AdventureQuest 3D’s Guardian will protect you in your darkest hour

After recently taking a tour of the upcoming AdventureQuest 3D, it's safe to say that this multi-platform MMO has piqued our interest. There's something about the scrappiness of its dev team and the game's attitude that's charming. So if you can get into a slightly cheezy mood today, check out the following trailer for AdventureQuest 3D's Guardian. This class looks...

The Daily Grind: What theme song best represents your main MMORPG character?

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In yesterday's Black Desert column, MOP's Matt Daniel joked about MMORPG mods that allow roleplayers to share their characters' profiles, right down to their theme songs. He was talking about flagRSP MoP, a World of Warcraft mod that basically creates an in-game profile for roleplayers to put info about their characters. If you're thinking, hey didn't Ultima Online, EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies, and...

The Stream Team: Happy first birthday ARK!

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It was exactly one year ago today that ARK: Survival Evolved entered the scene, allowing MassivelyOP's MJ to start getting eaten by dinos. One whole year of dinosaurs chasing her, cornering her, and chomping her. In celebration of this milestone, MJ is going to go in and return the favor! She's going to chase down some of the biggest...

Massively Overthinking: Solving the MMORPG grouping problem

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Massively OP Patron Roger has another great question for the crew this week. "I have the hardest time pushing myself to join a group, but I want to do the dungeons in Guild Wars 2. For the longest time, I wanted a solo mode for the dungeons, or something scalable where it would just be my brother and I delving....

Kritika Online heads into open beta next week

Kritika Online is one of those MMOs that seem to take the "action" label very, very seriously, as it's always portrayed to be in hyper-motion. The game's development is moving forward as well, with an open beta test scheduled to start next week. Steparu's keen eyes spotted a notice on the Japanese game's Facebook page announcing the OBT date as...
The power of price compels you, or something.

PSA: The Elder Scrolls Online is half-price on Steam until June 5th

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Are you a student just about to have a whole summer off with nothing to do but forget what you learned? Are you a teacher about to have a whole summer off with nothing to do but annoy your still-working spouse? Are you part of neither group but do want a copy of The Elder Scrolls Online on the...

Heroes of the Storm turns one year old today

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Overwatch may be the darling of Blizzard's eye right now, but a year ago it was all about the studio's foray into MOBA gaming. That's right: Today marks the first anniversary of Heroes of the Storm, so maybe take your eyes off of Tracer for a minute to... wait, she's in this game too, isn't she? To celebrate Heroes of...

Monster Hunter Online’s English translation arrives

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After a short delay from its original intended release, Monster Hunter Online has finally brought an English translation of the game to market. English-speaking players (we assume that's most of you reading this) can now enjoy this Chinese title without hiring an expensive translator to sit next to you. This translation was created courtesy of Team HD, a collective of...

ARK: Survival Evolved celebrates a year of early access

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Bring out your party hats and kazoos because ARK: Survival Evolved is celebrating its first birthday as an early access title this week with a big ol' birthday patch. "The Dragon makes its debut in ARK: Survival Evolved on its Birthday Week as players can now face off the mighty beast and its fearsome flyer minions in their epic treacherous...

Chronicles of Elyria releases world interaction tech preview video

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Following its announcement yesterday that Chronicles of Elyria will make use of the SpatialOS platform for handling the massively multiplayer scope of the game, Soulbound Studios also released a technical preview video demonstrating a few of the ways players will interact with the gameworld. Says the studio, "The video demonstrates a character's ability to, using their left and right hands,...