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MassivelyOP's MJ never needs a reason to get down and boogie, but WildStar is offering one anyway: Today is its birthday! That means Emy Fluffybutt is returning for the festivities, which just happen to include free gifts! Tune in live at 12:00 p.m. to join in the celebration as OPTV's infamous Stream Team brings you... What: WildStar Who: MJ Guthrie When: 12:00 p.m....

Good news for Sword Coast Legends fans who are hoping to play with their friends of "other" persuasions: n-Space has announced that the game will be coming to Mac and Linux as well as PC. Director Dan Tudge says that this decision will benefit the community as a whole: "For far too long, passionate and dedicated Mac and Linux RPG gamers have been...

My excitement for Guild Wars 2's first expansion has been no secret, so you can easily guess how much fun I had climbing the trees in heavy armour in the Heart of Thorns beta test last week. This playtest focused on the new Revenant profession and the Heart of Maguuma zone, starting off the player into a new personal...

Dust off your capes and adjust your ruby-quartz visors, for tomorrow is Marvel Heroes' second anniversary and all are invited to join in the celebrations. The keystone of the game's birthday will be the release of a playable Doctor Doom, the title's 48th character. Doom is a complex and capable fighter with multiple resources and even summon abilities. Doom isn't...

When Above & Beyond Technologies announced that its sci-fi MMO The Repopulation will launch before the end of 2015, sandbox fans simultaneously pumped their fists and arched their brows. MassivelyOP tracked down lead developer J.C. Smith and asked him about the ambitious release window as well as whether or not the dev team is feeling the pressure of expectations. Read the...

Do you have any desire to play the newly launched Heroes of the Storm yet? What if we told you that you could get a free pet? Yes, Blizzard is running a cross-promotion with the newly launched title and two of its established online games, Hearthstone and World of Warcraft, awarding players shiny new things in one game for advancing...

An editorial over at Rock Paper Shotgun attempts to tie two topics together as one: why there will never be a World of Warcraft killer and how MMOs have been in a cultural decline ever since Azeroth opened for business. "World of Warcraft was a hit for many reasons," the author postulates. "Its chunky graphics that still hold up. Its...

How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In two words, not well. In An Age gave 10 reasons flying was a great part of the game, Aspect of the Hare says that it felt like "a punch in the gut," Murloc Parliament thinks that...

It can certainly be a stretch to come up with new seasonal events, but ArcheAge has added one for the summer that could either be a barrel of fun or leave you floating down the river without a paddle. Actually, it's both: You're floating down the river without a paddle in a barrel! MassivelyOP's MJ is jumping into the...

Fairytale Distillery has dropped another Das Tal info bomb on its Kickstarter backers and curious sandbox PvP onlookers. The indie MMO got its start as a prototype called Love 2D, which is chronicled along with early art assets in a recent update. A second update focuses on bugs and the dev team's "small gallery of accidents," while the third and...