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Take a peek at Elder Scrolls Online’s Clockwork City DLC map and subzones

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Now that Elder Scrolls Online's Clockwork City DLC is live for testing on the PTS, the spoilers have changed over from a trickle to...

RuneScape players accuse new lockbox promo of promoting gambling to children

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RuneScape announced yesterday a new promo that works in conjunction with its existing Treasure Hunter system. It's a bit of a lockbox system, with...
They'll let anyone be a primal these days.

Final Fantasy XIV makes both Sleipnir and financial earnings fly

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Players have long awaited the chance to make Sleipnir, the mount of the Dark Divinity Odin, soar through the skies in Final Fantasy XIV....

Villagers & Heroes’ Starfall expansion launches today

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Villagers & Heroes' Starfall expansion officially launches today - a week earlier than originally planned. Who does that?! Mad Otter Games, that's who. Indeed,...
Big empty.

Steam changes review scores to histograms in an effort to fight review bombing

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If you've never heard of "review bombing" on Steam, we envy you. The process goes something like this: Something causes a certain group of...

Hack-n-slash MMOARPG Guardians of Ember launches today

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After wandering the lands of early access since last December, the Runewaker-developed hack-and-slash Guardians of Ember has now gained enough confidence, experience, and (most...

Jukebox Heroes: Music from Destiny 2, LOTRO, Absolver, Black Desert, and Champions Online

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Apologies for being extensively absent from this column over the last few months! Every day the Massively OP offices are deluged with fan mail...

2006 Korean anime MMO NosTale has landed on Steam

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Last month, we mentioned in passing an ancient anime MMO by Korean studio Entwell called NosTale, which Germany's Gameforge apparently resurrected a while back....

Combat and character progression comes to Dogma: Eternal Night

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The night unfurls before you and reveals itself once more. The small dev team behind the vampire MMO Dogma: Eternal Night put out a...
Ultima Online

Ultima Online preps for 20th anniversary bash, updates players on enhanced client fixes

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Ultima Online isn't considered the progenitor of the MMORPG genre for nothing: It's closing in on 20 years of operation next week, to be...

Overwatch escorts players to the dusty and dangerous Junkertown

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From the moon to Mad Max, Overwatch is keeping its playerbase on its toes as to the next destination for its endless battles. This...
Sit the eff down.

Gigantic outlines new penalties for players who leave mid-match

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It's a great feeling when a Gigantic match starts up, and then some of the other players just leave without warning in the middle....
And we shoot the varmint.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 136: Westward ho!

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Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, Star Citizen, EVE Online, Black Desert, Phantasy Star Online 2, FFXIV, DDO, Neverwinter, Ultima Online, and of course Guild Wars 2, with mailbag entries on Star Citizen's monetization and solid free-to-play side MMOs.
Boom.

MechWarrior Online integrates special events with its newest patch

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If you played BattleTech around the table before jumping into MechWarrior Online, you're probably familiar with the "IIc" designation attached to certain 'Mechs, marking...

Chronicles of Elyria wraps up its PAX jousting jaunt

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It might not have involved fluttering about on the back of a well-trained ostrich, but Chronicles of Elyria's jousting minigame did well enough for...

World of Warcraft’s Bloodsail pirates are throwing a beach party for Talk Like A Pirate Day

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Arrrr and assorted other pirate cliches. Yes, it's Talk Like A Pirate Day, which means some MMOs are getting in on the fun. That...

EverQuest II announces 14th expansion, Planes of Prophecy, accompanied by name purge

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EverQuest II Producer Lauren "Mooncast" McLemore has penned the September producer's letter for fans of the franchise. The chief announcement? The game is getting...

Square-Enix announces ‘survival action shooter’ Left Alive

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Square-Enix announced LEFT ALIVE this morning, a "survival action shooter" that is permanently in capslock mode apparently. We don't know a whole lot right now...
HOTT

Conan Exiles offers its first weekly progress report to fans

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Last week, Conan Exiles players got an apology and a promise that Funcom would do a better job of communicating what was going on...

AdventureQuest 3D survives Hurricane Irma, embraces Talk Like a Pirate Day

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You're probably well aware that today is that holiest of geek holidays, Talk Like a Pirate Day. AdventureQuest 3D is certainly not ignoring it;...