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Tibia-inspired MMO Ravendawn launches today – without the NFTs of its sister game

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Those looking for a new MMO launch to start the year or a spiritual successor to one of the genre's oldest titles may want...

Make My MMO: MMO crowdfunding at the top of 2024, from Ashes to Zenith

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Welcome to our very first Make My MMO of 2024! When we last checked in on the crowdfunded games of our genre, we were...

Nexon Korea hosts ’emergency livestream’ over recent MapleStory cube manipulation fine

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Last week we reported on a fine levied by Korea's FTC against Nexon Korea, which was found to be manipulating the probability of earning...

The Soapbox: Hearthstone is probably in for another boring year in 2024

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I recently got a survey in my email on Hearthstone and its future. The last time a Hearthstone survey got sent out, the idea...

Timezones and compensation cause Mortal Online 2 to count free sub time a day early

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Considering the length of time it has taken for Mortal Online 2 to get to this point, we'd agree it would be easy to...
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Into the Super-Verse: Reflecting on City of Heroes, back officially at long last

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As a dedicated fan of superheroes, I have to be honest that yesterday's news feels downright poetic. City of Heroes died in November of...

Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023

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Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...

Massively on the Go: A slow New Year start for Pokemon GO events

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Pokemon Go is still not bringing its A-game. After a buggy end of the year complete with utterly breaking Beware and accidentally releasing-and-taking-back unreleased...

Pax Dei promises ‘several milestones’ and shares new screenshots in an end-of-year message to fans

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Pax Dei has had a pretty productive year by all accounts, with a first-ever alpha test that drew in over 12,000 players and plenty...
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Vague Patch Notes: The ever-changing costs of playing an MMORPG

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It was a pretty big deal back when I had first started working at original Massively when the trend started, and I can still...
treasure hunting is one step from lockboxes

The Soapbox: The ‘problem’ with MMO hoarding

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I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...
The scholar sees when you do not index things, and he is not impressed.

End-of-year Eleven: The best value MMORPGs at the end of 2023

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I have been told that if I start another one of these columns musing on the abstract meaning of "value" as I have for...

Star Citizen releases a new Legatus backer bundle that costs $48,000

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Would you rather buy a reasonably reliable car or a whole bunch of internet spaceships? If for some reason you chose the latter, then...

Superhero card battler DC Dual Force surrenders to a shutdown

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Back in October, we reported on the launch of DC Dual Force, a card battler that came out in response to the popularity of...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MOP articles of 2023

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Every year, we pick out a bunch of narrative arcs and stories that dominated the headlines and emotions of the MMORPG genre, and it...

Pax Dei ponders a box price with sub monetization balanced with a free trial and possible game time tokens

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Where does the developing sandbox MMO Pax Dei stand on monetization? "Well, we’re sorry to say we haven’t figured it all out —...

Fortnite’s expensive race cars are now slightly less expensive after players revolt

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How much would you be willing to pay for a car in Fortnite? Besides $0 anyway; we see you, commenters. Epic Games asked that...

Tribes 3 Rivals promises a business model that has learned from past monetization mistakes

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Near as we can figure, there are two types of players learning that the venerable Tribes FPS franchise is coming back in the form...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2024

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It's time once again for the MOP staff and readers to engage in our favorite end-of-the-year MMO: collectively guessing what's going to happen next...

MassivelyOP’s 2023 Awards: Best MMO Business Model

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Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards! Today's award is for the Best MMO Business Model, which was awarded to Guild Wars 2 last year....

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