Opinion

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The Daily Grind: What do you think of WildStar Reloaded so far?

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It's been a day since the free-to-play update came out for WildStar, giving veteran, returning, and new players a chance to check out the business...

Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks

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I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 31: MMO expansions come roaring back

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Justin and Bree discuss Devilian, SWTOR, Ultima Online, the return of the MMO expansion, RIFT, Camelot Unchained, ArchLord 2, and Guild Wars 2, with mailbag questions on Heart of Thorns and gambleboxes.

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s TwitchCon infodump

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So here's a funny thing: When I watched the TwitchCon streams for Star Wars: The Old Republic, I wasn't exactly looking to get new...

The Daily Grind: How often are your MMO goals thwarted?

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I logged into Ultima Online over the weekend absolutely determined to achieve a very specific thing: imbue some gear for my Tamer. But first I wanted to...

The Stream Team: 12 days of TOR, day 4

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On the fourth day of SWTOR story, the Empire gave to me... a hot desert sun and the end of chapter one. MJ and...

Sword and Bored: Player bounties

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Mo has made many friends while playing his MMO, but there is always that one friend he can count on... right?
Less exploratory than I might have thought.

Wisdom of Nym: Coordination, aetherial gear, and Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

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How many times a day do you think about aetherial gear in Final Fantasy XIV? If the answer is more than "zero," I'm honestly...
Well, this is fine.

The Daily Grind: What MMO do you feel guilty for liking?

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I played some Grand Theft Auto Online last night, and while I had a good time (as always), I also came away from the...

Guild Chat: Creating a solo-friendly MMO guild

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Welcome along to another instalment of Guild Chat, my own cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which I help readers in need with...
Uh, no.

The Daily Grind: Are you hopeful about crowdfunded MMOs?

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A few years back, we were all discussing the frankly dizzying amounts of money going into crowdfunding MMOs. Speculation ran rampant that this was...

Nexus Telegraph: Ten tips for new and returning WildStar players

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In just a few short days, WildStar will flip a switch and transition from its year-plus run as a subscription game to a free-to-play...

The Daily Grind: What could MMOs do with offline characters?

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Maybe it's my active imagination, but I like to believe that my characters are relieved when I log out of games, because then they...

Leaderboard: Synth vs. orchestra for space MMOs

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Earlier this week we got a taste of Pedro Camacho's orchestral score for Star Citizen. I loved it, but I've also been putting together my...

Chaos Theory: Small steps – The Secret World’s progress

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It's certainly been a week of expansion news! More than one game that had sworn off expansions in the past has circled back to...

The Daily Grind: Are MMOTCGs really MMOs?

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We're coming down to the last few Kickstarter-submitted Daily Grind questions, and I admit I've been sitting on this particular one a while because...

Massively Overthinking: MMO server merge horror stories

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Whether you call them server transitions, evolutions, consolidations, megaservers, or connected realms, server merges are a thing that affects most MMORPGs at some point...

Perfect Ten: Ten well-known voice actors behind SWTOR’s characters

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When it launched, Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any studio had ever...

The Daily Grind: Will you play Bless or Black Desert?

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I'm looking forward to both Bless and Black Desert. I typically like Korean MMOs, for one thing, and for another they're both gorgeous in...

Choose My Adventure: Pointy sticks and lunacy in Trove

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Hello, friends, and welcome once again to Choose My Adventure. This week, our time with Trove is drawing to an end, but we're not...