Warframe breaks open the Prime Vault, introduces hotfix for Fortuna update

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While Warframe players are probably still busy helping out Solaris United, exploring Orb Vallis, and otherwise delving into the recently released Fortuna update, Digital Extremes has announced that it's cracking open the Prime Vault, heralding the return of the Nova Prime and Mag Prime. Players can snag both of these powerful warframes (plus some platinum and other useful accessories)...

Classic MapleStory players will prepare to challenge the Black Mage in today’s big update

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Lest you suspect that Nexon has abandoned classic MapleStory in favor of its bubbly new sibling MapleStory 2, the original is getting a major update today with its Gathering of Heroes event, in which players will be preparing to take on the Black Mage. (Actual taking-on of said Black Mage will come in phase two!) "The Black Mage has long...

Project C promises ‘meaningful persistency’ in a single game world

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It's been a while since we last checked in on the SpatialOS-powered Project C, which is being developed by ROKH studio Darewise. The team says that it has been working diligently on the massively multiplayer game following this past March's initial announcement. "It's f**king cool," said Darewise Co-Founder Benjamin Charbit to PC Games Insider. "It's going to be really big, very...

Echo of Soul resurfaces in North America under new publisher

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Free-to-play fantasy MMO Echo of Soul has had something of a turbulent existence, to say the least: It first launched back in July of 2015 but sunsetted in Korea just a couple of months later, followed by a sunset in China shortly thereafter. The game resurfaced in Korea and China a year later, and it's been running steadily in...

Check out the trailer for Torchlight Frontiers’ Forged class

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Oh yeah, you know a game is about to start really moving with its alphas when it starts dropping keys, business model blogs, and trailers left and right. Today, PWE and Echtra have put out a new trailer for the Forged class coming in Torchlight Frontiers. "Things are heating up in Torchlight Frontiers, with the reveal of a new trailer...

Brad McQuaid’s MMO Pantheon has snapped up Trion’s Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson

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Did you wonder where Linda "Brasse" Carlson was going to end up post-Trion Worlds' implosion? Because you had to know she'd end up somewhere; she's a force of nature in the MMO realm. Turns out she's landed at Visionary Realms working on Pantheon. "In an extraordinary tale of dragons and dwarves, we welcome Linda 'The Brasse' Carlson to the Pantheon...

The Stream Team: Finishing SWTOR’s story

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Just because real-life polls closed last week doesn't mean your voting days are done. No, you are needed right here, to help determine the outcome of SWTOR's story! The finale is finally here, and while Massively OP's Larry and MJ may have thought this day would never come, they are excited to see it play out. Will a favorite...

Lavish multiplayer space sandbox Astroneer is finally launching in February

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I have a rule that I'm pretty good at sticking to: I usually don't buy early access games. I've been burned too many times, so when a game pops up on Steam in early access, I put it on my wish list and try not to look at it again. But you guys, that's been so hard with Astroneer....

Perfect Ten: MMOs that cater to the time-limited player

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Every once in a while we receive emails here at Massively OP that share a similar sentiment. Usually that boils down to, "I love MMOs, I want to play MMOs, but I'm extremely time-limited due to family/work/superhero commitments. What should I play?" I've seen this question asked numerous times elsewhere, where it has been dismissed by people who go "All...
Ah, right, the big picture.

The Elder Scrolls Online slows down combat updates to focus on the shape of combat

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There's been a lot of work done in The Elder Scrolls Online over the years to make combat feel better. Anyone who played the game's combat at launch and then more recently will attest to this fact. But the developers noticed that for all the work being done on individual updates to improve combat, there was no real work...