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Battle Bards Episode 205: Love is in the air
They might not be the most naturally romantic crew at heart, but the Battle Bards have been known to get, er, swoony when love is professed...
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude in the MMORPG genre
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and while some folks have probably already kicked back from the table and have started in on the...
Pixelart Ravendawn charges into Alpha 3 – check out the new trailer
Massively OP readers know that we like to pull for the little guys trying to make a name for themselves in the MMORPG industry,...
BioWare teases ‘big changes for PvP’ in SWTOR coming in 7.2 next year
When Legacy of the Sith launches on December 14th, Star Wars The Old Republic fans can look forward to a rash of new content....
Albion Online details Lands Awakeneds’ war gloves abilities, elite levels, and hideouts
We're just two days away from the launch of Albion Online's Lands Awakened, and Sandbox Interactive is dishing out its next-to-last dev blog and...
New World addresses grumbling over undocumented changes to elite POIs
New World's developers dropped two missives over the weekend. The first addressed changes to elite points of interest aimed at endgamers that simultaneously made...
Guild Wars 2 player discovers infinite gem bug in new payment processing service – and yes, it’s now fixed
Last week, ArenaNet decided that it was going to use a new payment processing service for those who are buying gems in Guild Wars...
Path of Exile offers up a calendar of events coming through the month of December
Just because Path of Exile put out its last league of the year doesn't mean that there won't be things to do in the...
EverQuest-inspired Monsters & Memories updates its fans on art progress
One fun little MMORPG project that we've been tracking this year is Monsters & Memories, a throwback-style virtual world that's being created by one...
Massively Overthinking: The MMORPG class archetypes we never play
A few weeks ago, we did a fun Massively Overthinking on our most on-brand MMORPG classes and archetypes, the character concepts and playstyles we...
Amazon recaps Lost Ark’s beta experience, with launch still slated for ‘early 2022’
With the end of Lost Ark's beta, MMO gamers are gonna be settling in for a long winter's nap, waiting on next year's launch....
Lord of the Rings Online talks about making a ‘taller, deeper, darker’ Gundabad
Many -- not all, but many -- Lord of the Rings Online players are exploring the nooks and crannies of the new zones unlocked...
New World says it’s banned over 1660 exploiters and purged 98% of duped stuff from the economy
Hey, cheaters: If you thought the sheer volume of exploits rampaging around New World the last month and change meant you'd slip by under...
Battle Bards Episode 204: New World
The MMORPG smash hit of 2021 is now a soundtrack of far-off lands, dangerous vistas, and bewildering secrets. To navigate this New World, the...
Dual Universe offers tips to aid with construct excavations needed for the Demeter update
Dual Universe has mentioned a couple of times before that the incoming Demeter update would be making changes to the game's geometry, requiring players...
Global Chat: Do you suffer from FOMO when an MMO expansion comes out?
With Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker on the horizon, there's an undeniable wave of FOMO -- fear of missing out -- that's sweeping through the...
New World announces server merges are ‘on the horizon,’ stays stubborn on mini-map issue
You may have fought angry specters, old gods, and even a raid boss or two, but you're really going to have to gear up...
Massively Overthinking: How hard should MMOs be?
This past summer, MMO dev Damion Schubert posted an epic tweet-thread about MMOs; in fact, we've already dipped into the part on "load-bearing" playerbases,...
Albion Online examines Lands Awakened’s guild PvP, opens influencer program
Albion Online's Lands Awakened update is obviously going to bring some big changes to the PvP meta when it launches on November 24th -...
Blade and Soul breaks down the Demonsbane system arriving with tomorrow’s update
Tomorrow, NCSoft is adding some new content to Blade and Soul, including the Aerodrome dungeon, the centerpiece of the game's Demonsbane system that promises...