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The Stream Team: An EverQuest II XP extravaganza
EQII's Terrors of Thalumbra launched today, but not everyone is a high enough level to participate in much of the content. That's the predicament...
Eco’s alpha starts on November 23
Eco will open itself up to alpha tier backers on November 23rd. So says the latest Strange Loop dev blog, while also mentioning the...
The Daily Grind: Did BlizzCon deliver on your expectations?
It's not exactly a stretch to say that Blizzard Entertainment casts a long shadow over the field of online gaming. World of Warcraft remains...
Let the NPCs handle your busy work with Albion Online’s laborers
There are certain tedious tasks that are just better left up to automation sometimes. Sure, you need a steady flow of incoming wood and...
EVE Evolved: Does skillpoint trading make EVE pay-to-win?
EVE Online's realtime skill training system has been a major point of contention throughout the game's lifetime, being a boon for those with little...
Grab a Stronghold Kingdoms: Global Conflict gift pack from Massively OP (All gone now!)
Stronghold Kingdoms is a rich castle-themed MMORTS with over six years of operation under its belt, and this week, it's patching in a new expansion. The...
Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Offline player characters
Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...
Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns economy and legendary weapons
ArenaNet has published two Guild Wars 2 dev blogs today: one on the economy and one on legendary weapons. ANet economist John Smith begins by...
Choose My MOBA: LoL vs. Dota 2 vs. SMITE
A while back I became a fledgling MOBA fan thanks to Infinite Crisis. Unfortunately for me, Turbine decided to kill its DC universe battler...
Albion upgrades its private islands, talks map-making
Albion Online released a couple of dev updates this week. The first focused on private islands, and more specifically, how you can upgrade the...
The Stream Team: Moving along ArcheAge’s story quests
Between sailing, farming, running trade packs, and gliding around, it's been a while since MassivelyOP's MJ has actually quested in ArcheAge. So today she's diving...
The Stream Team: An ArcheAge anniversary
It happens once a year for everything, and now it's ArcheAge's turn: Happy Anniversary! Yes, the game that offers sailing, farming, tradepack running, cars,...
Massively Overthinking: Building your dream MMORPG
Massively OP Kickstarter donor xenaphex wants to hear about our dream MMOs. What really makes you tick? What would you build with a million-bajillion...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best aquatic gameplay?
There are very few things that IÂ miss about ArcheAge. One of them is the title's aquatic gameplay. Whether we're talking about its vast array...
Ex-WoW lead Rob Pardo says industry devs are avoiding the ‘MMO’ label
MMOs aren't going anywhere, but the label may be on the way out. This comes from former World of Warcraft lead Rob Pardo, who...
Wisdom of Nym: The 60 climb in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
As of this writing, I'm not quite 60 yet in Final Fantasy XIV. Thanks to real life, I'm a bit behind the curve, to...
Nexus Telegraph: Why I play WildStar
Back on the old Massively-That-Was, we used to feature a sporadic series called "Why I Play." The idea was for each of the writers...
EVE Evolved: Is EVE’s fleet warp nerf a good idea?
In the latest episode of EVE Online's livestreamed o7 Show, game designers CCP Fozzie and CCP Larrikin revealed some controversial changes that are on...
MMO Mechanics: Three non-combat mechanics to love
The wheels in my head have been turning over non-combat mechanics in MMOs for a while now, perhaps because of the buzz surrounding Wander,...
Revival devs talk character creation, whaling, and more
Revival's latest newsletter is essential reading if you've missed any of the fantasy sandbox's developer updates over the past month. Illfonic links back to...
