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Crowfall heads back to development and preps for November pre-alpha test

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Once the current Milestone 1.0 test concludes at the end of this month, Crowfall will return to full development mode as ArtCraft prepares the...

PSA: Marvel Heroes is taking votes for new characters

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Marvel Heroes is apparently throwing open the voting for new characters, according to a tweet earlier this afternoon. The choices are Angela, Gamora, Green...

Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Aging, offline leveling, and the business model

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Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...

Wild Terra invites the public to play for free this weekend

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The Wild Terra team would like to extend to you and several billion of your best friends the invitation to check out the game...

League of Legends e-sports teams weather controversies

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Two separate real-world controversies are impacting League of Legends e-sports teams. First up is Team Immunity, an Oceanic organization that is now barred from participating...

WildStar plans quality-of-life improvements, midnight relaunch

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WildStar's massive free-to-play transition and patch is less than a week away, which means that Carbine is getting to the end of its revelations. Today...

Divergence Online adds consensual PvP server stretch goal

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Yesterday, we published a detailed interview with Ethan Casner, one of the devs behind Star Wars Galaxies-inspired Divergence Online. The response was more or...
No one said it would be friendly.

Shroud of the Avatar is getting at least one novel

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There's a Shroud of the Avatar novel in the works, and it's being credited to both developer Richard Garriott and author Tracy Hickman. Publisher Macmillan's...

TERA wants to put your artwork on its loading screens

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Listen up, artists and TERA fans. En Masse wants you to submit an original piece of autumn-themed TERA artwork by Tuesday, October 13th for...

EverQuest axes enforced raid rotations

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Daybreak is ending enforced raid rotations in EverQuest. The firm says that doing so serves the best interest of its Ragefire and Lockjaw progression...

Star Citizen’s main theme is pretty great

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What will Star Citizen sound like? Underneath all the pew pews and the rumbling rocket engines, there's a score composed by Pedro Camacho that...

EverQuest emulator Project 1999 drops new patch, prepares for 6th anniversary with permadeath

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EverQuest has evolved quite a bit over the years, but some folks prefer reliving the classic experience. Project 1999 -- recently given a written...

You can have a heat stroke in Black Desert’s desert

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Did you know that Black Desert features a heat stroke DoT? Apparently it does, as Steparu had to chug a few health potions while...
cars go vroom vroom

Battle Bards podcast debates The Crew’s soundtrack

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Battle Bards, the world's first and only MMO music podcast, is back this week with a look at The Crew's soundtrack. The album was...
Oh, good, more managing!

Skyforge shares server firsts and details the catch-up system

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There's no real winning in an MMO over the long term, but being listed as the first person to clear something on a server...
Memes seem.

Battle.net gets Twitch integration, Overwatch gets some criminals

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Do you want an easier way to stream Heroes of the Storm from the Battle.net client? Possibly in anticipation of the new skins and...

Divergence Online’s Ethan Casner on SWG 2.0, open PvP, and edgelords

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Star Wars Galaxies-inspired indie sandbox Divergence Online busted out its third alpha and third crowdfunding campaign last week, prompting many of Massively OP's readers...

Fan-made infographic explains Champions Online’s supervillain system

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Confused about how Champions Online's new supervillain onslaught system works? One fan took matters into his own hands by making a helpful infographic to...

Sword Coast Legends delays its launch again

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Following a head start test this past weekend, Sword Coast Legends decided to move its PC and Mac launch date from September 29th to October 20th. Director...

The Repopulation brings back sieges and beefs up social features

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Sieges are back with a vengeance in The Repopulation. The upcoming sci-fi MMO is rolling out its 15.9.1 patch today, and with it the reintroduction...