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EverChaosing: Counting my EverQuest II and Secret World Legends blessings
Good things come in three's right? Well this is the third installment of the EverChaosing column, which melds Chaos Theory and EverQuesting together. Why...
Saga of Lucimia says it’s turned down two publishers to avoid going free-to-play
It's a good time to pile on predatory cash-shop models, especially if you've got a better one, and in-development hardcore MMORPG sandbox Saga of Lucimia...
Blade & Soul grants character boosts, Blade & Soul Revolution struts its stuff on mobile
With only a few weeks left before Blade & Soul drops its "biggest patch ever," NCsoft is gifting players a bundle of goodies to...
RIFT’s fall festival lockboxes rankle players
The latest batch of lockboxes in RIFT isn't making friends among the playerbase.
The current Autumn Harvest lockboxes seem to contain more exclusive items than...
Skyforge’s Xbox One early access has begun
Free-to-play sci-fantasy MMORPG Skyforge has semi-launched on the Xbox One, at least kicking off its early access program. The move follows a hop from PC to...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst of BlizzCon 2017
Last weekend, even Massively OP was obsessing over BlizzCon, and we thought it would be fun to poll the writers, including those who watched...
TERA’s Miniguns update drops November 30, is appropriately ridiculous and awesome
So the other day I was setting up Massively OP's award schedule for December, and I came upon our traditional award for wacky stuff...
Working As Intended: Guild Wars 2’s new mount licenses are still lockboxes, but they’re not the worst lockboxes
Pretty much everyone assumed that back when Guild Wars 2 planned out mounts, it did so with its cash shop in mind. The game...
Chaos Theory: Farewell Samhain, hello Secret World Legends Season 2 hype!
Do I love Halloween? Yes, yes I do. And while the season was in full swing, my mind was fully focused there. This season...
Diablo III prepares for the launch of Season 12 on November 9
Just as a reminder, Diablo III fans, you're not getting any announcements at BlizzCon this year. You are, however, getting the game's next season...
Skyforge is launching early access for Xbox One on November 10
Skyforge's ambitions just can't be tamed: First it launched on PC, then it came to the PlayStation 4 earlier this year. Now it's set...
Black Desert’s Wonderland-themed Halloween is live with fresh dailies
Halloween is live in Black Desert today, with a main event partly inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
"As the blood moon rises above the Black Desert...
Shroud of the Avatar sells toilets and wheelchairs for charity
While it still continues on that long road to launch, Shroud of the Avatar is using some of its development time and resources to...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s free-to-play upgrades are pretty damn generous
You've probably heard by now that EVE Online is giving its free-to-play alpha clone characters a massive boost in power in December about a...
Halloween events in Path of Exile, Master X Master, RIFT, EverQuest, Ultima Online, and AQ3D
It's almost a full-time job to stay on top of all of the MMO and MOBA Halloween events popping up all over the place!...
LOTRO continues to course-correct gear issues, starts Harvest Festival, and gives away mithril tokens
Lord of the Rings Online's sloppy QA process has resulted in a quagmire of issues following the release of this week's Update 21. Previously,...
Grim Dawn’s ‘massive’ Ashes of Malmouth expansion has launched on Steam
Crate Entertainment has this week launched a huge expansion for its madly popular multiplayer OARPG Grim Dawn. Ashes of Malmouth is live now and...
Halloween 2017: Dark and Light, Villagers & Heroes, and MapleStory
Halloween comin' at ya fast, so fast even we can't keep up.
In Dark and Light, Gobboween has descended on the gameworld. Expect prowling wolves, enchanted...
Overwatch kicks off Halloween, hires for a new game possibly set in the Overwatch universe
Halloween - sorry, "Halloween Terror 2017" - is live for Overwatch players this week and runs through November. After all, come November 1st, spooky...
Black Desert’s Wonderland-themed Halloween arrives next week
Halloween is coming to Black Desert next week! Some of the new additions are clearly inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass,...