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The Stream Team: Sauntering through Secret World Legends for its 6th anniversary

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To this day, if you were to ask Massively OP's MJ what her favorite game is, she'd answer The Secret World as one of...

Working As Intended: My 20 years of Star Wars Galaxies

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Last year, when Ultima Online turned 25 years old, I did a piece reminiscing on those early days and marveling that so much of...

The Daily Grind: Has an MMO community ever gone out of its way to welcome you?

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I confess to becoming more than a little hot under the collar when I heard that Funcom had pulled the plug in the most...
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Vague Patch Notes: Examining the MMO tiers, from the Big Five to maintenance mode

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I've mentioned many a time that one of the ideas behind the Vague Patch Notes column here on MOP is to have a place...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 426: Axing Anarchy’s ARK and doubling down on Diablo IV

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Justin, Bree, and Carlo discuss LOTRO's summer content, the end of Anarchy Online's volunteer program, Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light, and Star Citizen's crowdfunding, plus adventures in Diablo IV, LOTRO, and SWTOR, with mailbag questions on playing MMOs as a family.

Choose My Adventure: Finding frustrations in Age of Conan

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If that headline wasn't a big enough clue, then let me just go ahead and reaffirm: This week, life in Age of Conan was...

Funcom has unceremoniously axed Advisors of Rubi-Ka, Anarchy Online’s player volunteer program

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Unfortunately, we've got another blast of bad news out of Funcom this afternoon - a studio not exactly known for properly maintaining its old...

Choose My Adventure: Settling into Age of Conan’s uncomfortable routine

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Today's Choose My Adventure column is about the groove. I think some folks know what I mean in relation to MMOs (or even gaming in...

Dune Awakening video shows off its five pillars of design: ‘Play the way you want to play’

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With Dune: Part 2 coming to movie theaters later this year, excitement for this long-running franchise is pretty high. That's especially true when you...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs as Jell-O flavors

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During last year's April Fools' Day, I wrote about the important topic of MMO NPCs as muffins. At the time, I felt my work...

Choose My Adventure: Age of Conan underwhelms almost immediately

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For an MMORPG that has been out for as long as it has, Age of Conan sure feels like an early access title. And...

Choose My Adventure: Plumbing the challenging Delera’s Tomb in Dungeons and Dragons Online

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This week's Choose My Adventure ended up being a bit more challenging than I had expected it to be. Primarily because my level five...

Funcom belatedly remembers Age of Conan’s 15th birthday with dev blog and event

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Yesterday, we cheekily pointed out that Funcom appeared to have forgotten Age of Conan's 15th birthday back on the 20th of May, in spite...
See, that's the joke of the name.

Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened

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Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...
What's in this age? WAR.

Conan Exiles announces June 22 Age of War as Age of Conan’s 15th anniversary slips by in silence

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Funcom may have let Saturday's 15th birthday of Age of Conan slip by unheralded and unremarked, but it did take the moment to announce...

The Stream Team: An anniversary romp in Age of Conan to commemorate 15 years

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Sometimes you blink and years have gone by! That's how Massively OP's MJ felt when she noticed Age of Conan was celebrating another anniversary....

The Stream Team: Cruising through creative castles to celebrate Conan Exiles’ anniversary

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Conan Exiles turned five years old this week, if you count from its official launch. What better way for Massively OP's MJ to celebrate...

Conan Exiles hands out a bundle, shares an infographic, and begins game sales for its 5th anniversary

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Conan Exiles is five years old this week, and in addition to hosting a community-focused livestream event, the survival sandbox has also marked the...

Ashes of Creation shows off Alpha Two’s updated mage archetype in latest livestream

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The excruciating but inexorable march to Alpha Two continues for Ashes of Creation as the game's devs have once more come together for a...
But what awaits...

Star Anvil opens Secret World TTRPG pre-orders through Backerkit

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Fans of The Secret World already know that tabletop game developer Star Anvil Studios is putting together a TTRPG version of the MMO; the...

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