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Ultima Online kicks off Halloween but postpones vet rewards to next spring
Halloween comes to most MMOs, even to the 21-year-old ones. One. Yes, it's pumpkin spice season in Ultima Online.
"With Publish 101 Britannia is in...
The MOP Up: Mutant Year Zero breaks down the barriers
I think a lot of us unfamiliar with the IP might be giving Funcom's upcoming Mutant Year Zero a wary look and a wide...
Global Chat: Is it time to get rid of MMO factions?
Factions in MMORPGs are a "love 'em, hate 'em, or largely ignore 'em until the studio remembers it has 'em and decides to shove...
One Shots: Waifu dreams
Make no bones about it, MapleStory 2 is as anime as they come. Need proof beyond the huge eyes, overdone expressions, and ultra-saturated cuteness?...
The Stream Team: Hanging out at RIFT’s Harvest Festival
RIFT's Autumn Harvest festival is back up and running, and that means Massively OP's MJ is heading in to partake! She's going to eke...
MMO Business Roundup: Discord’s new TOS, Steam China, EA vs Actiblizz, Dota 2’s transparent lockboxes, WASD
Welcome back to another roundup of businessy things of interest to MMO players this week!
Discord
If you're one of the bajillions of MMO players who...
LOTRO Legendarium: Wait a minute, LOTRO, you lost me
If WildStar will go down in gaming history as the MMO with the consistently shortest quest text, then Lord of the Rings Online has...
The Daily Grind: Why don’t players use emotes more in MMOs?
The other day I was reading up on Fallout 76's emote wheel -- brought to you by Bethesda's console tunnel vision -- and was...
The Stream Team: Seeking the Spectral Dragon in Dungeons and Dragons Online
Were you looking forward to doing DDO's Halloween dungeons this year? Well too bad! They are... well, challenge quests instead. But still there. You...
Aion is rebalancing its economy (and removing a lot of money) with Awakened Legacy
You there! How much money do you have in Aion? Because it might just be too darn much. One of the things being done...
Chronicles of Elyria will let players choose their game worlds in upcoming map voting
It's virtually every MMO player's dream to be able to shape the worlds they inhabit, but Soulbound Studios is allowing backers of its in-development...
EVE Vegas 2018: Watch CCP Games’ keynote right here at 4:30 p.m. EDT
MOP's Brendan Drain is on the ground at EVE Vegas this year, and we're expecting all the best coverage from him because he's Brendan...
Lord of the Rings Online had to disable more content for fixes – this time it’s Harvestmath Festival quests
It just has not been Standing Stone's week, at least where Lord of the Rings Online is concerned. First it had to fully disable the...
WoW Factor: Examining excitement, accomplishment, and elitism in Battle for Azeroth
It's been a while, and for good reason. But now that we're nearly three months into Battle for Azeroth, the World of Warcraft community...
Ascent: Infinite Realm resurfaces with new images
You guys remember Ascent Infinite Realm, right? PUBG publisher Bluehole's upcoming fantasy-steampunk mega-MMORPG? The game's official Twitter account has been silent since last spring,...
World of Warcraft’s Hallow’s End celebration returns
We're already over halfway through October, and things in the MMO space just keep getting spookier and spookier. The latest game to get in...
MapleStory 2 invites players to visit a totally-not-haunted hotel for Halloween, celebrates 1M registered players
Although the folks at Nexon are probably still recuperating after the launch of MapleStory 2 -- which has already garnered over a million account...
The Stream Team: Haunted Burrow and other LOTRO Halloween fun
Tricks and troves and haunted burrows -- that's what LOTRO's Harvest Festival is made of! And this year adds in even more items, more...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite RPGs for MMORPG fans
This week's Overthinking topic was sent along to us from MOP reader Mordyjuice. This is gonna be a fun one!
"I find that I often...
Path of Exile takes a look at the statistics of class picks for Delve league
You may not think of yourself as a particularly dedicated fan of the Delve league in Path of Exile, but the class breakdown for...