The Stream Team: Starting Black Desert’s summer season server

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With the opening on Black Desert's summer season server today, Massively OP's MJ decided to give another class a try. She is now ready to play her newly created Lahn. The question is, can she enjoy dealing death by dancing? Join us live at 8:00 p.m. as Massively OP's Stream Team brings you an opening-day look at this season...

Global Chat: Do numbers rob MMOs of fun?

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Have developers and players grown so used to mechanics and number crunching that we've collectively lost something important along the way? That's the concern that Leo has in a thoughtful essay that provokes a perspective shift. "At some point, the RPG went from ROLE playing to NUMBER playing," MMO blog Leo's Life posted. "Sure, the P&P games always had numbers...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends will host an in-game concert with YouTube musician Lucas King

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While live musical events for Star Wars Galaxies Legends aren't going to be happening anytime soon (for obvious reasons), that doesn't mean digital ones can't happen, and fans are in for a treat next weekend withan upcoming concert featuring YouTube musician Lucas King, who is most well-known for his Star Wars-inspired compositions. This coming Saturday, June 20th, and Sunday, June...

MMO sandbox Fractured addresses PvP balancing, may delay player housing test

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When last we peeked in on upcoming MMORPG sandbox Fractured, it was running an open playtest. That test is over now, leading Dynamight Studios to discuss what went right, what went wrong, and what's next. Notably, the devs say that they've eliminated the problems associated with starting areas and land grabs from earlier tests. They also say they saw better...

Fortnite’s long-delayed Chapter 2, Season 3 is live today – bring your swimsuit

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I dunno about your town, but where I live, all the real-life pools are closed for the summer because of COVID-19. But if you're still craving some waterplay in your battle royale, Fortnite inexplicably has some for you with the arrival of Chapter 2, Season 3, delayed several times this spring but live as of today. Notably, the map is...

Defiance 2050 introduces some new community ambassadors to ‘strengthen the communication chain’

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While players of Defiance 2050 may have been concerned by the sunset of the game on Xbox 360, it would appear that Gamigo is eager to support the online multiplayer shooter a fair bit longer, or at least provide its community with more assistance. Gamigo has officially tapped four community members to act as community ambassadors. These new ambassadors will...
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Wild Terra 2 opens its beta up for free play until June 22

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The developers of Wild Terra 2 would like you to play the game, see how much stuff has been added to the game in testing, and then pay them money to support the game's development. What's the best way to do that? Why, showing you the game's development. Thus, the free play event that runs until June 22nd, inviting everyone...

The Stream Team: Hunting the last SWTOR HK parts in flashpoints

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There's no avoiding them now: The remaining SWTOR HK parts are hidden in flashpoints, so Massively OP's Larry and MJ have to run a Foundry and False Emperor. And Larry has to guide them! Will they successfully get the final pieces and construct their own HK droids? Tune in live at 2:00 p.m. for some flashpoint fun! What: Star Wars:...

Conan Exiles’ latest patch for PC runs into server issues, crashes, and lost characters

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Nobody wants a patch to an MMO or multiplayer game to arrive covered in bugs and problems, but that's just what Conan Exiles players are finding with yesterday's update to PC, which was supposed to bring fixes to Avatars and a rebalancing to followers, but instead introduced server lists not populating, characters being lost, and crashes for Windows 7...
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Lost Ark’s Russian version completes its move to the My.Games platform

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Another MMO has been enfolded into the My.Games launcher/storefront. This time it's the Russian edition of Lost Ark, which completed the move as of today. As far as what players need to do, the process of moving from the old Game Center to the My.Games launcher is a simple matter of firing up the former in order for it to...