their efforts in raising funds for the victims of the 2017 hurricane season. "​Earlier this...
How do I start to say goodbye.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 135: PAX in the P.M.

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Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss PAX West, Secret World Legends, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, WoW, ArcheAge, and WildStar, plus a mailbag question on Destiny and raiding.

Worlds Adrift dev Bossa Studios picks up $10M in investor funding

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Worlds Adrift developer Bossa Studios just got a massive influx of cash - 10 million bucks - thanks to a Series A investment round...

Pearl Abyss is building four more MMOs as Black Desert swells to 7.65M registered users

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We've been tracking Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss' path to IPO since last spring, when multiple Korean outlets began reporting that the company sought...

The Daily Grind: Why are you not into virtual reality?

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Massively OP reader and commenter Sally Bowls pointed us to a brief post on Axios in which a VR consultant and former Oculus employee opines...

FTC settles CS:GO Lotto influencer corruption complaint

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It's not enough for the CS:GO community to bleed players to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds; nope, this week it's taking another blow in the form of...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts is ‘fed up’ with giving 3.0 release estimates

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Eurogamer's Chris Roberts interview covers why the alpha 3.0 is more like early access than beta, how making games has changed in the era of crowdfunding, and why he's tired of giving out 3.0 launch estimates - even when he's being called a liar by detractors.

Runes of Magic prepares to merge servers in the US and Europe this month

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Runes of Magic fans, get ready: Server merges are on the way. Gameforge says it's merging all of its English, German, American and Polish servers...

Make My MMO: Everybody poops in Star Citizen (September 9, 2017)

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Remember a few weeks ago when Star Citizen confirmed survival mechanics like eating and sleeping? Welp, add pooping to the list. This week in MMO...

Skysaga might not be completely down and out

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Many players, including some of those here at Massively OP, were crushed to hear last month that the colorful MMO Skysaga had to shut...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West

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PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a...
Call and answer.

One of the last Asheron’s Call emulators vanished last night

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When Asheron's Call shut down last winter following the spinoff of Standing Stone Games from Turbine, one of the few hopes the community had...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio’s finances worry you the most right now?

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During this week's MOP podcast, Justin and I remarked on Funcom's spectacular 2017 financial showing, particularly in light of the fact that its numbers were...

Record of Lodoss War Online launches global version, adds Sweet Elf Shaman

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How many times can an MMO launch? With Record of Lodoss War Online, who really knows? The anime game came out in the east...
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Meta: Twitch’s SUBtember promo helps Massively OP stream!

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Massively OP is a Twitch Partner, meaning that our supporters are able to subscribe to our Twitch streaming channel, which puts money directly into...
Titan-size!

City of Titans plans 2017 pre-alpha, crowdfund to ‘take things to the next level’

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City of Titans studio Missing Worlds Media has just posted a recap of its presentation at last week's PAX West and a status update...

Blizzard to open an e-sports arena this fall

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Everybody knows that if you are truly serious about being a legitimate force in the e-sports industry, you have to own your own arena....

Facebook doubles down on e-sports with Hi-Rez’s Paladins Premier League contract

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From FarmVille to VR to e-sports: Facebook is gunning for whatever the kids are into these days. At least that's the takeaway from Hi-Rez's announcement...

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