Jukebox Heroes: The top 10 EVE Online music themes

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One of the great things about the EVE Online soundtrack, other than its perplexing popularity despite being mostly an ambient synth score, is that CCP Games has made all of it free to listen and download on SoundCloud. I truly wish more studios took the effort to continually release music that goes into each update like this. I got inspired...

The Stream Team: Hurrying to finish more EverQuest II Heritage Quests

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Now that all the holidays and festivals are over, MassivelyOP's MJ and the Of Mice and Minions crew can get back to completing all those Heritage Quests. Currently they are working on Hadden's Earring, War and Wardrobe, and A Missing Mask! Each sends the group off in a different direction; the latter one even necessitates a return to Nektropos...

Naval Action heads into early access on January 21st

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Right now the Age of Sail title Naval Action is prepping the release of its early access version on January 21st. This means that if you haven't gotten the game yet, you can snag it this Thursday when it becomes available to buy on Steam. Current owners of the game, however, are invited to participate in Naval Action's head start, which begins today....

Nintendo’s shooter Splatoon gets its final piece of weapon DLC

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When Nintendo launched its quirky online shooter Splatoon on the WII U last year, the game had only a handful of maps, weapons and cosmetic clothing options. In order to keep the game fresh, Nintendo began releasing free DLC with new items and playable stages along with its regular balance updates and gameplay tweaks. In the past seven months we've seen 40 new weapons, 10 new playable maps, and...
Let's try not being dead today.

Pilfering pants and PvP in Shards Online community roundtable and January tourney

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It's all fun and games until you lose your pants! If you've been wondering what is up with Shards Online lately, the answer is naked villagers. During Derek "Supreem" Brinkmann's community round table this week, the Citadel CEO revealed that one of the latest sports players have developed in pre-alpha 3 is pants collecting. Brinkmann goes on to talk...

Rappelz players will undergo ‘the final awakening’ next month

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MMO characters are always growing, evolving, and looting corpses for ever-better gear. But where's the end goal with such a project? When does a character go, "I'm as buff as I'll ever be and I'm totally fine with that?" This will perhaps occur only after a monumental awakening, ascension, or some sort of endgame transformation. Rappelz will be introducing such...

Check out MapleStory 2’s Rune Blader and piano jam

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Hungry for more glimpses of the adorably colorful MapleStory 2? Steparu posted a new video from the game's beta that shows the Rune Blader class going through its prologue (including cutscenes). There's also a look at a character jamming out on a piano using the in-game music system. MapleStory 2 allows players to easily whip up tunes with pre-rendered music sheets or by...

World of Tanks launches on PlayStation 4

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There's just no stopping the Wargaming blitzkrieg, is there? The PlayStation 4 is the latest platform to be host to World of Tanks, which launches on the console today. Executive Producer TJ Wagner gave a speech to the troops: "The team is very excited to launch World of Tanks on PlayStation 4 and bring the game to a new audience....
big air

Massively OP Podcast Episode 47: The sky’s the limit!

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Justin and Bree discuss Diablo III, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Elder Scroll Online, TERA, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on a LOTRO reboot and volunteer worlds.
Boss of the road.

Check out the customization options and race selection for Bless Online’s open beta

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Customization for your character is important in any MMO. After all, you don't want your character to look exactly like every other character do you? Of course not. So you should be happy that Steparu has previewed the Bless Online customizations for two races within the game along with a general preview of the races and job-specific armor sets. The...