Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 2015 report card

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been another year in Star Wars: The Old Republic. On the 20th of this month, the second Star Wars MMORPG will turn four years old. And 2015, despite my previous predictions being almost completely wrong, sits as the most eventful year for game after its launch year. The year began still on a...

Black Desert Korea adds bounty hunting and jail

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With Black Desert on its way to the west in 2016, it's not a bad idea to be giving more attention to what's happening with the Korean version, as we'll probably be benefiting from those updates sooner or later as well. Steparu is reporting that Black Desert's newest content update includes a pair of PvE dungeons: Akman Temple and Ruins of Histria....
LET'S HOLIDAY THIS UP

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the Final Fantasy XIV and Square-Enix fan

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Saying that someone is a fan of Final Fantasy doesn't necessarily say a whole lot. The series has been running for a long while, and each installment is pretty different. You have people who are fans of the whole thing, people who refuse to accept that the series continued after Final Fantasy VI, people who live and breathe Final...
There, found something! That costs money.

Age of Conan is developing a raid finder and a solo arena

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Imagine that you're an Age of Conan player who really wants to take part in the game's raids but also really can't commit to a set raid night on a weekly basis. Your options are currently to either try to commit and fail or don't commit and don't get anything. But the game's most recent development update makes it...

Elite Dangerous has launched Horizons beta

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Pilots, mission control has given you the go-ahead for planetary landings. You may begin your descent. The beta for Elite Dangerous: Horizons is officially underway today after a short delay. So what does the expansion hold for players? According to the team, "It means you can now land on planets throughout the Elite Dangerous galaxy, embark on surface missions, work...
Bear bomb!

Alleged copyright infringer accuses Blizzard of copyright infringement

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Blizzard is amping up its assault on gold-selling-and-bot-distributing company Bossland GmbH. The World of Warcraft maker was defeated by the German court system back in May when it filed for an injunction against Bossland, which owns and maintains the HonorBuddy, DemonBuddy, and StormBuddy bots that plague World of Warcraft, Diablo III, and Heroes of the Storm. Undaunted, Blizzard filed a...

Camelot Unchained now has game map as big as Washington D.C.

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With a new UI programmer on staff, Camelot Unchained is growing in leaps and bounds during the final weeks of the year. The team announced in its most recent newsletter that the game now features a much bigger world map. "Also of note is the new, much larger map we’ve dropped into the game build!" CSE said. "It’s approximately 64...
No one weekend should have all that power.

The Daily Grind: What makes a really great MMO community manager?

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When Funcom hired new community managers a few weeks ago, some readers questioned why we'd cover it. Big whoop, community managers are glorified retweeters, right? Yeah, not so much. A talented community manager can work a playerbase and keep everyone happy even in dark times. "Sinking, panicking games dump their CMs overboard first, not realizing their CMs are the...

The Stream Team: Making Magik in Marvel Heroes

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MassivelyOP's MJ couldn't help herself! She almost got Storm to 60 in Marvel Heroes before succumbing the the shiny new hero, but she simply couldn't resist any longer. Now, she's poised to play Magik. And with it being Monday, there's plenty of Midtown Madness XP to gorge on as she checks out this newest hero's moves. Tune in live...

Not So Massively: An amazing revamp for LoL’s Poppy (November 30, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really fit into the MMO category. Join me each week for Not So Massively, where I gather together the top stories from the biggest MOBAs, competitive card games, first person shooters, and other popular online games...