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Massively OP Podcast Episode 215: Anthem exposed

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Justin and Bree discuss Anthem and BioWare, Guild Wars 2, DCUO, RIFT, Albion, DDO, Dragon Quest X, and Black Desert, plus a mailbag topic on event fatigue in MMOs.

Skyforge’s New Horizons expansion is officially live with a new planet and catch-up mechanics

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Skyforge's next big thing has arrived! Dubbed New Horizons, the content update sends players to their first new planet ever, Terra, with all-new enemies...
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Chronicles of Elyria kicks off land selection starting on April 29

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At long last, Chronicles of Elyria is ready to start a good old-fashioned land rush. Sort of, at least. It won't be in-game because...

Anthem’s latest update fixes bugs and not a whole lot else

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The latest update for BioWare's somewhat touch-and-go MMO shooter Anthem has gone live, but if you're hoping for some new content or major adjustments,...
Boosh.

RIFT Prime character transfers were delayed over ‘unforeseen circumstances’ as Trove loses CM

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When Gamigo announced that it was closing down RIFT Prime, the game's progression server, it told RIFT players that their characters would be safely...
This is a fantasy game. Yes.

TERA releases the Skywatch: New Heights update

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It's time to reach new heights in TERA. It will be, anyhow, when the Skywatch: New Heights update launches today after maintenance. And it's...

Guild Wars 2: Dragon mounts in War Eternal, living world mini-event, Ritualist outfit datamining, and new short story

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Guild Wars 2 is getting yet another mount: the Skyscale. As detailed by Eurogamer today, what sets this particular dragon (yes, sorry everyone, it's a...

Interview: Astellia deep-dives its dungeon systems and Western tweaks

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Incoming buy-to-play MMORPG Astellia has been a whirlwind in 2019 as Nexon and Barunson EA have prepared the game for release in the west:...

PAX East 2019: Elder Scrolls Online Elsweyr makes playing the bad guy feel very good

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During this year's PAX East, freelance games journalist Sam Prell - you might remember him from his time at Joystiq and GamesRadar - took...

Black Desert has 18M registered players as Pearl Abyss counts $1B gross sales

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If you're still reeling over the news that Black Desert is unceremoniously deleting its battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, from the game tomorrow, take...

Neverwinter dev confirms Cryptic’s Magic: The Gathering MMO is still in dev in an Undermountain blog

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It's been a pretty heckin' long time since we heard about the Magic: The Gathering MMO that Cryptic first announced in June of 2017....

Adventure Academy is an ‘educational massively multiplayer online game’ launching May 1

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Adventure Academy is going to mystify the typical gamer: There are no dragons to fight and no lockboxes to fight over. But if you're...

Overwatch announces its upcoming Archives event, Storm Rising, with new lore teasers

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(We've updated the end of this piece with the formal announcement.) The folks at Blizzard have dropped a pair of mysterious Overwatch lore teasers, serving...

Blizzard lays out its plans for PvP in World of Warcraft Classic, teases Rise of Azshara stream

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Last month, Blizzard dished out the deets on how World of Warcraft: Classic's content will be divvied out in six discrete phases, but the...

Pantheon devs discuss LFG tools, disposition, leveling up, and other design tenets

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Back in March, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's Visionary Realms studio announced its plan to begin releasing roundtable videos that were formerly for VIP...

EverQuest’s Selo progression server turns the XP boost back on

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When the folks at EverQuest decided to turn off the server-wide 50% XP boost that was applied to the Selo progression server in March,...

It’s been a whole year since Perpetuum’s devs turned the game over to the community

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Back in 2017, Perpetuum Online developer Avatar Creations gave up on the game, admitting it could no longer afford to develop the title given...

Outlaws of the Old West’s barbershop offers a cut and a shave for two bits

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Not everyone is expertly skilled at the fine arts of character creation, a sad fact that results in more heartbreak every year than the...

Diablo III’s Season 17 content hits the public test server

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Considering the last Diablo III update's round of public testing reportedly went over so well, the devs have continued the trend with Patch 2.6.5,...

Shroud of the Avatar outlines planned updates for the second quarter of 2019

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Q2 2019 should have some significant updates for Shroud of the Avatar if plans work out the way the devs hope. The latest update...

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