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Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2019

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With nearly all of our end-of-2018 content finally and blissfully behind us - seriously, I always breathe a huge sigh of relief when it's...

More MMOs you’ve never heard of: PlaneShift, Stendhal, Ashen Empires, Zezenia, and Project Diaspora

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Think you've seen it all and played it all in regards to MMORPGs? There's always a lot of smaller and lesser-known games out there,...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Trulion, Morna Tales, Laplace M, Project BBQ, Genesis, Endless Battle, Achaea, Lord of Chains, Star Sonata

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We have a perilously tall pile of MMOs (and MUDs and MOBAs and such) that you've probably never heard of for today's roundup. We're gonna just jump right in, starting with Trulion Online, a new open-world sandbox MMORPG that just hit beta on Android. Yes, it's a mobile title with retro graphics, but not all of what we're looking at today falls into that category!

Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2018

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Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's regular recap of what's going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically...

Town of Salem suffers database breach, compromising user data

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The developers of indie deceit-and-deduction game Town of Salem received an unwelcome surprise upon returning from their holiday vacations, when they were informed that...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Best article joke (almost) nobody got

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for best article joke (almost) nobody got. And the winner is...

Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019

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The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...

Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions

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As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later? So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.

Shadow’s Kiss peeks at mad science, mummies, and pole dancing

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Time to dive into the seedy underbelly of the city and see what's going on with the indie vampire MMO Shadow's Kiss. The month...
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Perfect World Entertainment confirms Steam China deal

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Earlier this year, we reported on the surprise announcement that Perfect World Entertainment was in talks with Valve to bring Steam into China. It's...
Yes, this assuages my nervousness, you bet.

Smed vows he’ll someday make a game akin to EverQuest Next

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Earlier this week on the podcast, Justin and I were joking around about how one of our favorite fun things to write about is...

Darkfall Rise of Agon patches in old-school mobs, opens supporter pack funding program

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Sanctioned Darkfall spinoff Rise of Agon has been busy since its 2017 launch with multiple content and quality-of-life patches - it's even been teasing...

Check out the new maps being built for City of Heroes’ Paragon Chat

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City of Heroes refugees have long since scattered across the internet, spread among emulators, other superhero titles, and indie games being built in the...

Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG should have never been made?

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This could be a gruesome topic, but it popped into my head after GIbiz published an article with advice for game developers from Melbourne Games....

You’re going to want to play new indie MMO One Hour One Life for a lot more than one hour

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Looking for something new and interesting to cap off your Friyay? Swing by Steam and take a peek at One Hour One Life. It's...

Fractured ‘sprints’ toward pre-alpha test, shows off day/night cycle

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For those suffering with MMO wanderlust this fall and looking for new territory to explore, Fractured might have a rather unique prospect available soon....

Massively Overthinking: Is there too much negativity in the MMO genre?

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MassivelyOP reader Threespeed posed us an interesting question for this week's Overthinking that I thought was particularly appropriate given the Trion Worlds situation. "Everyone has...

Dauntless dev Phoenix Labs leads financing round to secure ‘a couple years of runway’

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Indie developer Phoenix Labs, creator of cooperative action MMO Dauntless, announced this week that it has secured substantial funding thanks to "a Series C...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that desperately need proper player housing

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Here's something pretty encouraging to me: When I sat down to work on an article listing MMOs that really could use but lacked proper...

Stardew Valley’s iOS version is coming soon – but without multiplayer

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October 24th. That's pretty much all you need to know if you're (a) an owner of an Apple device, (b) have a fondness for this...

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