ArcheAge’s Treacherous Tides is live with a new ocean raid boss and Swiftblade ancestral skills

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RIFT's ninth birthday may have come and gone without so much as a whisper from Gamigo this past weekend, but ArcheAge is still getting love, most recently in the form of Treacherous Tides, which released the kraken Charybdis. In this game, she's all sea monster, rather than whirlpool. "Charybdis, the terrible sea monster sealed away in Bloodsalt Bay has broken...
Cool times.

City of Heroes Homecoming players have racked up over 47 million hours

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You know the old adage that superheroes and statistics go together like... well, nothing? That is, unless you're a stat-themed crusader. Actuarial Man or something? Anyway, today we're going to merge the two because City of Heroes Homecoming has some pretty impressive stats to share with you. The rogue server claims that it has generated 159,537 new accounts since its...

Destiny 2’s Season 10 ushers in the end of Bright Engram lootboxes

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With all of the things that were packed into the first 2020 Director's Cut post from Destiny 2 director Luke Smith, it was maybe easy for a couple of things to slip notice, especially since the thrust of the blog was season changes and weapon longevity plans, but one extremely important item was part of the post: confirmation that...
HAIL

Coronavirus drives DCUO to beg off a ComicCon, but E3 planning is ‘full speed’ ahead

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When the "impact of the coronavirus on gaming" stories pile up into a roundup, you know it's bad news. First, Daybreak and Dimensional Ink announced last night that they've pulled DC Universe Online from the Seattle Comic Con event, which runs from March 12th and March 15th and has not yet been canceled in spite of Washington's current state of...
Same old story.

New World lays out its argument for three-sided PvP

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Don't count New World's PvP side down-and-out just yet. Amazon Game Studios made a strong case this past week for why the MMORPG's faction system will draw in players from all walks of life and make territorial conflict a centerpiece of the game. As explained in a new dev blog, the trio of factions in the game -- the militaristic...
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The Daily Grind: What one thing in an MMO do you wish devs would delete instead of fix?

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The house I live in borders a park on the back, which means I can look out my kitchen window and see a zillion screaming children every afternoon when the weather is nice. But the one piece of equipment they seldom use is the spring-based teeter-totters that are supposed to be a cow and a horse. That's because they're...

Massively Uplifting: DragonCon announces official charity, more studios support Australian wildfire relief

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This past month has been filled with its share of dark news, not the least of which is the coronavirus that is plaguing the world. But don't let that bleakness overshadow your thoughts -- plenty of positive and uplifting things have happened as well! February may be the shortest month of the year (even with a bonus day!), but...

The Stream Team: RIFT turns 9!

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It's the last year of single digits for RIFT; the MMORPG is officially nine years old now! Massively OP's MJ is on hand to celebrate the occasion. If Gamigo doesn't have an official party, MJ will make one of her own! Her Cleric is ready to take on the challenge. Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. for some birthday...

Wurm Online has officially ended its real money trade market

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Players of Wurm Online already knew that this was coming, but now it's officially official: The real money trade market has been officially halted in order for the game to comply with Steam's requirements to bring the sandbox to the platform. A forum post has reminded Wurm players of just what behavior is expected of players. Posts involving RMT transaction...

Warframe details upcoming PC version adjustments to Rising Tide, armor, health, and shields

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It looks like there's going to be a whole lot of refinement for the PC version of Warframe in the very near future. The folks at Digital Extremes have offered an in-depth look at upcoming changes in the next mainline patch for PC, which will see adjustments to the Rising Tide content and how players earn their own Railjack,...