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LOTRO Legendarium: What should Lord of the Rings Online’s kinship refresh include?

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It does seem as though Standing Stone Games has been talking about a "kinship refresh" for Lord of the Rings Online for years now,...

Sandbox MMORPG BitCraft Online has officially released to Steam early access

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It's been a bit of a bumpy last leg to get to this point, but after a few delays, the crafting and exploration sandbox...
Do you remember Alf?!

Final Fantasy XIV previews patch 7.3, The Promise of Tomorrow, in its latest live letter

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The latest Final Fantasy XIV live letter has showed off the game's next patch: patch 7.3, The Promise of Tomorrow, is slated for early August...

Anti-P2W MMO Lionhearts is on Kickstarter selling duchies and duke titles for $10,000

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A few weeks back, we covered a new-to-us strategy MMO, Lionhearts - a game effectively spun out of a Roblox game by indie studio...
Control.

Vague Patch Notes: Control archetypes in MMORPGs are dead, but also they aren’t

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Recently, we got a very fun podcast question from Merp asking if control/debuff archetypes in MMORPGs were dead. This is a good question! It's...

Pearl Abyss has apparently put CCP Games – and EVE Online – up for sale

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According to reporting on Korean financial news site Money Today, CCP Games - and therefore EVE Online - are back on the market. Readers will...
Technically we aren't ghosts but let's not fight.

World of Warcraft previews its next major update, The Ghosts of K’aresh

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With World of Warcraft having just deployed its most recent update, you might assume that the game is going to kick back and let everyone...

MMO Hype Train: Dune Awakening stumbles, trips, and sometimes sprints in its early experience

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It does seem appropriate that for a series about the fight over a planet filled with a rare resource, Dune Awakening has played tug-o'-war...
If you were hoping for business model snark, you will be disappointed.

A new RIFT patch is percolating for next week – the first for the MMO since 2022

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Here's a pleasant shocker for mid-2025: RIFT is preparing to bring an actual patch to bear on June 24th. The Ghar Station reports that...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: 10 awesome reasons to go back to older MMORPGs

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Because this site is staffed by us Olds, we tend to remember the history of this ridiculous genre pretty well. This is materially helped...

World of Warcraft activates Legacy of Arathor, explains Pandaria Classic’s celestial dungeons

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Don't let the double decimal points in the update fool you: World of Warcraft's latest content drop is anything but insignificant. Legacy of Arathor...

Vitae Aeternum: New World’s latest seasonal server is anything but hardcore

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One of my biggest frustrations with the current state of New World is that the open world has lost most of the challenge that...

MMO Hype Train: What’s the ideal path to promoting and hyping an MMO?

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As much as there's a great deal to master when creating an MMORPG, there's also quite the learning experience when it comes to promoting...

Lord of the Rings Online announces the full closure of its old 32-bit worlds at the end of August

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When Standing Stone Games revealed its plans for Lord of the Rings Online's new 64-bit servers, it left a little bit of leeway in...

Progress Bar: We demo’d eight Steam Next Fest games that multiplayer fans should check out

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Ah, Steam Next Fest. A smorgasbord of sketchy titles and hentai games. I kid (mostly), it's also a great way to experience some all-new,...

First Impressions: Chrono Odyssey feels like a jankier New World

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Ahead of its publicly available beta on June 20th, MassivelyOP was granted an early peak at Chrono Odyssey's current by the folks Kakao Games,...

Perfect Ten: Awful things I don’t miss about 2000s-era MMO gaming

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Nostalgia is a tricky beast to ride. It can unlock all sorts of blissful memories, bring us back to old favorites, and reclaim a...

Not So Massively: Vindictus Defying Fate’s alpha promises a highly polished Soulslike

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Right now, Nexon is offering a free Steam demo of its upcoming solo/co-op action RPG Vindictus: Defying Fate, but before the devs opened the...
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The spice must flow: Dune Awakening officially launches this morning

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As of right now for fans of Dune Awakening, the spice must flow. Also the crafting must achieve a flow state, the ornithopters must fly,...

SGF 2025: Dune Awakening, Chrono Odyssey, The Cube, and more MMO trailers

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Welcome to Not-E3 2025 - that is, Summer Game Fest 2025, which runs all weekend. Tonight, the ubiquitous Geoff Keighley will host the kick-off...

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