The Daily Grind: Are you playing MMOs more or less than you were five years ago?

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Cast your mind back -- way back -- to the year 2015. Obama is still president, Hamilton is becoming the hottest Broadway show in town, The Force Awakens made us hope in Star Wars once again, and people were going about in a world without looking like there was a planet-wide ninja convention taking place. Five years ago is a...

The Stream Team: The Headless Horseman haunts EverQuest II’s Nights of the Dead

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Massively OP's MJ has been hoping for something new in EQII's Nights of the Dead celebrations, and it looks as if she got her wish: Hello, Headless Horseman! Along with the new public quest featuring said icon, there is also a new overseer questline and new treats to collect -- both bought and crafted. Join us live at 8:00...

Mortal Online 2 on how it’s improving combat and server latency

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Whether it's an action combat MMO or a multiplayer shooter, having your attacks miss due to latency never feels good. Mortal Online 2 recognizes this and so is doing everything it can to make sure its revamped combat feels as good as it can be, as detailed in a recent developer blog. The focus of updates by the devs are...
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EVE Online dev discusses how communities and lasting friendships form in the sandbox

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Let's all ignore the 15 weeks' worth of explosions, bubbles, and fighting going on in EVE Online and instead talk about friendship. Or more specifically, let's hear developer Tryggvi Hjaltason talk about friendship, which was the subject of his talk at this year's Devcom Digital that elaborated on the way players form bonds. Hjaltason references the Friendship Formula, a psychological...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning attacks a host of bugs in its latest patch

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So, how is Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning treating you? Are you finding it a pale reboot of an otherwise OK game? Are you playing it to try to make Project Copernicus come back? Or are you just enjoying the final vestiges of 38 Studios? And if you are, how many bugs have you run in to? Ideally, after this...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 293: Passing the Torchlight

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Justin and Bree discuss Torchlight III, World of Warcraft, Dungeons and Dragons Online, EverQuest, Atlas Reactor, Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, TERA, Legends of Aria's new sibling, and StarCraft II, with a mailbag topic on difficulty modes.
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Neverwinter kicks off its Halloween festivities with the Masquerade of Liars starting October 22

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Is it really fair to call everyone involved in the annual Halloween celebration in Neverwinter a liar? Is wearing a mask enough to make someone a liar? Maybe not, but the event is still dubbed the Masquerade of Liars, so you're just going to have to cope with the fact that participating on October 22nd marks you as a liar...

PSA: Fallout 76 is offering a free trial, Fallout First trial, and an atom sale

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Some games celebrate the day their games hit early access, or funded on Kickstarter, or actually launched. Fallout 76, however, is celebrating a lore day: October 23rd, "the day the bombs fell" - in the fictional 2077, of course, the nuclear apocalypse that defines the franchise. And this celebration will offer more than cake and party hats: Bethsoft is...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC Klingon Dahar Master Faction Pack or Klingon Defense Force Elite Starter Pack from PWE and MOP

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With Star Trek Online's House Shattered patch live for PC players, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP some bundles to pass along in honor of the release: five codes for the Klingon Dahar Master Faction Pack and 50 codes for the Klingon Defense Force Elite Starter Pack, specifically for our PC readers. The Klingon Dahar Master Faction Pack includes: T6...

Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 6.1.4 update is live with the Feast of Prosperity

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Who's hungry? Star Wars The Old Republic players better be because the Feast of Prosperity is live today in the just-launched GU 6.1.4 update. "Over the years, the Hutt Cartel’s reputation has taken a hit. The once powerful organization no longer instills respect and fear. To restore the Cartel’s influence, two up-and-coming Hutts, Gaboorga the Abundant and Duuba the Magnanimous,...