Massively OP Podcast: Episode 10

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Justin, Bree, and guests Ben and Tyler discuss WoW tokens, DCUO, Neverwinter's Minsc & Boo patch, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Wurm Online, and WildStar.

The Stream Team: Higher-level Heritage questing in EQII

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For all the many times MassivelOP's MJ has done Heritage Quests in EverQuest II on various alts, it somehow escaped her that the increases in level caps introduced even more such quests at the higher levels! That means there are a slew of Heritage Quests that she's never experienced before, and it's high time she dived into one. Join...
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GTA V and GTA Online now available on PC

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A little game called Grand Theft Auto V launched last night. You may have heard of it. Well, technically it launched on the PC, as consoleers have been playing it since 2013. What's the big deal, then? Well, Rockstar has ported its massive open world title with resolutions "up to 4K and beyond" as well as a client that...
It's just another FPS, yes. That was not a surprising development.

A first look at Ghost in the Shell Online in action

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Now that we know that Ghost in the Shell Online will definitely be coming to Western shores, there's all the reason in the world to be very curious about how it's going to play. The fine people at Steparu took the game's first Korean beta test for a spin to see how it holds up. The verdict? It's an FPS....

Forsaken World is getting a mobile edition

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Could we be on the verge of an MMO mobile gaming revolution? Several mobile versions of Asian MMOs are in the making, including Aion and Final Fantasy XI, and now Forsaken World is throwing its plumed hat into the ring. Perfect World Entertainment announced the new project with the debut of the Forsaken World Mobile website. The title is being...

Crowfall expounds on the service of Thralls

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Have you ever wanted to be a grim reaper? In Crowfall, you can. And for once it is a mutually beneficial proposition! A new FAQ enlightens players on the nature and use of Thralls, which are the souls of fallen warriors and craftsmen trapped in the world and unable to move on. Though they serve players in such roles...
Stunning absolutely no one who's been following along, it's like people don't want MMOs to be jobs any longer.

Black Desert adjusts for ‘casual lite’ Korean market

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Every game changes during testing, but Black Desert seems to have changed even more significantly compared to its original vision from the fan standpoint. One such fan recently penned an article explaining what changes the game has made since its first iteration and why fans are frustrated by them. What's behind all those changes? A new interview with Pearl Abyss explains that there's a...

Hyperspace Beacon: Five things you should know about Ziost before SWTOR Update 3.2

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Shortly after Star Wars: The Old Republic launched, I was a part of a group of players asked which planet they would like to see next. Pre-launch we were still learning which planets were even in the game. We knew that there were more planets to be revealed and that we had a huge swath of planets that had great...

El Somni Quas draws upon classic Ultima Online for an old-school MMO experience

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It's interesting to see how players who have grown up under the influence of certain MMOs are now making their own games drawing from those experiences. For example, take a look at El Somni Quas, a new indie sandbox that is being created as an homage to Ultima Online. El Somni Quas is being developed by a team of six Czech...

H1Z1 adds grouping system and zombified players this month

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Your secret dream of becoming a zombie -- yeah, we read your diary -- will get a virtual assist from this month's H1Z1 updates. The survival sandbox is finally making good on plans to gradually turn infected players into zombies. According to the game's early access roadmap, players have two major patches to anticipate in April. The first, arriving on...