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“ARG” stands for “alternate reality game” or “augmented reality game.”

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s third anniversary report card

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Well hey, it seems like it's another birthday for Pokemon Go, so you all know what we have for the anniversary party: another report card!...

Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends celebrates its second birthday

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It's a surprise party and you're invited! Secret World Legends has made it to its second birthday. This rebooted version of our favorite conspiracy...

Massively on the Go: First Impressions of Harry Potter Wizards Unite

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I know I've given Niantic hell when it comes on iterating on its Ingress formula, especially in terms of Pokemon Go, but Harry Potter: Wizards Unite...

Massively on the Go: Exploring Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge augmented reality game

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I wasn't expecting to be very excited about the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge until I read there'd be an augmented reality game mixed in....

Niantic just released a Netflix anime series based on its MMOARPG Ingress

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It's the transmedia synergy you didn't know you wanted but you're getting it anyway: Niantic announced the release of its Ingress TV show this...

Paradox Interactive continues to drop hints of a possible Vampire: the Masquerade game

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My first instinct upon seeing indications that publisher/developer Paradox Interactive is working on a game based on Vampire: the Masquerade was extreme intrigue. My...

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is basically Pokemon Go with wands and deatheaters

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Today, Niantic let loose with a big blast of official details of its upcoming ARG mobile game that takes place both in our world and...

Trainers can capture space-bending legendary Palkia in Pokémon Go this month

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A legendary new challenger has arrived for Pokémon Go trainers: Palkia, flagship legendary of generation IV's Pokémon Pearl, will be appearing in raid battles...

What Destiny 2 could’ve learned about community puzzle gating… from Star Wars Galaxies

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Say you're the developer of an online shooter, but you really want to add something that challenges the players in a world where they...

Massively on the Go: Smash Bros Ultimate’s online scene, one month later

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I love Smash Bros. I love the mascot battles, the random items, the hazards. And in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, I love the new Ultimate meter...

Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019

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The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2018

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It's become a tradition on Massively OP to include among our end-of-the-year roundups and editorials and retrospectives a run-down of our favorite - and least favorite - MMO dev quotes of the year, be they obscure, poignant, or just plain dumb. So once again, for this week's Massively Overthinking, I've asked our staff to offer up those quotes and then reflect on what we from the year and reflect on just what we've learned from them.
Time to poke on home.

Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Let’s Go-Go Connection

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Yes, we're going to talk about Pokemon Let's Go Eevee (or you can pretend its Pikachu if you just want to experience Pokemon Yellow again). No, it's...

Niantic’s Harry Potter ARG Wizards Unite opens enlistment with new trailer

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Turns out that Ingress Prime wasn't the only fun thing Niantic was plotting for November: The studio best known for Pokemon Go also announced...

Warframe’s Fortuna drops this week as the community tackles the Solaris United ARG

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Last month, Digital Extremes announced that Warframe's next major content update, Fortuna, is going to be hitting the PC version of the game sometime...

Niantic’s Ingress Prime reboot is finally live

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It's been almost a year since Niantic announced it was rebooting its classic MMOARG Ingress as Ingress Prime, and today, it's finally here. As we've...

Massively on the Go: The key MMO features in The Walking Dead Our World

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As a franchise, The Walking Dead is probably past its prime, but I'm admittedly still a bit of a fan. In fact, I was playing...

Pokemon Go players identify strange new creature during community day event

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During the recent Pokemon Go community day event, trainers were surprised and confused to discover a strange, new Pokemon kicking around alongside the community...
No need to whale about it.

Massively on the Go: Our guide to legendary and EX raiding in Pokemon Go

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It's a bit odd to say this about a Pokemon game, but raiding in Pokemon Go is kind of a big deal. Multiplayer has always been...

A ton of people went back to Pokemon Go this summer as Niantic looks to future games

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It's been a pretty darn good summer for Pokemon Go, according to a new post on Niantic's official site. In it, the team celebrates...

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