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Magic: the Gathering Online got the latest broken combo banned in just two days

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You may not play Magic: the Gathering Online, but if you play any sort of free-to-play online card game, you owe some of your...

Ashes of Creation sets its sights on crowdfunding stretch goals

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After smashing expectations by completely funding its $750,000 Kickstarter campaign in the first 12 hours, Ashes of Creation wants to keep this crowdfunding momentum going...

The Daily Grind: Are you Kickstarting Ashes of Creation?

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Well, congrats, Ashes of Creation. You did it: You made your $750,000 Kickstarter goal in less than 24 hours, which means we're going to...

The Sims Online emulator might be launching soon

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In just two weeks, a long-forgotten social MMORPG might be making a comeback. The team behind FreeSO, a Sims Online emulator, announced on Twitter yesterday...

Massively OP Interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO

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Today, Ashes of Creation takes a big plunge into an all-or-nothing Kickstarter campaign. Over the past few months, the MMO seemed to come out...

Enter to win a copy of Guardians of Ember courtesy of InselGames and Massively OP

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In honor of upgraded US servers for Guardians of Ember  as well as the launch of Act V, InselGames has granted us 50 Steam keys for copies...

The Daily Grind: Are MMORPGs better off without stories?

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Last week, Massively OP community veteran BalsBigBrother pointed out -- rightly! -- that while Trove is amusing, it's very much lacking in prepared story or...
Shroud of the Avatar

Wanna try new MMORPGs? Join the MMO Book Club

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Long ago when we were between MMOs, my guild went through several months of playing a new game every week thanks to the magic...

One Shots: Through the portal?

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The other day, Bree was complaining about how so many screenshots from modern MMORPGs suffer from a bland and monochrome palette. Coming to the...

LOTRO Legendarium: 10th anniversary interview with Standing Stone’s Rob Ciccolini

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As Lord of the Rings Online players revel in the varied activities of this year's 10th anniversary celebration, the crew at the newly formed...
Think carefully.

WRUP: A tribute to Schlag edition

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If you never read the comments... well, you probably don't read What Are You Playing either, since half of the dang column is the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most fun you ever had in an MMO tavern?

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Ah, the RPG tavern! To me, it's the cornerstone of what role-playing games are about: The chance meetings, the preparation for adventure, the gallery...
Let's talk at you.

Chronicles of Elyria answers player questions in a two-hour video

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The Chronicles of Elyria team hosted a public community Q&A session, and players had questions. And those questions... well, they were answered. Extensively. The...
Where you at, ArenaNet?

The Daily Grind: Why is MMORPG server downtime still a thing?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor John has a very simple question to kick off our morning: Why the heck is server downtime still a thing? "How...
Oh my.

Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?

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Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...
My kingdom for a whatever this is!

Choose My Adventure: Failure to trade in Black Desert

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Despite my best efforts, I walked away from my trading attempts in Black Desert having been wholly unsuccessful. I consider this a good thing,...

Elite Dangerous’ community tool developers have gone on strike

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Update: The strike has ended -- see the end of the post for details. Move over, voice actors guild: Elite Dangerous gamers are going on...
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Popular World of Warcraft YouTuber passes away from cancer

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On a sad note this week, a much-loved World of Warcraft YouTuber has passed away following a battle with a rare form of cancer. In a...

World of Warcraft’s Hazzikostas on content creep and the future of the game

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Hey, it turns out that designing long-term MMORPGs that aren't pump-and-dump schemes is hard! That's the takeaway from a new PC Gamer interview with Blizzard's...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best nighttime aesthetics?

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I am a creature of the night. No, not like Batman, because I could never pull off the cape or brooding anger. But I...

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