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MMO sequels are funny animals. Sequels (along with prequels and "reimaginings") are ingrained into the entertainment industry so deep that it makes sense that MMO studios would follow suit. And yet these types of games -- with their ever-growing nature and heavy involvement with loyal playerbases -- are not always conducive to such projects. More often than not, a...

Do you think this is a game? Do you think this is a game? This is real life, people. This is important. It's important to let people know that sometimes the things you think are just games are actually super important and the things that people think are not games are totally games. Also, it's important to argue over...

It's not every MMO that straight-up gives you the option to play as a run-of-the-mill animal (albeit one with human intelligence). Sure, there are plenty of anthropomorphized critters who take on enough people-like looks and characteristics as to not be off-putting to geek sensitivities. I'm not even talking about furries (or Furbies), but instead MMOs that give you the...

Happy holidays to those celebrating a holiday today! Happy just today for everyone else! And an extra-special dose of happy for people who like their crafting systems to have ornate depth, because Camelot Unchained has previewed its crafting system and there's plenty for you to explore. Most of you can't actually play with it yet, no, but you sure...

Steam suffered a severe malfunction today, as users are reporting that they have logged into the service only to have access to others' accounts and information. This information allegedly includes addresses, wallet amounts, and partial credit card numbers. The prevailing theory is that this is a problem from inside the service -- a security hole or cache error -- and not...

Nothing says it's the holidays better than hopping around on brightly colored candy pieces like an over-caffeinated bunny while trying not to fall to your death, right? Well, at least according to Guild Wars 2 apparently. Massively OP's MJ has heard that fans look forward to this specific holiday jumping puzzle, but she's never tried it. Since it's Christmas,...

Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Longest MMO Newsletter. And the winner is... Camelot Unchained You guys. These things are epic. I gave up counting when one approached 11,000 words. Teach us to ask for design transparency! Want to nominate another winner? Let us know in the comments, and don't forget to check out our serious MMO awards while you're...

This year, we're taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into 2016. Final Fantasy XIV's Heavensward expansion launched in June to rave reviews, rising above the E3 scrum. The month heralded the announcement of Star Wars: The Old Republic's KOTFE expansion, Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns prepurchase...

With another year coming to a close, I thought it would be an opportune time to go back and give out flippant awards to some of the MMO and MOBA soundtracks that released in 2015. Not every game gets an official album release, of course, but if there was a new game on the scene, rest assured that I...

While other studio teams are powering down for the holidays, it looks as though Star Citizen's crew is keeping up the pace. The team just put out Alpha 2.1 today, bringing with it the flyable Freelancer base and Sabre fighter, as well as several fixes for the Crusader region. Alpha 2.0 has seen over 80,000 players explore it since...