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Paladins brings out the street-smart Maeve

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So apparently Paladins' thing is that it's going to be the online multiplayer title that fires patches and new characters at us from some sort...

Massively Overthinking: Death and dying in MMORPGs

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In March of last year, MOP's Justin wrote a detailed guide to the most common death penalties in MMORPGs. Last September, Gamasutra pulled seven...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that walk on the weird side

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In third grade, my teacher sent home a report card with the note that "Justin is wonderfully strange." Ever since then, I never found the...

The Daily Grind: How often do you claim refunds on MMOs?

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Chargebacks were a big deal in 2016: Black Desert, ArcheAge, and No Man Sky were all embroiled in community drama thanks to perceived chargeback...

Winter festivities arrive in Black Desert today

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It's Christmas in Black Desert! Or at least it will be once the extra maintenance is over. Kakao is kicking off the winter festivities today...

Ever, Jane’s third big update of open beta begins today with house ownership

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Do you want to own the grandest mansion in the land? Of course you do. That's why you're reading an article about Ever, Jane,...

Massively OP’s guide to the best upcoming indie MMORPGs, part three

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Over the last couple of weeks, we shared with you part one and part two of our guide to the best upcoming and current indie MMORPGs...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs do you play to reduce stress?

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If you follow gaming research at all, you've probably heard of Dr Jane McGonigal, a professor, gamer designer, author, and pro-gaming think tank researcher....

Here’s what’s going on with Glitch’s successors

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We are fast approaching the late, lamented Glitch's birthday on September 27th, and to mark the occasion, we thought we would check in with...

The Black Death team has at least one mystery class up its sleeve

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Do you trust Q&A sessions over Plain Jane dev diaries, if only to hear the team field questions that you might like to know?...

One Shots: Overcompensating

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Holy moley, the Massively OP community came out in force to respond to last week's "giant weapon" screenshot challenge. Most comments that I've seen...

Ever, Jane opens the doors of its new circulating library

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A refined and sophisticated setting such as the one in Ever, Jane deserves all of the luxuries that it can garner, don't you agree?...

Revelation Online’s Ever, Jane sensibilities

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MMORPG import Revelation Online is taking appearances seriously. "Revelation Online offers a complete character creation system," explains My.com in a fresh dev blog out...

Stronghold Kingdoms plans to let players delete their own server

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Stronghold Kingdoms developer Firefly Studios claims to be making history today by becoming "the first developer to place the fate of entire game worlds...

Roleplay-centric MMORPG Ever, Jane waltzes into open beta

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3 Turn Productions announced this afternoon that Ever, Jane is officially in open beta. Yes, this is the roleplayer-centric, Jane Austen-themed MMORPG, complete with...
Both hands!

Guild Wars 2 suffers technical difficulties, pushes out gifts following rollback

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If you're logging into Guild Wars 2 today, expect a bit of weirdness. Yesterday's patch caused a soulbinding glitch that took the servers offline and...

Children of Ur adds localized weather

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What's the weather going to be like today in your game? You might just have to ask this if you're apt to play Children of...

One Shots: Cave art

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True fact: One of the earliest attempts to screenshot the action in an MMORPG took place as prehistoric cave paintings in France. Another true...

RuneScape marks anniversary of a somber player massacre with… another massacre

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For some, the pain of one of the most infamous events in RuneScape's history will never go away. For others, it's something that they'd...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 67: Mailbag spectacular

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Justin and Bree dive into the mailbag for an all-Q&A show with questions submitted by you!

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