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It may have taken some time (and not a little help from Massively OP's Justin), but MJ is finally on the concluding mission of The Secret World's Issue #9 story arc. What revelation awaits her as the two continue their Tokyo adventures and prepare to move beyond the containment wall? Join the duo live at 9:00 p.m. to follow along....

Are you a fan of Descent? If so, and if you'd like to see a new franchise entry, you'd best be heading to Kickstarter and pledging your support to Descent Underground while you still can. The zero-g FPS actioner has a little over a day left on its funding drive, and as of press time it's sitting at $488,365 out...

This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor JakeDunnegan, who is worried about the future of MMORPG guilds. When EverQuest came along, I was introduced to the concept of guilds, which was a bit different from league play in Tribes. Voice chat in EQ wasn't really a thing unlike the need for Roger Wilco in Tribes. And guilds added so much...

DC Universe Online creative director Jens Andersen has posted a pretty important update on the game's forums. Daybreak's superhero MMO will begin launching new content on a monthly basis instead of the previous quarterly cadence. New gear and associated rewards will also switch from quarterly to monthly. Beginning with game update 47, DCUO's marks of fury and marks of triumph will...

Funcom has updated Age of Conan's achievement system. The game's latest patch offers 130 panoramas, which are camera paths that show off various Hyborian landscapes. The update also tweaks the treasure chests hidden around the game world and fills them with more and better rewards which should help you level your characters. Finally, the patch adds new hunting achievement categories,...

One of the big ticket items for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 16 is a revamp of the legendary item system with something that the team is calling "legendary imbuement." The team posted a livestream today to explain how this system will change LIs and how players will grow them. The idea is that players won't be deconstructing and...

Elite: Dangerous producer Michael Brookes posted a new update letter on the game's forums today. He thanks the community for making E:D the "number one bestseller" on Steam and also mentions that Frontier is looking into the possibility of allowing previous purchasers to access the title via Valve's platform without paying for it again. "Turning EliteDangerous.com customers into Steam customers unfortunately...

NCsoft West has laid off a number of support staff and is moving its customer service operation to a third-party provider, according to Polygon. Today's layoffs are apparently the final phase of a corporate restructuring announced in October of 2014. Sixteen staffers at NCsoft's Austin location were let go, which was basically that office's entire support team, according to an anonymous tipster...

For a limited time, Elder Scrolls Online is offering a deal to allow PC players to copy (not move) their accounts to the upcoming Xbox One or PlayStation 4 version of the game for $20. Emails have gone out to qualifying gamers notifying them of the one-time offer, which can be found on the ESO account store page and will...

Are you a bit confused about the Squadron 42 component of Star Citizen? So are quite a few other backers, if a mini-brouhaha on the official forums is any indication. Questions about the single-player campaign's length and accessibility were recently raised following Chris Roberts' comments in his most recent 10 for the Chairman video release. Community manager Ben Lesnick then took...