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Activision-Blizzard Q1 2017: Blizzard’s online games drove Activision-Blizzard profits last quarter

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Activision-Blizzard can't claim "biggest quarter ever" for the quarter ending March 2017, but it continues to rake in huge sums of money, enough to at...

Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif on his business history, $30M funding goal, and PvP

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As I put this piece together Thursday morning, Ashes of Creation's Kickstarter has far exceeded its $750,000 goal, surging along toward stretch goals with...

EU’s Age of Wulin to be absorbed into Snail Games’ Age of Wushu

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Age of Wulin, the European counterpart to NA's Age of Wushu, is being handed off once again in the region. The martial arts sandbox...

Indie sandbox El Somni Quas answers Q&A, features Rogues Guild and Sparrow Port

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It's been a while since we checked in with El Somni Quas, the indie sandbox from a Czech studio that cut its teeth on Ultima...

Perfect Ten: Exploring MMORPGs from the far corners of the world

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Have you ever noticed that while there's an entire world out there, most all of the MMORPGs we discuss and play tend to either...

Black Desert arrives on Steam May 24

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Today's Black Desert patch isn't a big one compared to most, clocking in at under a quarter of a gig, kicking off a new...

Nexon acquires First Strike’s unannounced online game

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Nexon's empire grows ever-larger as the publisher and developer continues to acquire more colonies for its glory. This week, the company entered into a...
No combo winter for you.

Magic: the Gathering Online got the latest broken combo banned in just two days

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You may not play Magic: the Gathering Online, but if you play any sort of free-to-play online card game, you owe some of your...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 115: Legendary podcasting

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Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Guild Wars 1 and 2, Star Trek Online, FFXIV, Neverwinter, WoW addons, Kingdom of Loot, and City of Heroes, with mailbox questions on MMO tourist mode and character creation inspiration.

Ashes of Creation sets its sights on crowdfunding stretch goals

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After smashing expectations by completely funding its $750,000 Kickstarter campaign in the first 12 hours, Ashes of Creation wants to keep this crowdfunding momentum going...
Come and get your PLEX.

EVE Online rolls out major PLEX changes on May 9

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When EVE Online releases its next big patch on May 9th, PLEX is changing in a big way. For example, the old days of...

Ashes of Creation’s Kickstarter is live, seeking $750,000 to bolster the ‘rebirth of the MMORPG’

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"If necessary, I have made some very good friends in my previous business endeavors who are dying to invest." -Steven Sharif, Massively OP interview,...

Superdata report shows Overwatch slipping, Hearthstone rebounding

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Looking back at March's digital sales, the industry was up 15% year-over-year from 2016, Superdata Research reports. Mobile was the largest area of growth,...

The Daily Grind: Are MMORPGs better off without stories?

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Last week, Massively OP community veteran BalsBigBrother pointed out -- rightly! -- that while Trove is amusing, it's very much lacking in prepared story or...

Make My MMO: Crowfall adds geomancy and architecture skills (April 29, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Crowfall canceled its weekend playtest, but not before issuing a dev blog updating the community on some of the crafting changes...
You are not the real thing.

Betawatch: Pantheon has a class that’s too cool for you (April 28, 2017)

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Remember when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen bombed pretty badly on Kickstarter? The good news for fans is that the day when that happened...
If at first you don't succeed, that means nothing now.

Echo of Soul is heading to China (again)

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Good news, Echo of Soul fans in China: The game is coming back. (It's not coming back in North America, it never left. It's...

Former Funcom execs convicted, sentenced in insider trading case

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The insider trading case that's embroiled the former leadership of MMORPG studio Funcom has finally come to a close today with convictions and sentences...
Where you at, ArenaNet?

The Daily Grind: Why is MMORPG server downtime still a thing?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor John has a very simple question to kick off our morning: Why the heck is server downtime still a thing? "How...
Oh my.

Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?

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Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...

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