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The studio behind Revival.

Global Chat: Investigating LOTRO’s progression servers

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The new Lord of the Rings Online progression servers are proving to be of significant interest to MMO players and bloggers alike, with some...

Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy is Aion’s NGE gut punch

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Woah! WOA is back! It's only fitting: Wings Over Atreia debuted when Aion launched as a new game, and now it is back for...

Vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss makes good on mature content

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If you were super sad when Revival and World of Darkness closed up shop, you should probably point your eyeballs over at Shadow's Kiss....

It’s Perfect World International’s birthday! Grab a 10th anny gift pack courtesy of PWE

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In celebration of Perfect World International's 10th birthday, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP a stack of keys for an anniversary bundle, including a...

The Survivalist: Can ROKH’s transparency help it survive?

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Is it too late for ROKH? The Mars-based survival game has definitely been having a rough go of things for a while. And now,...

Space survival game ROKH has suspended development

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Following ROKH's early access debut in May 2017, the space survival game faced significant obstacles. It got bogged down in a legal dispute last fall...

The Daily Grind: Would you play a new Guild Wars 1 expansion?

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With all of the talk and revival of interest in classic Guild Wars, it's certainly been a great time to celebrate this beloved MMO...
Back up.

Wisdom of Nym: What we know so far about Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

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Yes, the latest live letter happened, the fan translations happened, and as one could expect the Final Fantasy XIV fandom has already taken half-translated...

Re-examining Asheron’s Call’s Shard of the Herald event on its first deathiversary

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Although the Asheron's Call series has now been dead for exactly one year today, it's far from forgotten by fans. It was admittedly a cult classic, and...

Radiant Worlds is rescued but SkySaga’s fate remains uncertain

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Things looked very bleak for SkySaga and its parent company Radiant Worlds last August when the upcoming multiplayer game shut down production following Smilegate's...

The ultimate guide to The Game Archaeologist’s MMO archives

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When we moved over here to Massively Overpowered, some of us transplanted our long-running columns to the new space. I perhaps felt most devastated...

Eleven boots up a Glitch wiki to crowdsource info

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As Glitch fan remake Eleven reemerges on the scene with more alpha developments, the team has a plea that it is making to the...

Hellgate: London revival project opens its alpha to everyone

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Still finding yourself pining away for Hellgate: London on occasion -- or perhaps you missed out on it the first time around? This 10-year-old...

Indie vampire fantasy MMO Shadow’s Kiss has already reached its Kickstarter goal

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Still bummed over the loss of World of Darkness and Revival? Shadow's Kiss may be for you. Last year, we covered the vampire fantasy...
But at least you never compromised.

Chronicles of Elyria picks up former Revival lead developer

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Has enough time gone by to start erasing memories of Revival, that ambitious but troubled horror MMO that was canceled back in March 2016?...

Free Realms ‘Sunrise’ emulator prepares for second alpha test

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Last year, almost three years after SOE shut down Free Realms for good, a group of players announced that it was resurrecting the title...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West

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PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a...

Dark and Light demos how guild leaders will manage their groups and homes

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The latest video for Snail Games' early access revival of Dark and Light is about houses, but not the kind of housing you're thinking...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories

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Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...
It was a thing.

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures

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In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....

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