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Vague Patch Notes: Copies, blatant copies, and plagiarism in MMOs
So... this was honestly not the story that I had expected to have wound up coming out of Eternal Magic. I'd been expecting that "beauty...
Dark and Light is launching revamped Chaos PvP servers to bolster populations
Back in October 2017, the folks at Dark and Light had elected to liven up the PvP scene with Chaos servers, which feature faster...
Early access pirate MMO Atlas is launching on Xbox One next week – with PC crossplay
Atlas has been one of the odder MMOs we've covered this last year. In spite of a bungled launch, it managed to avoid the...
Torchlight Frontiers brings back its fame and contract system
Early Torchlight Frontiers testers might recall a previous version of the fame and contract system that experimented with a daily quest-and-reward format. Echtra Games...
Battle Bards Episode 152: Main Themes 3
Back for a third round, the Battle Bards examine a slew of main themes from MMORPGs! Considering how essential these themes are in making...
The Stream Team: Exploring PixARK’s first expansion island, Skyward
There's plenty for Massively OP's MJ to do on the current PixARK island, but a new expansion, Skyward, has been released! How could she...
The Stream Team: Doing EverQuest II’s Days of Summer event
As promised last time, Massively OP's MJ won't be trudging all around the dino island this EverQuest II-sday. Instead, she's going to explore the...
Studio Wildcard’s co-founder talks about how ARK: Survival Evolved stays sustainable without microtransactions
We've all been beaten over the head with lots of news regarding predatory microtransactions practices, and there's certainly plenty of evidence that would lead...
Studio Wildcard announces Genesis DLC and season pass for ARK Survival Evolved
The Sony leaks earlier today have now been proven true: ARK Survival Evolved is getting new DLC called Genesis, bundled up in a season...
RuneScape kicks off four weeks of skill-boosting bonuses with the Summer Escape
I make no secret of the fact that I dislike summer. Any season that makes me feel sweaty and gross simply for existing in...
Global Chat: Ranking World of Warcraft’s expansions
Have you ever tried your hand at ranking all of World of Warcraft's expansions from worst to best? Sure you have, because everyone's done...
RuneScape’s RuneFest 2019 picks dinosaur theme, promises ‘huge game-changing announcements’
We knew when this year's RuneScape convention is taking place: October 4th to 5th. We knew where, too: the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference...
Path of Titans is a new survival sandbox on Indiegogo, slated for early access this year
At this point, when a new online game crops up with no PR outreach asking for money, I think a lot of us hesitate,...
Lost Ark is launching the Assassin class for Korean players on July 31
Still watching Lost Ark develop across the pond with hunger in your heart, hoping it'll come this way? Yeah, we are too, especially as...
Massively Overthinking: Revisiting sheep and wolves in MMOs
One of the meta discussions we've been having here on MOP this week has centered on PvP sandbox titles like Albion Online, specifically how...
RuneScape patches holes in Land Out of Time, promotes summer special sub sale
With RuneScape's Land Out of Time fresh on the live servers as of last week, Jagex is already looking ahead to post-launch fixes and...
Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a potential WoW sequel?
It's a rare MMO player who's never played World of Warcraft, which makes this particular summer an interesting one for the whole genre. Even...
Battle Bards Episode 148: Composer spotlight on Inon Zur
On a special theme episode of Battle Bards, acclaimed composer Inon Zur is given the spotlight, especially for his contributions to several MMORPG soundtracks...
The Stream Team: A first look at ARK’s new free Valguero map
ARK just released a chunk of content for the survival game in the form of a new map -- a player created new map,...
EA absurdly argues video game lootboxes are ‘surprise mechanics’
Did you think EA had maybe learned its lesson from the whole Star Wars Battlefront lockbox meltdown back in 2017, when the uproar over...
