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Guild Wars 2’s guild hall arena is ‘a combat sandbox’

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Guild Wars 2's week of dev blogs continues, this time with an update about guild hall arenas. ArenaNet calls its new guild hall arena...

Leaderboard: Have you played Elite: Dangerous?

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I've got the space sim bug again. Well, OK, I never really lost it, but work and other hobbies occasionally make immersing myself in...
And it's gone.

Choose My MOBA: LoL vs. Dota 2 vs. SMITE

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A while back I became a fledgling MOBA fan thanks to Infinite Crisis. Unfortunately for me, Turbine decided to kill its DC universe battler...
My name is might have been.

Records indicate that Rhode Island’s deal with 38 Studios was meant to be secret

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The 38 Studios story has been a mess since it was first announced, right up to the studio's collapse. It turns out that the...

Massively Overthinking: Graceful MMO free-to-play transitions

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In honor of WildStar's free-to-play transition this week, Massively Overthinking is about to overthink the very best F2P transitions ever. Even if you don't...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts responds to publication’s ‘long troll’, threatens legal action for defamation

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Unless you've been living under a rock lately, you probably know that Star Citizen and its creator Chris Roberts have been under siege from...

Mission changes coming with Guild Wars 2’s expansion

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The Heart of Thorns expansion is changing guild missions in Guild Wars 2. How so? That's what today's website update is designed to answer....

Camelot Unchained’s newsletter looks at the state of the build and more

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Camelot Unchained's 14th newsletter has been sighted in the wild. It says that there will be a beta-focused livestream on Friday, October 2nd, followed...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Modern online game research

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Late last year, I published on Massively-that-was a set of articles addressing current research on the relationship between shyness and online game friendships, including a...
Price shark.

RIFT is upping its subscription price slightly with its next patch

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If you're considering taking a break from RIFT and dropping your subscription for a month, you may not wish to do that. With the...

Steam has The Secret World’s ultimate edition for half price

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Yep, the headline pretty much says it all. If you still haven't taken the plunge on Funcom's seminal Secret World MMO, now is as...

Crowfall sums up its Hunger Dome test, even though it’s not over yet

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Crowfall's Hunger Dome 1.0 PvP playtest is nearing its end. As such, ArtCraft has published a recap video reflecting what the firm has learned...

Guild Wars 2 enhances its squad UI, preps for Halloween

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ArenaNet recently unveiled its enhanced squad UI for Guild Wars 2. It's designed to help players organize their friends, guildmates, and other large groups...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 31: MMO expansions come roaring back

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Justin and Bree discuss Devilian, SWTOR, Ultima Online, the return of the MMO expansion, RIFT, Camelot Unchained, ArchLord 2, and Guild Wars 2, with mailbag questions on Heart of Thorns and gambleboxes.
Do it anyway, but feel bad about it.

Hi-Rez Studios felt bad about abandoning Tribes: Ascend

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Letting Tribes: Ascend lie untouched for a long while was a smart business decision for Hi-Rez Studios, but it wasn't one that the developers...
this is duuuuuuuumb

Valve developer claims that VR motion sickness isn’t the fault of the hardware

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Are you worried about getting hit by a sense of motion sickness whilst using a VR headset? Valve's Chet Faliszek states that you don't...
DAGRON

Guild Wars 2’s former lead designer now develops for Amazon

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Amazon has been trying to work its way into game development for a while, but the retailer has a new weapon in its arsenal....

Not So Massively: Martin Shkreli slammed in e-sports; Star Citizen legal letter revealed

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...

Black Desert’s Russian beta starts October 12

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Can you read Russian? Me neither, but I can read Reddit as well as the big date on the top of Black Desert's Russian...

ARK gets a swamp, snow, dire wolves, and more

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ARK: Survival Evolved got two new biomes in today's 216 patch. A swamp and snow-covered region are now available, along with new critters like...