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Pantheon begins pre-alpha testing for high-end backers
It's a big day for indie MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, as it's the first day the gates open to external pre-alpha testers...
Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss on feedback, cadence, and avoiding ‘aggressive’ business models
Pearl Abyss' Dae Il Kim sat for an interview with InvenGlobal earlier this fall that's just gone live, and while it might be a...
Final Fantasy XIV hopes you can ‘bear’ with another Starlight Celebration
On December 15th, Final Fantasy XIV will celebrate the winter holidays once more with the arrival of the Starlight Celebration. And what could be...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 148: Vampires, kobolds, and pirates
Justin and Bree discuss MOP's December awards, DDO, Secret World Legends, Path of Exile, Hearthstone, Sea of Thieves, RIFT, and Blade and Soul, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs and love for Champs Online.
Anarchy Online and Age of Conan host an arrested development sale
Just because an MMORPG's development has been put into suspended animation doesn't mean that profit still can't be made! To wit, check out Funcom's...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s Hall of Chains raid wing first impressions
I promised you at the end of last week's rundown of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living World season's launch episode that I'd return this week...
Guild Wars 2’s Wintersday celebrations are live along with the condition and balance patch
Ahhhhh! What's that thing up in the sky over Divinity's Reach, the second-best video game city ever? Oh, don't worry, it's just Toymaster Tixx's...
Lord of the Rings Online’s big raid patch arrives sans raid
Well, this is an awkward situation for all involved. Lord of the Rings Online released Update 21.3 on Monday, which was supposed to patch...
Secret World Legends patches in winter event, barbershop, and plastic surgeon
Even with Tokyo completely reinstated into Secret World Legends, this reboot is still finding more content to add back in after starting over from...
Santa goes missing in RuneScape, panic ensues
People: This is not, I repeat, not a drill. Kris Kringle is missing in RuneScape, and Christmas might have to be canceled entirely. Or...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2017?
Last year, MOP reader Agemyth suggested we debate the best new MMORPG zone added in 2016, so it seemed only fitting to bring the topic...
Moonlight Blade will finally hit open beta in Korea in January
Doesn't it seem as if we've been watching Tencent's wuxia MMO Moonlight Blade for half of forever? Keep watching, but maybe watch a little...
TERA starts its technical console test on December 14
So, why haven't we gotten a lot of news about the TERA console version? Product manager Matt Denomme has put forth a new video...
The Humble Bundle for the holidays is full of MMO goodness, including Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, and Blade & Soul
So here's how the latest Humble Bundle is working. Drop $35 on the bundle and all of your money goes to charity, and you...
Leaderboard: Which MMO gameplay type encourages the worst player behavior?
One of the common tropes held by MMORPG players is that PvP, particularly free-for-all environments prone to ganks, generates the worst type of behavior....
Savage Hunt’s website brings Dragon’s Prophet sequel online
With Gamigo's near-stealth launch of Savage Hunt, a sequel to the now-defunct (at least in NA) Dragon's Prophet, a new website is born.
The official...
SuperData says the e-sports industry grew to $1.5B this year alone
SuperData has a new report out this week that suggests e-sports haters will not be getting what they want for Christmas.
"The esports market has...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2017 in review
It's hard to say whether 2017 was a good year for Final Fantasy XIV.
Sure, on one level it seems obvious. The game launched its...
LOTRO delays raid rollout while Middle-earth card game is announced for PC
It's a not-so-happy patch day for Lord of the Rings Online. The studio said that it won't be activating the new raid with the...
World of Warcraft’s Celestalon moves over to Hearthstone team
He's giving a sad goodbye to World of Warcraft but a happy hello to Hearthstone, as Game Designer Chadd "Celestalon" Nervig has switched teams over...
