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PC players of Warframe are going to have their hands full later in the week when The Deadlock Protocol arrives to the game, bringing with it some new story elements, a new 'Frame, and a slew of updates for the Corpus faction. According to the presser from Digital Extremes, nearly every aspect of the early Corpus environment has been upgraded,...

It's not International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but cutthroat seafarers are making the headlines over in Hearthstone with today's Patch 17.4. The update tosses in 17 minions and three heroes themed around Azeroth's famous pirates, so if being a swashbuckler fox or an Orc buccaneer will make your week better, then now you know where to go. The patch...

Now that there's a second form of World of Warcraft out and playable, don't you want to know who's the best player in WoW Classic PvP? Don't answer that because the answer is that you're getting it anyhow. The first ever WoW Classic Summer Bowl is kicking off, and you can sign up now if you want to participate...

It's unlikely that anybody reading Massively OP is unaware that ArcheAge's Garden of the Gods update has been controversial, thanks to Gamigo’s belatedly announced decision to charge Unchained players for the expansion after having previously promised all content would be free. Nevertheless, part of the reason players took it all so badly is that they love the game and want to play the new...

Retired MOP writer and all around epic human Mike Foster (yo Mike!) recently tweeted about his days working as a GM for World of Warcraft, noting that the role taught him "that there are major RP geeks who sit in starting zones and report non-RP names en masse" on a daily basis. This genuinely surprises me because reporting people in...

Massively OP's MJ is still in pursuit of the coven in ESO before it destroys the king like it just did the temple of Meridia. The trail take her on an adventure with the vampire Fennorian to retrieve his alchemical equipment so he can better study the ritual. Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. for Fun with Fennorian (tm). What:...

Last week we reported on a new kind of thievery happening in EVE Online thanks to a recent update which causes unpowered Citadels to go abandoned and make whatever goodies stored inside free for the taking. Already many piratical players have taken advantage, but one Capsuleer by the name of Sulley found the motherlode. During a pillaging spree that affected...

Shroud of the Avatar once more has another newsletter, and once again it's about its cash shop. Specifically, it's about changes to the Vault section of the cash shop, which will now have an automatically rotating stock of Crown Store items instead of a manually rotating stock. Nine items will be pulled from a pool and added to the Vault,...

It's been a quiet first half of the year in Heroes of the Storm, but players have been promised that there are multiple new heroes currently in development and planned for this year, even if there isn't more than one planned for the near term. And while we're not quite to the point of having a teaser or an...

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Especially in a place like Wraeclast which is an island so miserable that criminals are exiled there? Those are the questions addressed by Path of Exile in an FAQ, which touches on a variety of mechanics questions related to the garden portion of the upcoming Harvest League. For those who aren't...