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Vague Patch Notes: When MMO designers build traps for players

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So last week, I spent a whole lot of words talking about what "the meta" actually means when it comes to MMOs. Put very...

Dune Awakening explains why ‘spice is power’ for this upcoming survival MMO

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Even those most tangentially aware of the Dune franchise are aware that everyone in that setting is pretty crazy about spice. This resource fuels...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that earned a notorious reputation

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Nobody wants a bad reputation. I mean, you can't make everyone everywhere approve of you, but you also don't have to go out of...

Working As Intended: The top 10 hot tubs in MMORPGs

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It's been a running joke for a few years that I always put hot tubs in my MMO houses whenever possible, and once that...
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Perfect Ten: MMOs with live-action media tie-ins

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Every so often I think to myself that a video game should get some kind of media adaptation before I come to my senses....

Hey game devs, stop namedropping Star Wars Galaxies and make a spiritual successor

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If you're an MMORPG gamer who watches the mainstream gaming space, you probably know that most gaming sites take any opportunity they can get...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online proves the worth of a small story arc

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It was the other day in Elder Scrolls Online's Northern Elsweyr that I stumbled upon a disgraced rogue that used to run a pit...
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Perfect Ten: 10 problems that really hurt The Secret World

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For whatever reason, The Secret World is one of those games that people keep going back over mentally, an MMO that still collectively has...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG’s graphics hold up long past their due?

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When Dark Age of Camelot first hit beta a million years ago, I remember being super impressed with its graphics. Up until that point,...

Multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion’s Dark Faction expansion earns player ire over borked co-op

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Last week saw the co-op space survival sandbox Empyrion put out its first-ever expansion, Dark Faction, thanks in part to a surprise publishing partnership...

Dune Awakening’s latest video snippet is all about playing both solo and with friends

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Who here would like another vertically oriented video snippet out of Dune: Awakening? If you raised your hand, then you're probably reading this on...

The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too

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In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...

Massively Overthinking: Open world difficulty and puzzles in MMOs

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During last week's press event ahead of the Gold Road announcement, Elder Scrolls Online's Rich Lambert said something I thought would turn out to...

Conan Exiles recaps 2023’s updates and mods, promises next Age of War chapter in Q1 2024

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Conan Exiles has produced multiple new videos here at the top of the year, as Funcom has decided to use the medium to look...

Massively Overthinking: The slowest and fastest combat in MMORPGs

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During a recent podcast discussion about City of Heroes' official revival, the MOP writers were talking about its combat, which - let's be honest...

Massively Overthinking: The 2023 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed

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This might be one of the most important Massively Overthinkings we do all year, and it's a pretty salty one. We always come away...

Funcom partners to publish multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion and its first expansion

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Co-op space adventure sim Empyrion got an unexpected ally this week as its developer, Eleon Game Studios, announced a new partnership with Funcom to...

The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023

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This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...

Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon

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Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...

Funcom’s Dune Awakening is readying another closed beta test for early 2024

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Funcom is continuing to inch along with playtests for the Dune Awakening survival MMO - in fact, the one it opened sign-ups for a...

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