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In most MMOs, your moral compass and career objectives are fixed for you: You're a hero-for-hire who's only out to save the world, rescue lost bunnies, and eviscerate nasty demon spawn. You're the good guy or gal, in other words. And while there's nothing wrong with that, the "R" in the MMORPG genre means that sometimes we like to roleplay...

I freely admit that I never actually played Glitch, but I was glad it existed and sad at the people who never even had the chance to play it. So it does my heart good to see that Eleven is rallying on full steam ahead to produce a playable version of the game for everyone. You guys keep doing...

Are you looking forward to that four-players-and-a-DM joint called Sword Coast Legends? I kinda am too, and as such I was curious to watch a couple of videos released by the developers this week that detail campaign creation, dungeon runs, and moment-to-moment gameplay for both the DM and the party. Click past the cut to see both clips! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PUbc3ofBgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nfQ3wa9iBc Source: YouTube and YouTube...

Earlier this week Ubisoft revealed a Dark Zone gameplay trailer for its forthcoming action shooter called The Division. This week, the firm released a story trailer for the same zone, and though it's quite a bit shorter than the previous offering, it's worth watching if you'd like to know the hows and the whys behind the game's quarantine zones, masked...

The latest Star Trek Online dev blog talks up the sci-fi MMO's forthcoming fleet armada system. Lead programmer Daniel Razza says that the improvements will enable fleets to form vast armadas to both share resources and speed the construction of fleet holdings, and that armadas can house up to 13 fleets which all share a chat channel and which...

If July 16th is just too dang long to wait for more Skyforge, then at least you now have a little something to tide you over until the open beta goes live. Allods Team announced today that it will be hosting a 24-hour stress test on July 7th from 9:00 a.m. EDT until the same time on the 8th. The...

Arrrrg! Thar be pirates skulking about Landmark! At least there are plenty of their hideouts scattered about. Previously, Massively OP's MJ has shown off spaceships, castles, trains, and even different IPs; this time she's highlighting pirate-themed builds. Join us live at 3:00 p.m.for a tour of coves, ships, and other assorted pirate hangouts, and take a chance at collecting some...

If you have been wondering if Elite: Dangerous looks a little less gorgeous as it did before, trust us, it's not just you. After players started posting a slew of comparisons showing that Patch 1.3's graphics are a downgrade from what came before, Frontier at least admitted that it made adjustments to how it renders dust and fog and said,...

New planar crafting mechanics aren't the only things Trion has planned for RIFT's next update. Patch 3.3 Waking Nightmares will unleash a number of new dimension keys for fans of the MMO's building sub-game, including Octus Monastery, Mathosian Cascades, Tempest Island, Tulan, and Everywhere, the last of which is the most epic foggy snowscape ever. There's also a bunch of new dimension items...

Well, the MassivelyOP ARK: Survival Evolved server is still a thing. It's been running for just over 10 days now, and it's been publicly available for a week. Peak concurrency thus far has been 23 players, and the server is being upgraded from 30 slots to 50 in order to provide more of a cushion. State of the server Earlier this week the server...