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One Shots: The portents of the heavens
When you look up at the night sky and everything's going nuts, it's either the end of the world as we know it or...
Destiny 2 dates the start of several activities and crowns its world first raid winner
Got a calendar handy? You might want to, especially if you're a Destiny 2 player because Bungie's weekly newsletter has got some dates for...
SGF 2024: The First Descendant confirms a July 2 launch date in new cinematic trailer
There were no shortage of shooter titles showcased during this year's Summer Game Fest presentation, but there was one that we have been paying...
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s Aeternum relaunch is actually a solid update – with terrible timing and comms
After months of waiting, New World's June mystery announcement has been revealed as New World: Aeternum, a console release coupled with a rebranding and...
SGF 2024: Amazon unveils New World Aeternum, its console relaunch of the MMORPG
Ever wish New World were more cinematic - and more available on more platforms? Well, all of those things will be true come October 15th, 2024,...
Vague Patch Notes: Chasing the metagame in MMOs isn’t the metagame at all
So a few weeks back, I did a column on what the metagame actually is in MMORPG, and then I discussed how noob traps...
Massively Overthinking: If you lost your account in your main MMORPG, would you start over?
The other day, MOP's Justin came into our work chat understandably nervous because he couldn't log into his Lord of the Rings Online account;...
ARK Survival Ascended adds The Center map, paid critter DLC, and premium mods on console
ARK Survival Evolved reboot/rebrand ARK Survival Ascended is doing something new this week: It's launching a new paid DLC series focused on new tamed...
MassivelyOP’s complete coverage from the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour
The next major expansion for Final Fantasy XIV launches in under a month, with early access starting on June 28th... but as is tradition,...
Persist Online interview: CipSoft explains why Persist is an MMORPG, not a survival shooter
Earlier this week, we covered the surprising news that Tibia developer CipSoft has a new MMORPG on the way. At least, the studio is...
The Daily Grind: What were you looking forward to from the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail media tour?
So, hey, Final Fantasy XIV is about to launch a new expansion! Did you hear about that? I might have heard some rumors. We've...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Questions and answers with Naoki Yoshida
Interviewing Naoki Yoshida is always a heck of a time. There are people whom I can interview about the games they run and get...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Exploring Dawntrail’s Tuliyollal, Urqopacha, and Kozama’uka zones
I'm not going to lie to you, dear readers: Getting to walk around in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail was always like catnip to me...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Hands-on with Dawntrail’s first dungeon, Ihuykatumu
The first dungeon of a Final Fantasy XIV expansion tells you a lot about what to expect from the rest of the expansion. I...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Ranged, magical, and healing job abilities in Dawntrail
To start things off, I am going to basically restate what I did in my last column about Final Fantasy XIV's existing jobs heading...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Tank and melee DPS job abilities in Dawntrail
Here's the good news and the bad news for folks going into Dawntrail: If you like how your existing job plays in Final Fantasy...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Hands-on with the Pictomancer and Viper
It's Stormblood all over again when it comes to Dawntrail because Final Fantasy XIV has once again handed us a new melee job and a...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: MassivelyOP’s coverage begins now
MOP's Eliot attended the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail Media Tour back in May. We've got half a dozen articles prepared for you all today, but we're kicking everything off with an explainer for how it works and what MMORPG gamers need to keep in mind when reading. Enjoy!
EVE Vanguard developer talks about the shooter’s gameplay, update plans, and references to DUST 514
EVE Vanguard, the integrated companion FPS to EVE Online, represents something a bit different for the otherwise spaceship-focused MMORPG but certainly not something that...
Enshrouded adds musical instruments and a new sub-biome in today’s Melodies of the Mire patch
The games industry is contractually obligated to provide us with at least one smash-hit survivalbox game every year - sorry, I don't make the...
