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Final Fantasy XIV announces its second expansion, Stormblood

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Yes, it's the announcement all fans of Final Fantasy XIV were waiting for and expecting from this weekend's fan festival, the game's second expansion. The...

Global Chat: Is Destiny’s Rise of Iron any good?

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If you don't have a console but were still interested in hearing whether or not Destiny: Rise of Iron was any good, fret not:...

The Secret World inspires a new hacking simulation game NITE Team 4

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If you think a story-driven military hacking simulation game sounds right up The Secret World's alley, you'd be correct. In this case, TSW is...

Working As Intended: A tour of 19-year-old Ultima Online

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Wanna feel old? Three years ago, I wrote a Second Wind piece for Massively-that-was on Ultima Online, which had recently been turned over to Broadsword...
Are we doing the time warp?

The Daily Grind: Will Blizzard announce vanilla WoW servers at BlizzCon 2016?

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BlizzCon kicks off in just a few short weeks, and already expectations are high. Unsubstantiated Diablo 4 rumors have begun circulating, and the Nostalrius...
SWTOR

Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do

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No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs

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Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...

EverQuesting: Could Daybreak’s new FPS be an EverQuest?

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With the constant clamoring from fans for Daybreak (or someone) to create an honest-to-goodness next-gen sequel to the EverQuest franchise, you'd hope that it...
Show your glow.

The Daily Grind: What MMO would you attend a special convention for?

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As you read this, dear readers, I am winging my way to Las Vegas to attend the second Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, which...
Next, us.

League of Legends introduces the Nexus for editorial content

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Sometimes, the best way to find out if something has an audience is just to put out what you have and see if people...

Tamriel Infinium vs Hyperspace Beacon: Three ways to make lockboxes work better in MMORPGs

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Last week, I stirred up a hornet’s nest by bringing up the topic of lockboxes and how I really didn’t mind them in general. Hyperspace...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most welcoming community you’ve experienced?

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There's nothing worse for me when I'm playing an MMORPG than to be in a game where the community is either purely toxic or...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.

Exploring real-life PUGs, the Plus, and the antisocial nature of Pokemon Go

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Although Pokemon Go isn't advertised as an MMO, both experts and players have noted it does present some interesting similarities: Both have tons of players on servers...
Amazing. I had another use for this header.

Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft vs. Final Fantasy XIV

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You know what I usually hate? Superhero fight discussions. Any fight discussion, really. Asking "who would win in a fight between Superman and the...
And now, it's party time.

The Daily Grind: Does your MMO playstyle track with your age and gender?

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Gaming research firm Quantic Foundry posted a new blog last week revealing the results of its surveys cross-referencing gender, age, and playstyle in video...

Skyforge simplifies Pantheons, pushes the Outlaw live

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Skyforge's simplification with Ascension continues. First it was operations, then currencies. Next up is Pantheons, which have gotten a once-over to both simplify them...
Book 'em

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.4 in review, continued

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There's never really a good splitting point when discussing Final Fantasy XIV patches. They always cover so much ground with features and additions that...

The Daily Grind: What business model do you want to see for Amazon’s New World?

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Following the announcement that Amazon Game Studios is working on multiple online games, one of them a massively multiplayer sandbox called New World, players...
So it justifies twice, at least. Maybe not three times.

Leaderboard: How many subs do you think WoW has right now?

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This past week, Blizzard denied a quote from a Polish print magazine attributing a post-Legion 10.1 million subscription count for World of Warcraft to...

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