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The MOP Up: Valve shuts down a Classic Offensive mod after eight years of development

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A CSGO mod -- Classic Offensive -- got shut down by Valve eight years into its development. The mod devs said, "We are devastated...
Why not goblins, just like George Carlin suggested?

Vague Patch Notes: Challenge and rewards in MMOs are made up

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All right, folks, pop quiz. I want you to name for me the first major raid in Ultima Online. That was the first game...

The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s The Head of the Snake

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Massively OP's MJ has certainly taken her sweet time playing through Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 3. After all, it did release nearly...
The expected.

The MOP Up: Marvel Rivals players go on strike over under-supported role

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Marvel Rivals players are on strike until the Strategist role is improved -- and they may get their way according to a new blog...

The Daily Grind: Do you play the same MMOs as your significant other?

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One of the things I love about having a dedicated room in my house with all the computers is that my family games together...

The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 adventure hodgepodge

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Now that the latest bit of Guild Wars 2 main story is done, Massively OP's MJ has multiple different things she can focus on....

The Daily Grind: Do you feel bad about skipping new MMORPG launches?

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Last week, when Microsoft and Bethsoft had the nerve to re-release The Elder Scrolls Oblivion for 50 smackaroos along with paid horse armor DLC...
I've got a lot of problems with you people!

Storyboard: Dealing with the things your MMOs characters can’t do (but still can)

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In the middle of Final Fantasy XIV's post-Stormblood patches, there's a scene where the characters need to purchase a specific katana. An exact price...

One Shots: Bananarama!

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As we gather together to appreciate this gallery of video game art captured by our auteurs, we can be assured that there is absolutely...

Massively Overthinking: The eternal granular squabbles in our pet MMORPGs

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So if you don't play a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server - and chances are that you don't - you probably have no idea...
You hang up the dang ornaments.

Vague Patch Notes: Not every MMO mechanic you dislike is a bad one

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There is a category of responses to any column about mechanics, and it came up with the recent couple of columns about level scaling,...

The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box and the Super Ooze Kitchen

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Forget just the 1st, April is the time of year when Guild Wars 2 gets silly for a few weeks with Super Adventure Box....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 515: Palia’s purple paradise

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Justin and Bree discuss Defiance, Palia, Dune Awakening, and MapleStory Classic, with adventures in LOTRO, Classic Guild Wars, WoW Classic, and WoW, plus a mailbag topic on the future of MMOs.

OG Guild Wars sees an all-new Steam concurrency high during its anniversary celebration

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It would seem like this month is all about bringing back the classics: Readers will no doubt recall that ArenaNet was holding a 20th...
Shoop.

Vague Patch Notes: Level scaling in MMOs with the lateral spread and the temporary shrink

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Last week I talked about how MMORPGs use level scaling to accomplish actually useful and important goals. In short, there is an issue with...

Massively Overthinking: Putting the Elder Scrolls Online cadence into perspective

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Last week, far and away the biggest MMORPG news was the fact that Elder Scrolls Online finally revealed its new cadence - and its...

The Daily Grind: Are you returning to Guild Wars 1 for the anniversary bash?

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I know several MMO gamers - including some of our own writers! - who have been enticed to pick up Classic Guild Wars this...

The Stream Team: In hot pursuit in Guild Wars 2’s Penance for the Past

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After following Mabon's memory wisps in Guild Wars 2, Massively OP's MJ got to start piecing together the story of this fallen friend and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 514: Elder Seasons Online

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, Classic Guild Wars, LOTRO, abd Defiance, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Diablo III, plus a mailbag topic on advice for MMO sequels.

Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box is here with new weapons, deco, and the Super Ooze Kitchen

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Today marks the return of Super Adventure Box to Guild Wars 2, proving once again there is no April Fools' day joke that MMO...

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