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Reserve your Black Desert character names today ahead of beta 2
Black Desert's name reservation period opens this afternoon at 1 p.m. EST as promised. Pre-order players can swing over to the name reservation website...
The Secret World’s new membership rewards launch tomorrow
Game Director Romain “Tilty” Amiel has just informed MassivelyOP that The Secret World's new membership reward system will be launching tomorrow, February 9th. That...
EVE Evolved: The right way to reboot DUST 514
This week we heard the news that CCP Games will be officially shutting down PS3 online shooter DUST 514 in May to start work on...
The Game Archaeologist: Ten strange pre-release facts about World of Warcraft
An endless ocean of words, a tsunami of thoughts, and a riptide of fan devotion has flooded the gaming world about World of Warcraft...
Crowfall explains its skill system with an extensive FAQ
When Crowfall launches, it plans to have upwards of 1,500 skills available for players to choose and train. Before your eyes cross just thinking...
Ask Mo: Re-reviewing MMORPGs and birthday shenanigans
Mo's been collecting letters to the editor for me to address in Ask Mo for the past month or two, and this one from...
NCsoft plans Lineage Eternal testing this year
Korean website GameFocus reports that NCsoft is planning to continue its "rapid pace" policy by undertaking private tests of Master X Master, its MOBA,...
Bless Online confirms western release… some day
If you've been hoping that Bless Online would be making its ways to western shores, then this should perk you right up: It's going...
Massively Overthinking: Old MMORPGs, disco, and pop culture phenomena
A reader named Rob provides this week's Massively Overthinking topic. It's a really good one!
"Why isn't playing an old MMO from a previous decade...
Anarchy Online is getting ‘Recked’ with new zone, sub rewards
On Sunday, Anarchy Online Lead Designer Henry "Michizure" Senger opened up on the forums with a look at what's going on in the world's...
Square-Enix’s 2015 sales and profits were up, thanks in part to Final Fantasy XIV
Square-Enix's fiscal results for the last three-quarters of 2015 are in, and it's good news all around. Net sales were up almost 30% year-over-year,...
WoW Factor: Thoughts from inside the Legion alpha
Tuesday brought along a big surprise for me in the form of access to the Legion alpha test. I had pretty much resigned myself...
World of Tanks’ PS4 userbase swells to one million in five days
World of Tanks has just announced that it's amassed a million PlayStation 4 users since its launch on the platform last week.
"It's barely been...
Preview Blade & Soul’s Mushin’s Tower and Bloodshade Harbor dungeons
Here's the benefit of getting Blade & Soul years after its Korean launch: years' worth of content stored up just waiting for localization.
When NCsoft's...
ARK: Survival Evolved’s cross-platform peak daily headcount is nearing 200K
Dino survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved is pulling in over 100,000 unique users per day, a new interview with Studio Wildcard on Gamespot reveals.
"One...
Neverwinter announces ninth expansion, The Maze Engine
Perfect World Entertainment has just announced a new expansion for Neverwinter. Called The Maze Engine, the update will leap into the post-Underdark storyline and include...
Path of Exile’s Ascendancy expansion arrives March 4th
Path of Exile's upcoming expansion, Ascendancy, officially launches on March 4th, 2016 -- at 3 p.m. EST, to be precise. The expansion is themed around...
Shroud of the Avatar announces final Grand Tour and character wipe
The most recent patch for Shroud of the Avatar is live now, and as has been the case with previous major patches, there's a...
Black Desert launches in the west on March 3rd
Daum has just announced that Korean sandbox Black Desert is arriving in the west sooner than you might've thought.
Final Fantasy XIV is resuming Mac clients sales on February 23rd
When Final Fantasy XIV launched its first expansion in the middle of last year, it also meant the launch of the game's Mac client....
