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Stick and Rudder: So let’s talk about those Elite Dangerous pre-built ships

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Over the past couple of days, I've been watching and writing about the fun little tire fire that Elite: Dangerous ignited when it announced...
Forever and ever.

Into the Super-verse: Why the resurrection of 20-year-old City of Heroes is worth celebrating, even if you don’t play

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There's a certain poetry to the fact that this year, on the 20th anniversary of City of Heroes, we can all play the game...
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WoW Factor: Exit BlizzCon, for good this time?

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Back in 2021, we learned that there was not going to be a BlizzCon 2022. This did not surprise me, and I penned a...
See, not all things are the same.

As Warcraft turns 30, Blizzard has preemptively canceled BlizzCon for 2024

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Well, you can read the headline: There's no BlizzCon this year after all, in spite of the fact that this is Warcraft's 30th anniversary...
WRONG!

Vague Patch Notes: When MMO designers build traps for players

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So last week, I spent a whole lot of words talking about what "the meta" actually means when it comes to MMOs. Put very...

Tamriel Infinium: Will Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road’s spell scribing be a gamechanger?

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All the way back in 1996, Bethesda introduced an interesting feature with its second Elder Scrolls RPG. Daggerfall included "spellcrafting," a system that allowed...

Kakao’s western version of ArcheAge is sunsetting in June

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I'm sorry to report this morning that the western version of ArcheAge is apparently shutting down: While we were sleeping, Kakao announced that it...

Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day

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There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...

Community-led Infantry Online, SOE’s 25-year-old shooter, marches its way onto Steam

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It's quite likely that we have several veterans of Infantry Online in our Massively OP audience. After all, this was a Sony Online Entertainment...

Vitae Aeternum: So just what is New World’s big June announcement?

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For the past few months, Amazon Games has repeated the same mantra in regards to New World's future: Wait for the announcement in June....

Albion Online has kicked off early headstart for its new European server – no more wipes

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There was a bit of a hiccup in getting it off the ground this morning, but it's here now: Albion Online's Albion Europe server...

Neverwinter’s 28th module, Adventures in Wildspace, lifts off on PC and console today

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I can't tell you how relieved I am to see Neverwinter get back on the tracks of its traditional cadence, and that's exactly what's...

Bellwright brings its brutal medieval world of multiplayer survival to Steam early access

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Will the second verse be different different from the first for developer Donkey Crew -- and more importantly for those who buy in to...

EVE Online’s Equinox expansion brings planetary mining and territory features to nullsec June 11

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Tuesday, June 11th, is promising to be "the first step towards a radical re-invigoration of nullsec space" in EVE Online thanks to the launch...
Fight!

Wisdom of Nym: Does Final Fantasy XIV not have enough minigames?

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Based on a wholly out-of-context reading, the headline for this edition of Wisdom of Nym might sound completely ridiculous. Final Fantasy XIV is not...

Diablo IV runs a charity promotion that sends millions of maggots to feed recovering birds

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We appreciate that the idea of maggots paired with our "warm fuzzies" tag might seem at odds, but there's a really good reason why...

LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back and ahead at LOTRO’s 17th birthday

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At the start of Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins famously celebrates his 111th birthday (alongside Frodo's own 33rd birthday). He looks back at...
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WoW Factor: The strange excitement split for World of Warcraft’s The War Within

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There's an interesting aspect I've observed about World of Warcraft as we slowly creep toward the release of The War Within. No one who...
Meness and Ausrine, sittin' in a tree...

Not So Massively: Godsworn made me break my ‘no early access’ rule

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I'm pretty blasé about most monetization in games, but there are a few things that I don't like, and charging for early access is...
Even-handed.

Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO rotation

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Rotations! They're not just just for your tires any more; they're in your MMORPGs, determining what order you should press the shiny buttons on...

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