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Guild Wars 2’s next living story episode ‘All or Nothing’ launches January 8th

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Guild Wars 2 players won't be surprised that ArenaNet has just revealed the key details of its next living story and its trailer, given...

Daybreak’s offering a $300 lifetime sub for its stable of MMOs, and it’ll probably sell out

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You had to figure Daybreak was gearing up for some sort of big sub thing, what with SSG doing it for LOTRO and DDO...

The day twinkle trees killed Ultima Online’s Christmas

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In a pretty amusing Twitter thread in which game designers admit to goofy and horrible mistakes, Ultima Online creator Raph Koster owned up to...

‘Apocalyptic sandbox MMO’ Fear the Night is Snail Games’ new zombie survival title

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Remember back when zombies were all the rage? Now even H1Z1 has decided zombies are passe, but here we are with the launch of...

Fallen Earth’s Grunch event gives way to the First Night event

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Events! Fallen Earth is actually getting events! That alone is a good thing when the game has sadly quietly languished for years; it's almost like...

Fallout 76’s endgame is so dull that players are appointing themselves raid bosses

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One of the many criticisms leveled against Fallout 76 has been its lack of endgame content, but one dedicated player has decided to be...
Because it's not real.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 201: Under siege from new content

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Justin and Bree discuss holiday events across the MMO world, PlanetSide Arena, SWTOR's Jedi Under Siege, Elite Dangerous, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Pantheon, with mailbag questions on MMO-like communities and ditching MMO quests.

Fortnite brings a fortnight of holiday cheer with new event

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Step back, twelve days of Christmas -- it's time for the fourteen days of Fortnite, which will kick off in earnest tomorrow, December 19th....

Grab a free Bless Online Red Hawthorn Expeditionary costume from Neowiz and MassivelyOP!

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In celebration of the holidays, Neowiz has granted Massively OP a stack of keys for a Bless Online Red Hawthorn Expeditionary costume bundle for your toons (and...

Warframe launches its 38th ‘frame, Baruuk, with today’s Fortuna: The Profit Taker

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Well now Warframe's just having itself the best day ever, isn't it. Not only did it take home one of the good awards from...
I have to be wasted for this.

Identity’s latest patch lets you get completely blitzed out of your mind

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The newest patch for MMO sandbox Identity has added consumables to the game, which of course means various things you can put in your body...
It's fine.

Crowfall releases patch 5.8, the first campaign patch, without the first campaign

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Good news, Crowfall fans, the long-awaited patch for the game's first real campaign releases today! Except it does so without the actual just-referenced first real...

Escape From Tarkov devs lodge DMCA strikes over YouTuber’s ‘misinformation’ and ‘negative hype’

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It's been a couple of years since we had one of these stories about a game studio filing DMCA complaints in an attempt to...

Carlton is making trouble in Fortnite’s neighborhood – by suing Epic over his dance

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Alfonso Ribeiro, the actor probably best known for playing Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and now the host of America's Funniest Home...

Fallout 76 may be flipping on its no-lockboxes vow

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With only days to go until New Year's Eve, Bethesda has to redouble its efforts to run Fallout 76 right into the ground. So...

Star Wars Galaxies’ Wookiee Life Day returns on the Legends emu – nobody can sunset the Holiday Special

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If for some reason you're angling to check out an MMO holiday inspired by a television special so terrible that George Lucas has spent...

Warframe gets into the holiday spirit with greeting card contest and Tennobaum 2018

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Tenno, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to spread holiday cheer throughout the universe by taking part in Warframe's holiday greeting...

Skyforge rocks out with the new Soundweaver class in its Distant Frequencies update

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Earlier this week, My.com's free-to-play sci-fi MMO Skyforge released its latest major content update, Distant Frequencies, which introduces the new Soundweaver class and sends...

Camelot Unchained races to clear out its quest log before 2018 ends

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With the winter holiday break coming up for the Camelot Unchained team, its members are working feverishly to get as much done as they...
A wreck of our ambition

The Repopulation’s long-awaited update is arriving December 18

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Yes, you're getting an update to game mechanics in The Repopulation for this holiday season. And that's the true meaning of Christmas, patches for The Repopulation....

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