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Massively OP Podcast Episode 157: Lunar Valentines

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Justin and Bree discuss Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year in MMOs, Guild Wars 2's latest patch, Camelot Unchained's beta date, WoW's Battle for Azeroth alpha, Closers' launch, Black Desert's unification, and Final Fantasy XIV's population, with mailbag questions on multiple accounts (spoilers: Bree talks about SWG for like three hours) and variety in period MMOs.

The Stream Team: Celebrating Dead Maze’s Steam launch with style

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Remember way back when (last week) when you were watching a Dead Maze stream and you wanted to jump in and play? Well now...

Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Northern Mirkwood

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With the beta for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 22 on the test server, players eager to escape the clutches of Mordor are...

Prosperous Universe gets ready to jump to FTL

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Faster-than-light travel may be an impossible dream of our time, but for the three-person crew piloting the Prosperous Universe development ship, it's all but...

SWTOR kicks off ‘share the love’ refer-a-friend promotion, gifts speeder and armor to subbers

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What's Star Wars The Old Republic got up its sleeve for Valentine's Day? How about a "share the love" event for new and returning...
money money money

Ubisoft investor presentation highlights the profit benefits of ‘games as a service’

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Have you wondered why it is Ubisoft is so dedicated to putting out a continual string of games as a service, even its ostensibly...
Romantic?

EVE Online brings the Guardian’s Gala and balance changes for its February patch

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It's not exactly love that's in the air in EVE Online for the Guardian's Gala. For one thing, there's not really any air out...
Great! Roll some dice to see if I'm getting drunk.

Sea of Thieves may have microtransactions, but it will never have lootboxes

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In Sea of Thieves, your character is a pirate roaming the high seas for boxes of treasure, but in real life you won't need...
Oh, nice.

Elder Scrolls Online’s Dragon Bones DLC and update 17 are live – and the new outfit system is not cheap

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Elder Scrolls Online's paid Dragon Bones DLC and free update 17 are finally fully launched on PC. While technically the update rollout was yesterday,...

Star Citizen’s Cloud Imperium reps meet with California Better Business Bureau

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Cloud Imperium apparently met with representatives of the Better Business Bureau in California for an "introductory meeting" that the Star Citizen studio described as...

Hawaii state rep Chris Lee has now introduced four bills regulating lockboxes

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Hawaii State Representative Chris Lee has made good on his plan to write and submit bills to the state legislature regulating the sale of...
Whooshing noises!

World of Warcraft is selling a divine puppy for the Year of the Dog

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Such dog, very mount, many lunar new year, WoW. Yes, World of Warcraft has introduced a new mount for the Year of the Dog,...

Dead Maze unleashes the zombie apocalypse today

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Where will you go and what will you do when the zombie apocalypse hits? You better figure it out real fast, pal, because it's...

The Stream Team: Converting to Set on Age of Conan’s Zath server

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After starting another Priestess of Mitra on Age of Conan's new Saga of Zath server, Massively OP's MJ had a change of heart. She...

Overwatch invites you to a free play weekend

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Forget roses and chocolates; the best way to tell a friend that you love them is a masterfully executed kill shot. So for this...

Today’s RuneScape update finally fixes the freakin’ mining system (sort of)

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RuneScape players are finally getting something today that they've been wanting for half of forever: a mining and smithing update, or at least the...
Watch out! He's got a thing that throws sticks with knives!

Black Death patch 0.24 lets you drag and drop to your heart’s content

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Yes, it's true, the latest patch for Black Death adds lots of drag-and-drop functionality. Want to drag something onto your new quick slot bars?...

Fireflies and flocks of seagulls: Worlds Adrift adds beautiful touches to island creation

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With the island creator toolset, players have been able to build new content for Worlds Adrift right alongside the dev team. The best of...

Neverwinter’s Lost City of Omu improves upon the Chult campaign

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Don't wash your hands of Neverwinter's Jungles of Chult campaign just yet. Cryptic's upcoming Lost City of Omu will flesh out the fun and...

Camelot Unchained’s beta will launch on the 4th of July; we interview Mark Jacobs

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You can go ahead and order extra sparklers because you're going to need 'em this July 4th. That's the auspicious day that Camelot Unchained's...