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MMO Week in Review: Back to playing Uncle Owen, this time in SWTOR

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Star Wars The Old Republic timed the announcement for its next big thing perfectly for Star Wars Day: This week, the team revealed GU...
fram

WRUP: Unexpected crossover farm life games edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our favorite movies and TV shows that came out before we were born.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 467: The end of an ArcheAge

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Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge's sunset, the cancellation of BlizzCon 2024, Escape from Tarkov's no good very bad day, Age of Water's early access launch, and the 20th anniversary of City of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, Fallout 4, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on defensive characters in MMOs and whether Crowfall has any kind of future.
Horn'd

MMO Week in Review: The deaths of ArcheAge and BlizzCon 2024

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This was definitely not my favorite week in MMO history: Not only did we get sunset announcements for both ArcheAge and Genfanad but Blizzard...
Just sheep.

WRUP: We are just talking about sheep edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! It's about sheep. Also we're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about toys.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 466: Elder Scrolls Offline

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Justin and Bree discuss PlanetSide 2's new developer, Elder Scrolls Online's rollback situation, the revival of Life is Feudal, and the resurrection of Legends of Aria Classic, with adventures in LOTRO, ESO, and World of Warcraft, plus mailbag topics on Palia, Blade and Soul, Dragons Dogma Online, and MMOs that would work offline.
Lots of people, sure, why not.

MMO Week in Review: PlanetSide 2 departs Daybreak, WoW tests War Within

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PlanetSide 2 is undergoing another round of upheaval this week as EG7-owned Daybreak announced that it's transferring development of the game over to EG7-owned...
Banjo music.

WRUP: Come to Botulism Dave’s, your one-stop shop for shipping containers edition

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Hey there, fine folks of What Are You Playing! Do you need shipping containers? Then come on down to Botulism Dave's, where we've got...
WoW

Massively OP Podcast Episode 465: Remixing Pandaria

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Mists of Pandaria remix, new progression servers for EverQuest and EverQuest II, WoW Cataclysm Classic pre-patch, Blizzard's return to China, Blizzard's new mystery game, FFXIV's Dawntrail benchmark, Sky Childreon of the Light, Palia layoffs, and the Stop Killing Games game preservation movement, plus adventures in LOTRO.

MMO Week in Review: Blizzard returns to China, WoW makes a mix tape

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Blizzard and NetEase finally confirmed long-running rumors that they're putting the band back together: The companies agreed this week to renew their partnership more...
This should be easier.

WRUP: There is a hidden message about a chocolate cake in this week’s WRUP edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about...

MMO Week in Review: Season of the Guardian

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New World finally limped its way to Season of the Guardian, which frustratingly launched with a long list of bugs - but also player acknowledgement...
Tubthumping is 25 years old now.

WRUP: Justice for Glort edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about bad haircuts.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 464: Guild Wars 3 is a go

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Justin and Bree discuss NCsoft, Guild Wars 3, DCUO, Monsters and Memories, Hellgate, and the LOTRO downtime, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, and Valheim, plus a mailbag topic on Palia.

MMO Week in Review: Awaiting Guild Wars 3, accounting World of Warcraft

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If you were prescient enough to put Guild Wars 3 on your predictions post from last year, congratulations: an NCsoft exec defending another NCsoft...
It's fun

WRUP: The five stages of grief by the Kubler-ross model edition

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Editor's note: Please do not believe this, or any other thing recommended by WRUP. Just tell us what MMOs you're playing this weekend, hang out in our open thread, and maybe answer the bonus question - this week's is about the weirdest MMO dramas we've been entangled in.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 463: WoW’s pirates storm the gangplank

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Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV Dawntrail, the Riot MMO, WoW Plunderstorm, the state of Cryptic and its MMOs (Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Champions Online), ArcheAge 2's delay, Path of Exile 2's beta delay, and New World's next season, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, The Sims 4, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on rekindling the social magic of old MMORPGs.
No, I will not use metaverse pictures.

MMO Week in Review: Dawntrail, Plunderstorm, and the Riot MMO

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You gotta love weeks stuffed so full of MMORPG news that we can't even decide what to focus on! This week, Final Fantasy XIV...
take THAT

WRUP: You should absolutely do 100% of the things listed in this WRUP edition

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Open thread for the weekend! Tell us what MMOs you're playing this weekend, and maybe answer the bonus question - this week's is about our bad cooking.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 462: Awaiting Brighter Shores

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Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest's 25th birthday, Brighter Shores' announcement, Star Citizen's 1.0 tease, SWTOR's date night patch, Elder Scrolls Online's DLC, and LOTRO's Update 39, with adventures in ESO and LOTRO, plus two mailbag topics relating to the crafting show.