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Star Wars The Old Republic opens its first cloud-based server for testing in the Asia-Pacific region

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Last week, Star Wars: The Old Republic announced plans to move its servers to newer cloud-based tech hosted by Amazon Web Services as part...

New World’s first season is now tentatively set for April 4

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Following a delay of the previously planned release of Season 1, New World may be activating the event in the first week of April. Amazon...

Path of Exile’s April 7th update Crucible gives weapons their own skill trees

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Spring has sprung, and a new Path of Exile league is about to bloom. Next week -- April 7th for PC and April 12th...

Star Wars: The Old Republic plans to move its servers over to Amazon Web Services

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Hot on the heels of the move to a 64-bit client, Star Wars: The Old Republic is preparing another big jump in its backend:...
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Vague Patch Notes: Can anyone really cover games objectively when there’s suffering built-in to them?

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In July of 2021, we started a roundup tag in our tag cloud that most of us probably didn't expect to still be using...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 415: Don’t go into the Lightfall

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's update 36, Destiny 2's Lightfall, CCP's blockchain game, DDO's promo, Ship of Heroes on Steam, and the return of Alganon, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus a pair of mailbag topics on AI tech in MMOs.

Blue Protocol devs announce March 31 date for its next network test while previewing new valley zone

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"Mid-March" has now become late March, but regardless the Japanese network test for Blue Protocol is indeed starting this month: A recent livestream from...

New World delays Fellowship & Fire over undisclosed issue, plans round of transfers and merges

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Well, it's not the most auspicious start to a new cadence and roadmap, but Amazon is apparently delaying the release of New World's Fellowship...

Massively Overthinking: The times MMO developers admitted they were… wrong

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Earlier in March, Jagex did the unthinkable for an MMORPG company: It admitted it was wrong about something. If you're used to the Blizzards...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 414: EverQuesting on and on

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Justin and Bree discuss Diablo IV, World of Warcraft, SWG Legends, Destiny 2, Star Citizen, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag topics on extreme MMO zones and puzzles in MMOs.

New World’s new video suggests season passes should take around 50 hours to complete

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The latest edition of New World's Forged in Aeternum dev vlog is all about the game's upcoming seasonal monetization and cadence. Amazon creative director...

Twitch lays off 400 workers following CEO’s resignation

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If you thought that Emmett Shear, the former CEO of Twitch, resigning abruptly after 16 years last week to spend more time with his...

Albion Online’s Albion East server is officially live today for F2P players with no region locking

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And then there were two. Two Albion Online servers, that is. Sandbox Interactive announced that its planned launch of a second Albion Online shard is...

LOTRO Legendarium: 16 more fun places to visit in LOTRO’s Minas Tirith

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Last week we began our thorough tour through Lord of the Rings Online's largest city, Minas Tirith, combing through the first three tiers in...

PSA: Steam’s Spring Sale offers up discounts for MMORPGs and expansions

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Are you in the market for a new MMO or MMORPG to play? Then you might be interested to know that the Steam Spring...

Massively Overthinking: When is localization itself the kiss of death for an imported MMORPG?

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Last week, when I was poking around the internet trying to understand why Amazon was still making excuses for de-sexualizing some Lost Ark characters...

Ex-Blizzard execs Jen Oneal, J Allen Brack, and John Donham form Magic Soup Games

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Now here's an interesting collab. Yes, it's yet another "ex-Blizzard people form a new studio and investors give them stacks of money" studio, but...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 413: Kentucky fried gaming

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Justin and Bree discuss Bellatores, Final Fantasy XIV, Ghostcrawler and the Riot MMO, WoW's patches, Diablo IV's promos, and Star Citizen, with adventures in LOTRO, Star Trek Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on humble characters and healer aesthetics.

Lost Ark’s Art of War March update launches tomorrow morning while you sleep

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Amazon is hyping up tomorrow's big patch launch for Lost Ark, the March release dubbed The Art of War. Fittingly, the heart of the...

New World’s latest dev video addresses outfits, dyeing, tmogging, and period fashion

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New World fans grumble endlessly about the outfit offerings in the game; everyone always wants new, more, and better, including in the cash shop....

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