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Secret World player publishes fifth ‘unofficial’ novel

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For Secret World Legends fans, one truth is pretty evident: They're not getting any new stories in the game -- at least, any time...

The MOP Up: FFXIV blasts out its first remix album

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Final Fantasy XIV's soundtrack is downright legendary -- and now it's gotten even better, thanks to the game's first "remix" album that was just...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 290: African expedition

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Justin and Bree discuss Ultima Online New Legacy, Phantasy Star Online 2's New Genesis, LOTRO's new class, WoW and BlizzConline, The Wagadu Chronicles, and Secret World Legends, with adventures in WoW, Guild Wars, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on representation in MMOs and favorite jumping puzzles.
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City of Heroes: Homecoming previews Page 6 content, preps for Halloween, and shares the cost of operations

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We've got a whole lot of news pouring out of the Homecoming rogue servers for City of Heroes, so let's dive right in. First...

Not So Massively: The dos and don’ts of stealing from single-player games

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In my last Not So Massively column, I looked at the right and wrong ways for other genres to steal from MMOs. But in...

‘One of the biggest updates ever’ is coming to Secret World Legends

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There's nothing like dropping the news on a late Friday afternoon that a direly neglected MMORPG is getting a massive update in the near...

MUD network and roleplaying repository Skotos celebrates 20th anniversary with retirement

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While many old-school MMORPG players came from MUDs, I didn't: I didn't even know they existed until several years into playing Ultima Online and...

One Shots: Unholy abominations

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We may view them as horrible monsters who are standing between us and our precious loot, but have you ever considered life -- such...

Secret World Legends marks the autumn season with an Envoys of Avalon retread

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This news will either be fun to hear or the dull, wooden thud of a nail hammering into a coffin if you're a Secret...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best in-game cutscenes and cinematics?

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There are a lot of ways that stories can be told in MMORPGs, but one of the most straight-forward and visually exciting is the...

Massively Overthinking: Contemplating in-game advertising

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Last week, EA announced that it would finally be removing all the in-game ads from UFC4 after a few days of intense complaining from...
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it.

Perfect Ten: How to speak with your family members about playing MMOs

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The nice part about growing up with serious social awkwardness as "the weird one" in my family is that really, every strange fixation I...
Happy holidaysish.

The Daily Grind: At what point do you consider an MMO ‘beaten?’

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"They're MMOs!" I can hear you saying as you read the title up there. "They're designed to never be beaten or finished!" OK, OK, I...

First impressions: New World has the foundation of what could be a great game

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Like a lot of people, I've been hotly anticipating Amazon's New World, one of the first truly big name new MMOs we've seen in...

MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite iOS’s lost parity, Halo Infinite’s debunked rumors, Funcom’s movie

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent (mostly adjacent today) industry news. Fortnite iOS players who don't read the news are in...

One Shots: Today’s forecast is foggy with a light chance of dragons

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The other day I was at the zoo watching a Siberian Tiger stalk around its exhibit, and I was thinking, "If I encountered that...

Massively Overthinking: Mixing and matching the best crafting systems in the MMO ‘verse

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Longtime MOP reader Ken from Chicago recently asked us to talk about crafting - but he didn't want us to just list off the...

First impressions and hands-on with Razer’s left-handed Naga MMO mouse

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A little-known fact: I am one of the less than 10% of the world’s population who are left-handed. It’s not always convenient (those chairs...

One Shots: Showing up to play hard

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It's always a great feeling when you know you're not alone when facing great challenges in your life -- or in your video games....

TennoCon 2020: The creepy charm of Warframe’s broken frame, Xaku

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When Digital Extreme's first announced that the Broken Frame concept won in the community creation contest, I had my reservations. I have known --...

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