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Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP!

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Indie sandbox MMORPG Wild Terra (official site, Steam) has been in early access since December, a nostalgia-driven medieval sim that allows players to build up...
We could have planned better.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 134: You are my… Destiny

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, Wander, ARK, Funcom, Destiny 2, Cloud Pirates, Perpetuum, EVE Lifeblood, Villagers & Heroes, and helping out with Harvey, with mailbag questions on favorite MMO moments and finding a good guild.
SWEAR TO ME

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG is the worst at balancing difficulty?

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Justin's LOTRO Legendarium article on whether or not Mordor is too difficult struck a chord wth me. "I do not envy devs and their...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs do you wish would come to Steam?

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I was poking through my Steam library this weekend hunting for an old game I wanted to install to see whether it still worked...
And say it with croissants.

WRUP: New euphemisms for eating edition

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Stashing the carbs. Scarfing down the pre-byproducts. Making the mashy-mash with my bitey-bits. The great British chew-off. Food breathing. Taking an eat-load in the...
Another thing to blame on Cliffy!

Snag an Amazing Eternals closed beta key from Digital Extremes and Massively OP [All gone!]

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Digital Extremes' new shooter/TCG hybrid The Amazing Eternals (fka Keystone) launched its founders program this week, rolling into closed beta with a new trailer...

Enter to win a Champions Online 8th anniversary pack from PWE and Massively OP

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Can you believe Champions Online is eight years old? Yep, it's true, and the festivities are underway! In honor of the celebration, PWE has kindly...

Bungie, MMO vloggers organize charity events for Harvey victims

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If you're sitting in your comfy gaming chair right now wondering what you can do to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey, which is...
Very dynamic.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 133: Gaming Gamescom

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, sunsets for Ghost in the Shell Online and SkySaga, Closers, ArcheAge 4.0, Star Citizen's Gamescom demo, SWTOR, and WoW Argus, with mailbag questions on Marvel Heroes and MMORPGs as a drug, plus a PAX West preview.

The Daily Grind: What do you actually expect to get out of MMORPG lockboxes?

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MMO blogger Bhagpuss has an intriguing multi-angle post out this week criticizing, rightly in my mind, Guild Wars 2's lockboxes, but not the way...
More of this story, please.

The Daily Grind: How often do you play non-human MMORPG characters?

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This weekend, I was toying around with my fancy Path of Fire-induced new character slot in Guild Wars 2. I have one of every...
Yes.

WRUP: We want bones edition

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Hello and thank you for calling the Bone Collectors, Thomas and Edward Bone. We want bones. To be absolutely clear, our last name is Bone,...
Mars mars mars mars.

Massively Overthinking: The survivalbox vs. the MMORPG

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A few weeks ago in Massively Overthinking, the team discussed the resurgence in popularity of small-scale co-op games and whether that has impacted the...
No one weekend should have all that power.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 132: Filth TV

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Justin and MJ discuss Secret World, LOTRO, Warframe, Path of Exile, Otherland, WoW, Ultima Online, ARK, Just Survive, EverQuest II, and West of Loathing.
kyle has a cool yard

WRUP: Here are all of the neighborhood kids’ houses rated edition

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So, like, Kyle's house has the really big TV and the Xbox, but Kyle's older brother plays on it a lot and Kyle mostly...

Massively Overthinking: Alone together vs. forced grouping in MMORPGs

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that everyone has at some point seen the xkcd called Isolation, but if not, there...
H1Z1

Massively OP Podcast Episode 131: Just surviving

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Justin and Bree cover Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire, LOTRO's Mordor, Final Fantasy XIV's playerbase, Dual Universe's investment, and NCsoft's financials, then interview H1Z1: Just Survive Creative Director Ben Jones.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever felt the need to cut back on your MMORPG playtime?

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A couple of months ago, Lifehacker ran an article that might just save somebody: It's titled How to Cut Back on Playing Video Games,...
You really know nothing about me and no one cares.

WRUP: Welcome to Boring Monsters Online edition

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Thank you for signing up to play Boring Monsters Online, where we have diligently made sure that all of our monsters seem like they could...
Swanky.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 130: Flame and Fire

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor, Path of Exile: Fall of Oriath, and WoW's alt-friendly plans, with mailbag questions on MMO raiding and console MMOs.

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