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Cartoon Network successfully shut down FusionFall’s rogue servers

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Do you remember FusionFall? It was Cartoon Network's attempt at making its own kid-friendly MMO, operating between 2009 and 2013; we took a listen...

First impressions of Fallout 76’s Wastelanders expansion

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Everyone thought it was impossible, but somehow, Fallout 76 actually got good. And all it took was for Bethesda to not be Bethesda. That's a...

The Daily Grind: What MMO is the most hardcore and brutal?

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A few months ago, there was a post on the MMORPG subreddit about the MMO that was the "most intense brutal hardcore" MMO -...

Global Chat: That moment when you realize you chose the wrong MMO class

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Have you ever gotten deep into a character's journey in an MMO -- and gradually realized that you'd picked the wrong class for you...

Riot Games defends Valorant’s Vanguard security driver, offers a $100k bounty to exploit it

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Last week, Riot Games unveiled that their in-development competitive FPS Valorant runs an anti-cheat process in the background of player systems, which caused no...

One Shots: The ultimate waterbed

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I had an aunt and uncle in Florida who had a waterbed. We always thought it was the most bizarrely awesome thing, although now...
Gone, girl.

San Diego Comic Con is officially cancelled this year thanks to COVID-19

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It looks like the novel coronavirus has once again successfully put the kibosh on another major convention here in the US. San Diego Comic...
shell

WRUP: The fable of the turtle and the stockbroker edition

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Once upon a time, there lived a turtle. He lived in a marsh. He sat on logs and sunned himself, when he got too...
Sexy, kinda.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO race is too ugly for you to play?

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In graphical games, looks matter -- even when we claim we're above such petty eye candy. And when we're crafting a character to represent...

Camelot Unchained talks about a new island scenario and other updates in a livestream

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Camelot Unchained held a mid-April livestream to share some of its latest progress with backers and fans. Specifically, Mark Jacobs, who broadcast live from...

The Daily Grind: What dead MMOs are you missing while under quarantine?

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MOP reader Tyler wrote us a few weeks ago, pining for lost games during this time when so many people are under pandemic lockdown. "I...
Sorry, can't be helped.

COVID-19: Gamescom goes digital, Star Trek Online honors medics, Raph Koster tackles pandemic denialism

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Welcome back to another roundup of how MMOs and the gaming industry are handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday we reported on the news that Germany...
Trouble double.

Vague Patch Notes: Maintaining MMO anonymity in the age of parasocial bonding

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In an author's note at the end of the novel The Dark Tower, Stephen King writes frankly that some people will not like how...

RIFT tests new world bosses as Defiance asks players to hunt mutants

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They're not dead; they'd like to take a walk! Gamigo's ever-shambling MMOs RIFT and Defiance are doing some new things to keep however many...

Player-run Open Perpetuum celebrates second birthday with new content and freebies

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Way back in 2017, Perpetuum Online developer Avatar Creations announced it was closing the game because it could no longer afford to develop the...

Perfect Ten: Sports-themed MMOs

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Here's something we don't talk about much here on Massively OP: sports games. When we think of "MMOs," we tend to run right toward...
Not riding a dinosaur.

World of Warcraft has controller support under active development

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Accessibility is a big deal when it comes to games, and MMOs have traditionally worked to ensure that people with disabilities still have full...
Dig it.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO content updates were better than expansions?

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Recently, RuneScape pumped out an update for the game called Archaeology. While it wasn't, to my understanding, a full-fledged expansion, it was treated with...

Choose My Adventure: Hexaria is a grindy yet competent Roblox MMO

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Another week, another random bit of Roblox adventuring. This time around, I wanted to see just what sort of MMOs this game's community could...
All over again.

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off an eight-day free login campaign

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It sounds a little bit cliche, but now really is the perfect time for a lot of people to explore MMOs that might not...

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