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School's out for RIFT -- and Summerfest is in full swing! The fantasy title's summer event starts today and continues through July 1st, offering players a chance to snag unique rewards. During the festival, players can participate in scavenger hunts, go through new minion quests, take on a zone event fighting Swarmlord Khargroth, and even earn merit badges for the...

Das Tal's Kickstarter has ended without meeting its €50,000 goal, but it's not game over for the indie PvP sandbox. Thanking fans for the nearly €33,000 pledged in crowdfunding, Fairytale Distillery says it plans to reflect on player feedback and "restructure how  communicate game to the public" going forward: Das Tal will continue with development. That is the simplest way to put...

Did anyone else get flashbacks to the Xbox One launch with World of Warcraft's flying announcement? I pictured a lot of arm-folding and sulking as it was being delivered. "All right, I guess we'll do what you guys say you want, but we were still totally right to say you didn't want it." Maybe it's just me. The point...

Yesterday evening Carbine Studios encouraged players to attend a WildStar mystery event on the Entity server, not spilling any other details as to what it entailed. Well, it turned out to be a strange sort of stress test that involved a giant rowsdower that turned people into a whole bunch of tiny rowsdowers. And also there was a taxi...

Do you feel your home on Tatooine in Star Wars: The Old Republic just filled up too quickly? The developers think it did. A new patch is live on the test server, and in addition to balance changes for the Sith Sorcerer and the Jedi Sage, the patch greatly expands the number of hooks available on the Tatooine homestead. Why...

Getting back up to speed in any game can be tricky. If you're out of the loop for a while, you miss out on quite a bit. The Secret World is certainly going out of its way to help you catch up, though, with the launch of the new Ultimate Edition of the game. It comes with every update of...

Down in the comments beneath the Marvel Heroes column we first published this week, a Massively OP reader expressed annoyance with online action RPGs and Justin's advice for quick leveling. "To level for the pure sake of leveling!? Seems to me only exhausting busywork using typical addictive mechanics as in browser games or gambling, but less obviously implemented!" Thus began an...

Last time MassivelOP's Justin and MJ went through The Secret World's Orochi tower, they encountered a floor with no encounters! That's right, they found the joke floor. They also found work areas where random employees sat dead at their desks while their coworkers busily slaved away, oblivious to that fact. It makes you wonder, what will they find next?...

I'm going to do something I don't do a lot in Massively Overthinking -- or anywhere, really. I'm going to ask you to whine. MOP Kickstarter donor Kayletta sent in this question, which I posed to our writers and our special Patreon guest, Roger, this week: What's the most nitpicky detail in an MMO that has caused you to log out/walk away/quit game...

Tradition: It's more than just a catchy tune, it's a way to make your mark on The Secret World. In what has become a summer tradition, devs are soliciting suggestions for the August item of the month, a gift given to all subscribed members for that month. Not only can you influence the type of item (hat, t-shirt, shoes,...