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Black Desert launches a cross-regional ‘Global Lab’ test server

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So many games have test servers of one form or another that we seldom even need to spell out the acronym PTS - and...

Interview and excerpt: The ‘Braving Britannia’ book preserves Ultima Online’s oral history

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Earlier this week, we wrote about the launch of a new book that's right up MMORPG fans' alley. Dubbed Braving Britannia: Tales of Life,...

Dark Age of Camelot answers player questions about damage reduction and defensive actions

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When a game has been running as long as Dark Age of Camelot has, it stands to reason that the players remaining are going...

Hyperspace Beacon: Take your SWTOR PvP to Rishi!

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OK, I'll come right out and say it: I love the Rishi stronghold. The Star Wars: The Old Republic developers have outdone themselves. I...

Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017

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Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...

New Ultima Online book gathers developer and player interviews to document oral history

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Old-school MMORPG players, heads-up for you: If you're a fan of Ultima Online or wanted to hear more about the seminal MMORPG after reading...

The Stream Team: Conquering KOTET’s Chapter IX in SWTOR

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Once Massively OP's Larry and MJ finish the final scene, Chapter VIII of SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne will be wrapped up, letting...

Titanfall Online is over before it had even begun

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Korean website Game Focus is reporting today that Titanfall Online has effectively been canceled. As Kotaku notes, EA and Nexon have been working on the...
No, this is not a boat.

SWTOR tests the new Rishi Hideout and Battle Ring arena

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Is there a new hope for entertainment in a galaxy far, far away? At the end of this month on July 31st, Star Wars:...

Ashes of Creation claims it’s ‘now among the largest MMOs in production’

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Ashes of Creation claims it's "now among the largest MMOs in production" thanks to the addition of a large crew of new hires and...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG skill system that avoids the ‘illusion of choice’?

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Over the weekend, my husband and I were chatting about playing on a Star Wars Galaxies emulator again, probably the Legends one that people...

Warner Bros. denies wrongdoing in Bethsoft’s Fallout Shelter/Westworld copyright lawsuit

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Last week, we reported on an emerging lawsuit lodged over the new Westworld mobile game. Bethsoft is suing Behaviour Interactive and Warner Bros. over what it...

One Shots: Better virtual homes and gardens

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Lately I've been overdosing on some serious Sims 4 time (blame the Seasons expansion announcement for this!) and indulging in my long-standing passion for...

The Game Archaeologist: Raph Koster on MUDs and Privateer Online

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The release of Raph Koster's monster book of game essays, Postmortems, was of high interest to Bree and me for different reasons. For her,...
This seems like more of a half-move.

Vague Patch Notes: On balance and differentiation in MMOs

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Do you like fighting games? I don't. Let's talk about fighting games. But bear with me because you'll get where this is going. While I...

The Soapbox: The western port of Bless Online feels like a curse

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To say that the development of Neowiz’s high-fantasy MMO Bless has been somewhat beleaguered would be an understatement. Since the Korean import’s Western release...
I'm kind of a contradiction.

World of Warcraft gets its epic ducks in a row for Battle for Azeroth

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With the Midsummer Fire Festival roaring through July 5th and artifact weapons on their way out of the game, World of Warcraft is heating...

The Stream Team: Ending SWTOR’s End Times

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End Times has not ended. The Odessa base in SWTOR is still under attack, and Massively OP's Larry and MJ have quite a bit of...

Hyperspace Beacon: Memorable moments in Star Wars Galaxies, the original Star Wars MMORPG

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Yesterday, the game that solidified my place in the MMO space would have turned 15 years old, and MJ, Bree, and I took a...

Perfect Ten: The best MMO debuts by year, 1997-2006

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By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...

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