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The Daily Grind: What’s an MMO dealbreaker for you?

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The other day, our office chat lit up with a lively debate over the virtues and drawbacks of Black Desert. Some praised its exploration...
Plole ray.

Storyboard: The future of MMO roleplaying in the new decade

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Here we are in a brand-new decade! (If you feel the urge to pedantically correct this, you are wrong, it's a new decade, hush...

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2020

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All right, 2019. We're done with you. We're moving on. We're in a whole new decade. We've got a brand-new year full of new...

Hellion dev rejects YouTuber’s ‘dirty dev’ characterization despite selling abandoned game

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Nobody wants to have their creative endeavors trashed and game developers certainly shouldn't be outright abused in a physical or mental sense. That said,...

Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2019

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Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's weekly and sometimes biweekly recap of the big news in crowdfunded MMOs. Hey, you...

Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2019

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When I was handed the reins of Choose My Adventure by the incomparably awesome Eliot, I had bare little idea what sort of things...

The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot’s progression server

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Dark Age of Camelot recently put up a huge end-of-year Q&A grab bag for you to enjoy, including plans for next year -- and...

Make My MMO: Day of Dragons bans prominent critics for ‘defamation’ and ‘reverse engineering’

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, our eyes are drawn back to Kickstarted survival sandbox Day of Dragons, which made headlines earlier this autumn over...

LOTRO Legendarium: How did Lord of the Rings Online do in 2019?

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When we gave Lord of the Rings Online the award this year for the Most Underrated MMORPG on the market, it came with plenty...
Paladinhood.

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2019

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When we sit back to look at the biggest headlines of the year, we don't have to look far. These are the stories that...
Mirror match!

The Daily Grind: What do you think about Cryptic’s MMO business models?

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As a fan of Cryptic Studios and its games, here is something that I have pondered for a while now: Is the studio generous...

Fight or Kite: 2010-2019, the decade when PvP boomed and MMOs languished

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The end of the decade is upon us. Many are now reflecting on how our lives have changed over the past 10 years. We’ve...

Wheeee Phantasy Star Online 2 is now accepting closed beta signups in North America

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One of the big surprises of 2019 - and also one of the most welcome ones - was the revelation that Phantasy Star Online...

EVE Evolved: First impressions of the EVE Echoes mobile beta

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EVE Online has been a PC MMO staple now for over 16 years, carving out a niche for itself as a long-term hobby with...

Make My MMO: Temtem’s alpha 0.3 expands co-op, Star Citizen goes to space

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Temtem's alpha expanded a little wider with the opening of Kisiwa island, new quests, and the dawn of full...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s 2019 year in review, from the layoffs to Icebrood

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It’s no secret that 2019 was a rough year for Guild Wars 2. There were some bright spots in there as well, however, and...

Corepunk is a new top-down Dutch game with all the MMORPG trappings

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Who wanted a new MMORPG for Christmas? Well, Corepunk isn't getting here in time for this Christmas, but it's now been officially announced to...

Not So Massively: Kingdom Under Fire 2 is ambitious, unique, and deeply flawed

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When I first heard about Kingdom Under Fire II by publisher Gameforge, I wasn't sure what to expect. I'd heard that it combined elements...

Make My MMO: The vanishing of Seconds from Silence

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Remember this past summer when we covered the emergence of Abstract Era's new sandbox MMO Seconds from Silence? At the time, we expressed a...
Order from disorder.

Vague Patch Notes: Why do MMOs have randomness?

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If there's one concept that is nearly universally reviled among MMO players, it's randomness. Yes, pretty much everywhere. You could make a little fairy...

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