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End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO expansions and updates of 2023

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If you want to look at the overall health of the MMORPG industry, one vital heartbeat that must not be missed is continual development....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 450: Sour cream in caves

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, The Crew's sunset, Palia's Switch launch, Black Desert and New World's 2024 plans, Age of Water, and the Year of EverQuest, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, SWTOR, and Project Gorgon.

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2024

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It's time once again for the MOP staff and readers to engage in our favorite end-of-the-year MMO: collectively guessing what's going to happen next...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 449: We didn’t start the Light No Fire

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Justin and Bree discuss MMO holiday events, Light No Fire, The Day Before, and EverQuest, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, WoW Classic, and Project Gorgon, plus mailbag topics on holiday gaming memories and Marvel Snap.

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s strange and fascinating journey through 2023

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There's a shot right at the end of Empire Strikes Back that's always struck me as the most profound in the entire franchise. The...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 448: The holiday MMO rush begins

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic's Season of Discovery, EverQuest II's Ballads of Zimara, SWTOR's Chains in the Dark, ArcheAge's big Unchained merge, and Wagadu Chronicles' early access, with adventures in LOTRO and Project Gorgon, plus 2023 awards teases and a mailbag topic on getting into MMOs with too much content.

Star Wars The Old Republic’s Chains in the Dark update is live – here are the patch notes

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Broadsword's latest patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic is live today as promised, and that of course means that the update's patch notes...

One Shots: Fishing for a compliment

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When life's moving a little too fast in your MMORPG, maybe it's time to take a break, dig out the ol' rod-and-reel, and pluck...

Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 7.4 Chains in the Dark launches December 5

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Get excited, Star Wars The Old Republic fans: Broadsword has just announced that GU 7.4, Chains in the Dark, officially launches on December 5th....
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End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2023

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2023 was definitely a year of surprises for me. Not all of them were pleasant! If you've been watching my columns, you probably have...

Global Chat: Tarisland is the real deal, folks

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As Tarisland winds its way through the beta process on its way to our grubby little hands in 2024, there are more and more...

The Daily Grind: Do you wait for fresh start servers to come back to an MMO?

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I don't think that MMO vets and developers entrenched into a particular game realize just how daunting it is for lapsed players to actually...

MMO Business Roundup: NetEase’s Worlds Untold, Embracer, Ubisoft, unionization, and Epic v. Google

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry and business news. Numbers numbers numbers! NetEase - The Chinese megacorp NetEase just can't...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 446: Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of MMOs

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Chris and Justin discuss Tarisland's beta, Perfect New World's beta, Pantheon 247 cancelation, SWTOR's Aussie server, EVE Online's Havoc, World of Warcraft's Seeds of Renewal, WoW Classic Hardcore, and WoW Classic Season of Discovery.

One Shots: Lightning strikes twice

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When you see lightning on the horizon, it may be time to seek shelter, brew a favorite hot beverage, and settle in for a...

Star Wars The Old Republic is finally launching an Australia-based server – tomorrow

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Broadsword has big plans for Star Wars The Old Republic, having picked up both the game and the bulk of the team earlier this...

Perfect Ten: The single best expansion from 10 MMOs

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Holy crud, do I not know that I'm setting myself up for some major pushback today. Oh, I feel that to my core, friends!...

Former SWTOR lead Damion Schubert urges devs to prioritize accessibility in MMOs

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When you think of the strengths of Star Wars: The Old Republic as a game, does "accessibility" every come to mind? According to one...
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Massively Overthinking: The ‘elements’ of MMOs

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MOP reader Nibbana recently posed us a fun question: "As I play my Scrapper in Guild Wars 2, I thought to myself, man, I...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic previews the updated Galactic Trade Network on the test server

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For those of you who are used to the art of the deal on Star Wars: The Old Republic, you should be aware that...

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