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Spun out of EA as one of the last remnants of Mythic Entertainment, Broadsword now runs Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot.

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Vague Patch Notes: Leveling in MMORPGs is cool because it’s finite

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No matter what you do, leveling in an MMORPG is going to be too fast. It's also going to be slow. It is the...

SWTOR and SWG Legends fans mourn the death of James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader

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Star Wars fans joined cinema and theater fans last night to mourn the loss of James Earl Jones, whom nerds knew best as the...

The Daily Grind: Do you call your MMO characters toons, chars, alts, or something else?

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A few weeks back, the MMORPG sub erupted in a heated discussion about what to call, well, our characters. And it's a legit question...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 483: Singing the Blues Protocol

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Justin and Bree discuss the demise of Blue Protocol, WoW's War Within launch, RuneScape's sub fee hike, and Wizard101's console ambitions, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMO cosmetic gear, Ultima Online as a survival game, and sticking to a vision as MMOs age.
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Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024

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We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...

Ultima Online’s New Legacy beta updates crafting content, gear durability, and tamer pets

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Ultima Online just pushed through its fifth weekend of testing for the New Legacy mode that is still on deck for launch next month...

Global Chat: Recapping World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix

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With Pandaria Remix now officially over and done in World of Warcraft, it's time to move on... right after some post-mortem analysis, of course....

One Shots: Cue techno chocobo theme

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When I drive around and look at the sea of boring cars with mostly the same shapes in the same four colors, I can...

Massively Overthinking: Frames of reference in MMORPGs

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Last week on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a heated discussion about terminology in MMORPGs (terminology we'll probably talk about in a separate thread...
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Vague Patch Notes: The problem with numbers in MMORPGs

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I recently saw a post on the official World of Warcraft forums noting that if not for the game's almost infamous level squish, players...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: The best MMOs from the years before we started counting

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You know what bothers me? Our annual awards recap. We always list all of the games that we've given awards to in the past,...

SWTOR brings more date night missions and Galactic Seasons 7 with this week’s Update 7.5.1

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While it can't compete with all of the huge MMO expansion releases this week, Star Wars: The Old Republic does have a decent late-summer...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 481: Pre-Gamescom MMO mini podcast

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In this mini episode, Bree runs down Throne & Liberty's delay, New World's Aeternum beta, Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds launch, the Richard Garriott Ultima Online rumor, the state of Ultima Online New Legacy, Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, the record-setting SWG Legends' SOEclipse event, and the approach of Gamescom.

Almost 3000 characters broke the SWG Legends server this weekend celebrating the SOEclipse

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Earlier this afternoon, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends hosted a massive event called SOEclipse, essentially the precise moment when the Legends Omega...

Ultima Online’s latest New Legacy beta takes leveling off the rails with Divergent Paths

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Ultima Online has now run three New Legacy open beta weekends thus far as Broadsword tests out its upcoming alternative server ruleset - and...
I HAVE TO RENEW MY HOUSE COME ON

Rumor: Richard Garriott says he believes he will get Ultima Online back ‘soon’

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If you enjoy some political shitposting, then you might already be following MMORPG founding father Richard Garriott on Twitter, and if so, you might...

The MOP Up: Terraria gets all cool with its whip

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Terraria's latest state of the game post teased some interesting variations on a weapon that would get Indiana Jones' stamp of approval: "Observant Terrarians...

One Shots: Funcom never could get children right

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If you ever played The Secret World, then nod with me as I say that Funcom had absolutely no idea how to portray, voice,...
Shoot to wound!

Vague Patch Notes: Is it time for MMORPGs to start embracing romance?

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The other day, I was writing about Baldur's Gate 3 celebrating its anniversary with statistics about all the companions that people have smooched over...

Global Chat: Reporting from the land of Throne and Liberty

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Heartless Gamer put down a whole lot of thoughts about the recent Throne and Liberty global beta, saying that while the MMO has plenty...

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