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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...

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...

Interview: Worlds Adrift’s Bossa Studios on giving, griefing, and gittin’ gud

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After the launch of Worlds Adrift but prior to E3, we sent off an interview to Bossa Studios and recently received our answers, complete...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Our preview of Guild Wars 2’s Long Live the Lich, now live

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We've waited out the short delay, and today's the day when we get our hands on the third episode of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living...
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Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV beast tribes, bottom ranks

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I have mentioned before that I'm a big fan of the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV. Final Fantasy XI, too; there's a charmingly...

EVE Evolved: Will EVE Online’s Abyssal Deadspace ever be expanded?

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EVE Online's recent Into the Abyss expansion has managed to grip me in a way that few expansions have, providing a challenging new solo...

Whatever happened to Tibia, The Realm Online, and Meridian 59?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...

Chaos Theory: A guide to Secret World Legend’s first MEGAversary

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Next week marks one year down for Secret World Legends, but the party has already started! From June 20th through July 17th, 2018, players...

E3 2018: Bill Roper on gaming’s smoke and mirrors, Worlds Adrift, and building on SpatialOS

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For MMO players, Improbable brought some interesting ideas to GDC this past spring. It also brought some games I wasn't expecting, and the ones I...

Massively Overthinking: Massively OP’s E3 2018 awards

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We've finished rolling out all of our E3 2018 content this year, save a few last stragglers coming this weekend, so now we've chosen...

Hyperspace Beacon: Future plot points for SWTOR and other unanswered lore questions

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Last night, BioWare Creative Director Charles Boyd and Community Manager Eric Musco were guests on the Passionately Casual Podcast to discuss the lore of Star Wars: The...
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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s lightness of dungeons

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It feels really weird to think about just how few dungeons we've gotten in Final Fantasy XIV for this expansion. Not that it's the...

E3 2018: Hands-on with Pokemon Let’s Go

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You know with my being the one at this year's E3 that this would happen. A console Pokemon game that also connects to Pokemon Go?...

The Game Archaeologist: The tangled legal history of Interplay’s canceled Fallout Online

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With the recent revelation that Bethesda's Fallout 76 is going to be an online multiplayer survival game, players who have been hoping for a...

‘Magic through serendipity’: Raph Koster on the glorious mess that was Ultima Online

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I was a wide-eyed, naive kid when I first stepped into Ultima Online in 1997, and as it turns out, the developers were too. That's...

Tamriel Infinium: Unpacking the Elder Scrolls Online presentation at E3

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Elder Scrolls Online is obviously a huge draw for MMORPG players, but it's far from an exciting title for the vast majority of gamers attending...

EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s new Oceansfull Festival

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So there was an update in EverQuest II recently. It was major enough it had a real name. But honestly, that barely garnered a...
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Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMORPG Rogues

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Sometimes I know that I may be a bit too old-school because there's a little twitch in my eye whenever I have to refer...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online Gamma Vanguard Starter Pack on PC from PWE and MOP

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Victory is Life is officially live in Star Trek Online just in time for E3, harkening back to the much-loved run of Deep Space Nine. "Star Trek...

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