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The studio behind Revival.

Guild Wars 2’s Rising Flames episode will finally fix revive orbs

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If you play Guild Wars 2, I bet you have a huge stack of pink revive orbs in your bank just like my stack,...
Yes, we're here.

Enter to win a Twin Saga Pioneer founder pack from Aeria and Massively OP

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If you're eager to jump into Aeria's anime import Twin Saga and want to go in bedecked in all the game's fineries, then winning...

The Game Archaeologist: The Shadow of Yserbius

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Really, I blame my parents for not being filthy rich. If they had been, we could've afforded the $130/month unlimited subscription fee to the ImagiNation...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs for mature audiences only

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As with mainstream movies, it seems that the MMORPG industry has settled comfortably into the PG-13 zone for its approach and themes. Sure, there's...
Ramp everything.

The Daily Grind: Is MMO ‘open’ development really good for the genre?

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Massively OP's Andrew Ross and I were recently discussing how to approach an opinion piece on Chronicles of Elyria when he reminded me that...

The Daily Grind: What do you think are Revival’s chances of… revival?

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Last week's news that Revival's development has been indefinitely suspended was a pretty big downer for MMO players already bummed over EverQuest Next's cancellation....

Revival’s development has been indefinitely suspended

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We're sorry to report this afternoon that indie grimdark sandbox Revival is being put on indefinite hold. Illfonic's Adam "Snipehunter" Maxwell has posted that formal...

Destiny’s April Update fixates on endgame, revives favorite hunting grounds

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Revealed in part on Twitch yesterday, Destiny's April update is heavy on new activities and the Reef devastation storyline in the console pseudo-MMO. Drops...

Greed Monger’s development comes to the ‘end of the road’

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Not that you've been holding onto incredible hope that Greed Monger would somehow see a revival after an extremely troubled development cycle, but you...

Earthrise: First Impact rears up on Steam Greenlight

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Hands up if anyone here remembers Earthrise. The post-apocalyptic MMO had a disappointing run from 2011 to 2012, ending with its closing by Masthead Studios due...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best healing experience?

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In light of the epic reveal of Revival's graphic healing system this week, I thought Massively OP reader Fenryr Grey's recent question to our...

How player healers will cure disease and set bones in Revival

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In my very first MMORPG, I was obsessed with the idea of becoming a healer -- not someone who cast healing spells but someone...

Global Chat: What is Daybreak thinking with H1Z1?

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Daybreak's announcement earlier this month that it will be splitting H1Z1 into two games triggered a flood of responses from the MMO blogging community,...
Please learn to brighten these screenshots. And not to brown-wash them.

Revival discusses the size and the history of estates

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A huge portion of Revival's funding and development centers around the real estate market, so it's not shock that the game's estates are kind...
Not surprising, still sad.

A day in the life of a Revival hunter

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While the first pass of renovation kit revisions are in the bag, the most recent entry on Revival's site isn't really about that. Nor...

Revival puts the finishing touches on renovation kits

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Soon Revival players will have more toys with which to play in their houses, as renovation kits are almost here. "We spent the week testing...
That looks pretty much like the existing world, really.

Leaderboard: MMO RvR versus FFA PvP

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Last month, we did a little post on MMORPG PvP asking about two-faction PvP and whether it was really suited for all the MMO...
Once you crank up the gamma, it doesn't look so bad.

Grimdark sandbox Revival plans the wrap-up of its first client stage

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Now that we're in February, the holidays are finally behind us all. (Very few people actually get to skip work on Valentine's Day.) That...

Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration

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The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...
The world is full of dangerous stuff. Survive it all by not being there.

Revival plots the course of cartography

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If you have a lifelong vendetta against all things cartographical, be prepared for a lot of stumbling around while lost in Revival. The latest...

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