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WRUP: Pace out the halls of your lineage edition

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Picture a moment in time, if you will. Imagine it as a place, as a thing with structure. That point is fixed in space...

The Daily Grind: How do you plot your gameplay in an open-world sandbox?

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Quantic Foundry's series of blog posts in support of its Gamer Motivation Model continue with its most recent piece on open world games, which...
It's like three games for the price of... well, actually, it's two games now.

Massively Overthinking: The Star Citizen money machine

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Massively OP reader Ichi has posed us an interesting question. At the end of 2015, a lot of gamers, including some of our own...

Jukebox Heroes: Six forgettable MMOs with unforgettable soundtracks

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I have often thought it grossly unfair that a video game soundtrack is linked, for better and for worse, with the popularity of the...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 51: Unsavory deeds

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Justin and Bree discuss V-Day, MMO finances, Blade & Soul, The Division, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, The Secret World, Ultima Online, and Devilian, with mailbag questions on IP blocking frustrations and MMO innovation.

The Daily Grind: Do cutscenes in MMORPGs annoy you?

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The last few months, I've been playing a lot of Diablo III, and last week I jumped into Devilian. One thing both games do...
World of Warplanes

The Daily Grind: What untapped survival sandbox theme needs love?

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Zombies. Dinosaurs. Other people. Pygmies, for some reason. They've been done. But plenty of themes haven't been tapped for survival sandboxes. Joking in the Massively...

MMO Week in Review: Blizzard and NCsoft financials (February 14, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Activision-Blizzard...
From this point it looks so easy.

Leaderboard: Autorun in MMOs

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I recently gave Trion's MMO-ARPG hybrid Devilian a try and was pleasantly surprised to see one particular Asian import included: autorun. Basically, you click on the...
Light it up.

WRUP: The costumer’s lament

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With all of the antics that have gone on in my life over the last week alone, I somehow forgot that my random alliance...
Overpowered.

Lord of the Rings Online immortalized on game show Jeopardy

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MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online was the subject of a Jeopardy College Championships question last night. https://twitter.com/lotro/status/698168523722350593 Apparently the first contestant to ring in has...

The Daily Grind: Does your age impact your MMO gameplay preferences?

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We've been following gaming research firm Quantic Foundry the past few months as it's been hammering out its Gamer Motivation Model. This week, it...

Massively Overthinking: The best government for an MMO guild

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This week's question comes to us from Das Tal developer Alexander Zacherl, who says his team is in the process of implementing a direct...

Sword and Bored special edition birthday comic: ‘Anniversary gifts’

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Mo helps us celebrate the site's birthday by opening an anniversary gift inside his MMO.
Black Desert

Giveaway: Black Desert closed beta keys from Daum and MOP [All gone!]

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Are you ready for Black Desert's next closed beta round, which kicks off next week? If you haven't already preordered, you're going to want a...
Great old.

The Daily Grind: What makes an MMO old?

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MMOs have a longer shelf life than other games do. We talked about this not so long ago, even, and you can see it...

Enter to win a Neverwinter Xbox One mount from PWE and Massively OP

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In celebration of Neverwinter's Underdark update for Xbox One, PWE has granted Massively OP 40 mount codes to give away to our readers! The codes are for a rare...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 50: Happy birthday MOP!

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On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and Bree discuss MOP's first birthday, DUST 514, H1Z1, DCUO, Hearthstone, Anarchy Online, Diablo III, and TSW, with a mailbag question on the return of MMO subs.
How hard could it be, indeed.

The Daily Grind: Which survival sandbox are you most likely to play?

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Over the weekend, Justin wrote about the deluge of major online multiplayer survival sandboxes hitting us lately. First there was DayZ and its early...
So it's Progress Quest without the self-awareness and with a price tag, then.

Pocket Guild offers pocket-sized MMORPG action without the first three letters

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If you're fond of MMORPGs and you have an Android device, Pocket Guild is hoping you'll give it a go. It's everything you could...

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