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The Stream Team: Raising a Black Desert black smoke buddy
Can that creepy little Black Desert black smoke buddy actually get creepier? Yes, yes it can, as MassivelyOP's MJ recently learned. She was just questing...
Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content
The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
Path of Exile posts Ascendancy patch notes, preps Friday launch
The Ascendancy expansion for Path of Exile is on track to be released on Friday, but what are you supposed to do today? Stare...
No Man’s Sky launches June 21, $59.99 base, $149.99 limited-edition CE
Hello Games has announced that procedurally generated sci-fi sandbox No Man's Sky is officially launching on June 21st on PS4 and on PC through Steam and GOG
This...
Get a first look at The Division’s season pass details
The Division launches next week, and you know what that means: Everyone will be asking, "What's next?" Ubisoft has already planned out an entire...
Elite: Dangerous delays full Horizons, Engineers launch ‘to push the quality up’
Financial documents released by Frontier yesterday were scooped up by eagle-eyed Redditors because they frame a revenue shift against a delay in the full and final release...
Green Goblin joins Marvel Heroes’ burgeoning roster this weekend
Green Goblin will be terrorizing the streets of Marvel Heroes this weekend when he arrives as a new playable character in the MMOARPG. Says...
ESPN muses on e-sports in Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, WoW
ESPN has a big piece out this week on e-sports in MMOs, chronicling the many (failed) attempts of MMORPGs like World of Warcraft to...
Black Desert’s western launch arrives with new trailer
Welcome to Black Desert's official North American and European launch day!
The servers are down right now for maintenance before the big rush, but we've...
SMITE’s PlayStation 4 closed beta kicks off today
Heads up, console MOBA fans: SMITE officially enters closed beta on PS4 today. "All of SMITE’s game modes will be made available," says Hi-Rez, "and...
The Stream Team: Getting lost in Path of Exile’s labyrinth
Yesterday, MassivelyOP's MJ lost her way (and a few lives) on her first trip into Path of Exile's new Lord's Labyrinth that launches on live...
Black Desert details headstart compensation plan with ‘shitstorm matrix’
Black Desert has elaborated on the compensation and support it will offer players in the wake of its headstart issues:
"We all know that every game...
Trinium Wars releases on Steam early access
It's 200 years after World War III (the time just flies by, doesn't it?) and two factions are engaged in a ruthless struggle on...
The Stream Team: Peeking into Path of Exile: Ascendancy’s new labyrinth
Are you excited for this week's launch of Path of Exile’s Ascendancy expansion? MassivelyOP's MJ is! Luckily for her, she won't have to wait...
The Division releases US launch trailer
Fancy some eyecandy to go with your apocalypse? Ubisoft has posted the US launch trailer for online shooter The Division, and it's got a...
Neverwinter promises June campaign, Icewind Dale stories
Cryptic Studios has just released a positively massive state-of-the-game letter for MMORPG Neverwinter. Executive Producer Rob Overmeyer begins by recapping 2015, noting that last...
The Daily Grind: If an MMO has a cash shop, when should it launch?
Massively OP reader Leiloni pointed out to us something unusual about Black Desert: Its much-talked-about cash shop wasn't originally going to open until March 10th,...
The Culling runs through its closed alpha test
The Culling, that Hunger Games-inspired multiplayer deathmatch game, is currently in the thick of its closed alpha test. A "select number of participants" pulled...
The Stream Team: Launching into Black Desert for real
The time has finally come: Black Desert has launched. At least the head start has. That means anything MassivelyOP's MJ does from here on...
Daum compensates Black Desert players for headstart server mixup
A goof-up on the Black Desert headstart servers over the weekend saw some North American players unintentionally placed on the wrong servers, and Daum...
