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Yesterday's letter to the TERA community went over like something of a lead balloon. Sure, the game had its best year ever, but players are going to be waiting for an extended time for any further update. Senior Producer Matthew Denomme took to the forums yesterday to mollify players with an apology and an explanation for the lengthy wait...

There's a lot of stuff coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic in 2016. Not all of it was ready to be discussed during yesterday's livestream; the archived version is just below, and within the first few minutes viewers are told that the team isn't ready to talk about new group content being added to the game for players...

Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market? I know pay to win is a dirty, dirty slander in the MMO community. However, as I've gotten older and real life concerns like owning a home, holding down a 50-hour-a-week, mentally taxing job, and maintaining a marriage take a lot out of...

When Activision-Blizzard acquired Major League Gaming earlier this month, CEO Bobby Kotick revealed his plans to create a kind of "ESPN of e-sports." It turns out that ESPN has had its own eye on the world of competitive gaming all along, having previously tested the waters with several featured articles, web-streams, and even some live TV coverage. Viewing figures were obviously promising, as today ESPN ramped up its competitive...

There are plenty of mysteries to solve in The Secret World, and now MassivelyOP's MJ has turned her attention to solving one involving Tokyo's cyborgs. What are the secrets these semi-sentient machines hide? Join us live at 9:00 p.m. as MJ delves deeper into Issue #13 Trail of Shadows to find out. What: The Secret World Who: MJ Guthrie When: 9:00 p.m....

Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types of games we cover and just what the genres mean. MOBAs are easy to separate out, but the line between "multiplayer" and "massively multiplayer" is just as hard to define now as it was five...

The galaxy of Star Trek Online has just finished dealing with a destructive war against a race of almost incalculable age and power. There's a lot of rebuilding to be done at this point. So the game is holding a rebuilding event for the remainder of January, starting right now and running until January 28th. But that rebuilding effort...

The second major update to ECO's alpha testing has arrived, and it brings along the game's skill point system. It's an early version of the system and far more limited than it will be in time, but for now it's straightforward enough - players earn skill points over time, then spend those points on various skills. There will be...

Final Fantasy XIV Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida officially commented on the murder of actress Sian Blake, who voiced Yugiri Mistwalker in the game. "Yesterday, I received unfortunate news from the agency of British voice talent Sian Blake confirming the passing of Sian and her two children," Yoshida said. "Sian was a gifted actress, her masterful portrayal of Yugiri leaving...

Two months into its Wild Run expansion, racing MMO The Crew is plotting another big patch. Ubisoft says that January 25th will introduce a new Speed Trap challenge, in which players will zip across the map passing radar points in the hopes of achieving the highest score. Expect a new photo mode for snapping in-game screenies and a new "Summit" monthly...