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Blade & Soul’s ‘Blade & Ghoul’ Halloween event takes players into Zaiwei Ruins October 17
Yeah, I feel like this Halloween event name doesn't quite work with the rhyme, but it does look cute on paper. "The veil to...
Battle Bards Episode 130: Oddballs 2
While every Battle Bards episode is a cavalcade of strangeness, this week the team is ratcheting it up with the return of “Oddball” MMORPG...
AdventureQuest 3D’s Kickstarter pets will be delivered early — this week
If you never thought you'd see a Kickstarter deliver on its promises early, have a look at this: AdventureQuest 3D and AdventureQuest Worlds are...
Aion NA outlines its item changes arriving with Awakened Legacy on October 24
The next major update for Aion in North America is overhauling item progression and grades, and as a result players are going to get...
Crowfall offers a not-so-spooky look at the fate of your body when you die
So Crowfall offers you a bit of a good news/bad news scenario right from the start. The bad news? You are dead at the...
The Stream Team: MapleStory 2 launches (with Ducky Rickshaw)
Massively OP's MJ got her first peek into MapleStory 2 during the head start, but today is the more important day. No, not launch...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO systems that encourage alts
Here's how much I like having alts: I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Two games which are built on...
It’s suddenly spring in Black Desert as Cookie Day arrives
Happy Halloween, have a cookie in Black Desert.
No, really, Kakao has kicked off its Cookie Day event, which is an odd choice for the...
Final Fantasy XIV is weathering intermittent DDOS attacks
Ah, the DDOS attack, a time-honored way of making a large number of players upset simply because someone can. Final Fantasy XIV has been...
MapleStory 2 formally launches this afternoon, lowers prices; here’s the launch trailer
MapleStory 2 officially rolls out of headstart and into formal launch today, although the servers are currently down until around 1 p.m. EDT for maintenance....
The Stream Team: Storming through EverQuest II’s Against the Elements event
EQII's live events almost always offer some cool rewards for a limited time, and the Against the Elements expansion prelude event is no different....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 190: SWTOR Unite!
Justin and Bree discuss Mike Morhaime's exit from Blizzard, the launches of Lineage 2 Classic and MapleStory 2, Legends of Aria's early access, and Bless Online's F2P plans, plus MMO guilds, how WoW might someday end, what the #SWTORunite community effort is all about.
EverQuest II’s Chaos Descending expansion launches November 13 and preorders are live
It's a big day for EverQuest II: Daybreak has announced that the Chaos Descending expansion will launch on Tuesday, November 13th, with preorders live...
MapleStory 2 is only in headstart and Nexon is already waging war on gold farmers and spam
MapleStory 2 hasn't even fully launched out of its headstart - that's tomorrow - but the bots, spammers, and gold farmers, are already swarming...
Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween event returns next week
His jokes always slay the audience: Yes, Mad King Thorn returns to Guild Wars 2 this year as the Shadow of the Mad King...
Skyforge launches into open beta in Japan on October 11
If there's one thing Japanese people like, it's science fantasy action RPGs. (If there are two things, the other one is not having kids.)...
Visionary Realms is hiring more staff to develop throwback MMORPG Pantheon
Good news for fans of old-school development or those looking for a career in that field, as Visionary Realms is hiring once again. While...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 23 Where Dragons Dwell is live today
Lord of the Rings Online's Update 23 is rolling out today - apparently, it's even taking some folks who don't frequent social media by...
The Stream Team: Halloween has cannon in TERA
Woohoo! it's time to start the Halloween goodness across the MMOverse, and Massively OP's MJ is beginning with a bang! TERA's Harvest Festival Hall...
Albion Online’s next patch places a cooldown on shifting allegiances
Guild vs. guild combat is important to the core of Albion Online, but it kind of falls apart if everyone is just grabbing everything...