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I am a raider. I'm not one of those raiders who spends every waking moment learning how to optimize gear and spending four to six hours a day figuring out the best and latest strats, but I do spend a significant amount of my week reading about or participating in raids. If I were to give myself a label,...

Last week's San Diego Comic Con was of great interest to World of Warcraft fans, as Director Duncan Jones led a panel of the cast and crew to talk about the upcoming film. It was also where Legendary Pictures showed the movie's trailer for the first time, although the film studio is holding off on releasing it to the...

How does one play The Repopulation? Do you know? Are you sure you know? Because the developers found that the game's previous tutorial didn't do a particularly good job of introducing the concepts central to the game's sandbox play, so the most recent patch is designed to address just that. A new tutorial released into the wild today covers far more...

Game developer Derek Smart continues to be terribly concerned over the future fate of Star Citizen. After an epic-sized rant last week, Smart posted another piece last night, this one restating his immense concern over the development of the space sim, urging people to "wake up and start asking the tough questions." In the nearly 11,000-word post, he sets out...

Gothic horror sandbox Revival cuts a bit of a polarizing figure, at least early on in its development process and at least here in the MassivelyOP comments section. While some fans seem genuinely interested in the title's focus on medieval pseudo-realism and virtual world stylings, others seem put off by the developer Illfonic's relentless pursuit of immersion. We asked creative...

Massively OP Kickstarter donor Daveha is not amused with an MMO industry that seems content to let cheaters get away with their nefarious deeds. For this morning's Daily Grind, he writes, By trade I am a Director of an IT department, so I have a pretty good understanding of how things work in the IT field. My question has to...

This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding deals since April and announced plans to split the funds more evenly to better support professional gamers. Dota 2's prize pool topped $16 million with the revelation that anyone who clocks up 1000 compendium points...

Wargaming has announced Weekday Warfare 27, a four-on-four tier VII World of Tanks tournament that begins on July 20th. It will progress through five group stages, with the final battle taking place on July 24th. Registration is currently open, but it closes on July 19th, so be quick about it. Prizes include in-game currency and keys that unlock various booster...

RuneScape has been around for quite a while now, but one thing the long-running fantasy title has lacked is a proper raiding experience. As of today, that's no longer the case thanks to the 10-player Liberation of Mazcab instance. It features two bosses, raid feats that unlock the Daredevil title upon completion, and new level 90 armor to acquire. The...

Torchlight developer Runic will be revealing its new project at this year's PAX Prime, according to a post on the company's forums. The firm told VG247 that the title is not a Torchlight mobile port and, based on prior statements, a console port is also unlikely. Could it be the MMO that Runic was talking about way back in 2012? We'll...