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Lawful Neutral: Leakers, trade secrets, and lawsuits in the online gaming world

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In recent years, you might have noticed a new type of lawsuit coming out of game companies, as some of the more litigation-happy studios...

Roblox will stream the One World: Together At Home event tomorrow

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Let's be real, the campaign slogans for the games studio efforts to fight COVID-19 have started getting a bit ridiculous. Play Apart Together. Stay...

First Impressions: Fractured’s alpha playtest begins to put the pieces together

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As we reported at the end of last week, MMORPG sandbox Fractured opened up its alpha test to all backers. With this test phase,...
True strength is inside. But leveling should really help.

WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Shaman, Monk, and Druid ability changes

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So, here's something you might find funny: My greatest struggle with this particular ongoing World of Warcraft column was deciding the best possible order...

The Daily Grind: What dead MMOs are you missing while under quarantine?

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MOP reader Tyler wrote us a few weeks ago, pining for lost games during this time when so many people are under pandemic lockdown. "I...

Massively Overthinking: MMO business models in the face of recession

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MOP reader Sray posed us an interesting question this past week focused on how MMO business models interface with the global economy. "The last major...

Old School RuneScape brings more player requested improvements in the latest update

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There's a fresh update for Old School RuneScape, and much like the last one, this one continues to add Poll #70 requests, which means...

Leaderboard: Are you giving Fallout 76 a second chance?

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Fallout 76 has not had the best couple of years. As MOP's Justin said in his column rounding up Bethsoft's worst flubs - and...

Jukebox Heroes: Lord of the Rings Online’s unreleased soundtrack

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Lord of the Rings Online's soundtrack is well-loved by many who have played the game, tying in memorable tunes to specific locations to where...
Trouble double.

Vague Patch Notes: Maintaining MMO anonymity in the age of parasocial bonding

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In an author's note at the end of the novel The Dark Tower, Stephen King writes frankly that some people will not like how...
waffle

The Daily Grind: Do you want controller support for your PC MMOs?

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The fact that it looks like World of Warcraft will get some sort of controller support is a piece of news that fills me...

Desert Oasis: How I’m progressing through Black Desert without spending a dime

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I've been playing Black Desert for quite a while, and in that time I've made a bit of cash and built up a stable...

Perfect Ten: Sports-themed MMOs

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Here's something we don't talk about much here on Massively OP: sports games. When we think of "MMOs," we tend to run right toward...
Dig it.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO content updates were better than expansions?

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Recently, RuneScape pumped out an update for the game called Archaeology. While it wasn't, to my understanding, a full-fledged expansion, it was treated with...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 267: Who had ‘New World delay’ on their bingo card?

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Andy, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands, LOTRO, Chronicles of Elyria, New World, SWTOR, FFXIV, RuneFest, Champions Online, and EverQuest, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, Elite, SWG Legends, and Animal Crossing, and a mailbag entry on Secret World Legends and maintenance-mode MMOs.

Choose My Adventure: Hexaria is a grindy yet competent Roblox MMO

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Another week, another random bit of Roblox adventuring. This time around, I wanted to see just what sort of MMOs this game's community could...

Warframe of Mind: Looking back at Warframe’s lucky seventh year

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In our first Warframe anniversary retrospective in 2019, we covered everything from the beginning up through the shooter's sixth birthday. For the lucky seventh...

The Daily Grind: Have you noticed an uptick in players in your MMO of choice?

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It's no secret that MMOs and other online games are doing better than usual thanks to the pandemic keeping a large portion of the...

Life is Feudal is planning an AMA, PvP rule changes, and a Godenland wipe

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Spring is coming to Life is Feudal and with it are some planned adjustments to the game and an upcoming AMA according to the...
These losers again?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.25 and the new weapons of choice

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I have to admit, part of my reaction to patch 5.25 was simple relief that finally, finally, I had something to spend Poetics on...

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