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With E3 taking up so much head-space this week, we thought it only right to discuss how MMOs in particular fared at the convention. What was the very best showing for an MMO at the event -- and what was the biggest disappointment? I posed both questions to our writers for this edition of Massively Overthinking. Guess which one...

The madcap anthropomorphic buccaneers of Pirate101 are back with to fight against the Armada with a large update to the colorful MMO. Valencia Part 2 released today, bringing with it the continuation of the nail-biting storyline featuring pirates versus robotic British stand-ins. In addition to more story, the update raises the level cap for players and pets to 70 and the gold cap to...

Ultima Online's latest newsletter teases publish 94, on the way this fall in the game, which ought to turn 19 years old the same season. Broadsword says the patch will celebrate Halloween in a big way with news quests, updates to the trick-or-treating system, and the re-implementation of the beloved Treasures of Doom event, which will take place not in...

Gazillion announced today that level scaling is finally on the way for Marvel Heroes. "Dynamic Combat Level scales the difficulty of the game, based on the difference between your level and the enemy's level," explains the studio. "If you are a level 30 hero fighting a level 15 enemy, you'll be dealing and taking similar damage as if you were...

We still couldn't tell you exactly what Absolver is. Sure, it's probably not an MMO, but "online combat RPG" has no closer analogue. Heck, maybe we're all reading the title wrong and it's about a group of characters who attempt to solve problems with abs. Perhaps nine minutes or so of gameplay footage would help answer all of our...

When it comes to safety, people often weigh the security of taking preventive measures against the annoyance of having to use them. The more tedious or lengthy a process, the more likely that a person is just going to go, "Forget this!" So while using a mobile authenticator has been an important part of keeping your gaming account safe, chances...

EverQuest is no stranger to experimenting with different server types, and next month the fantasy MMO will see its most unusual ruleset ever when it turns the switch on for Quarm. Quarm will be an "event server" that's not so much about progression as it is about accomplishing a significant task within a set amount of time (currently presumed to...

If you know anything about launch weeks, it's that patches should be expected as the dev team tries to keep its head above the rising tide of players and bugs. So it is with Landmark, as the newly released game received its first post-launch patch today. As you might expect, this isn't so much of a content patch as it...

Turbine is showing renewed enthusiasm for group content in Lord of the Rings Online, and as we learned earlier this spring, that includes a brand-new raid, Throne of the Dread Terror, which will be included in update 18.2 and is already live on the Bullroarer test server. Wanna take a long -- and we do mean long -- look at...

Guild Wars 2's fourth and final developer video on the Stronghold of the Faithful features ArenaNet Game Designer Jason Reynolds discussing the design of the boss fight with the Keep Construct. His favorite moment in the fight comes during the phase when players are debuffed with a nasty friendly-fire spell that's going to remind old-school WoW players of the...