Opinion

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Massively Opinionated: How long will SWTOR remain relevant?

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In this episode, Larry, Heather, Vulkk, and Redna debate Star Wars: The Old Republic's health and continuing relevance in the MMORPG genre.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns beta

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My excitement for Guild Wars 2's first expansion has been no secret, so you can easily guess how much fun I had climbing the...

The Daily Grind: Are MMOs in a cultural decline?

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An editorial over at Rock Paper Shotgun attempts to tie two topics together as one: why there will never be a World of Warcraft...

Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying

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How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 16

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar's F2P, The Secret World's motorcycles, Echo of Souls' soft launch, Greed Monger's doom, Marvel Heroes' updates, plus mailbag questions on underused races, multiboxing, and tiny MMOs.

A guide to Heroes of the Storm for MOBA newbies and MMORPG fans

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So you've heard about MOBAs by now, right? Maybe you tried League of Legends, or the idea behind DOTA 2 was too confusing to inspire a...

The Daily Grind: How would you run an ethical MMO cash shop?

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Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us in a roundabout way from Kickstarter donor Le Entrepreneur, who asks, Why do MMOs use cash shops they know...

SuperData’s Van Dreunen on tomorrow’s Heroes of the Storm launch

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Tomorrow's the big day for Blizzard's entry into the crowded and uber-competitive MOBA market. Heroes of the Storm officially launches on June 2nd, and...

Sword and Bored: Trade

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Mo learns that objects in this brave new world are all too often... bind-on-pickup.
Going back.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the unknown expansion skills

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If you've been paying attention the last few weeks, you've doubtlessly heard a fair bit about the new skills that the various classes and...

The Daily Grind: How do you plan to play Star Citizen?

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I'm pretty excited to get my hands on some different ships in this week's Star Citizen free-fly event. I know, I know, I can...

EVE Evolved: Have the Drifters conquered the Jove Empire?

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EVE Online's Carnyx release is right around the corner on June 2nd, and it's going to be a big update! The Caldari will finally...
Do we seize the feature creep or not? Decisions!

The Daily Grind: What are you looking forward to, MMO-wise, in the rest of 2015?

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What in the world happened to the first half of 2015? With one thing or another, it just flew by, and here we are...
If I had known then what I know now, I... would have felt no different, really, but it might have mitigated stuff.

WRUP: Goodbye, my sweet would-be treasure edition

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I don't think I can properly express how much I love the Ikthians in WildStar. The Ikthian Crawler is seriously something I would... well,...

The Daily Grind: Are you excited for Wander?

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Wander kind of surprised me. I've been aware of it for some time, but due to its lack of a launch date and my year-long MMO...

The Soapbox: Can MMOs eradicate pay-to-win?

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You know what sucks about getting old? Apart from the adult diapers and the dying? Yeah, it's the seeing things you love retconned into...

The Daily Grind: Will you play WildStar once it’s free-to-play?

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Ever since the rumors began that WildStar was about to flip the switch on a new free-to-play business model, I've been pondering whether I'll...
Which one of you is the Juno Reactor and which one is the Don Davis?

Massively Overthinking: When IPs are wasted on mediocre MMOs

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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Aldranis, whose query neatly dovetails with the IP-related question we answered on the...

WildStar’s free-to-play shift: Too little or just enough?

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WildStar has taken a drubbing in its first year of operation, and much as I don't like saying so, it's deserved it. The game...

Perfect Ten: Proof that the RuneScape Twitter account is stark raving mad

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For a writer on a multi-MMORPG news site, following pretty much every online game's Twitter feed comes with the territory. It's always interesting to me to see...