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ArcheAge Unchained’s new Fresh Start servers roll out on June 11

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Let's be honest, if any MMO would want to hit a reset button for itself, it'd be ArcheAge Unchained. While the game's entire rocky...

One Shots: Do you have a few moments to talk about Jediism?

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Here's a player housing pro-tip that is useful when striking up a settlement in a risky location: Make a door. A big door. A...

Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them

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Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...
Wait for it, I guess.

Magic: Legends explores the mechanics of Realms while alpha invites start going out

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Realms are about more than just having a housing space for your character in Magic: Legends, but they are also about that. Indeed, Realms are meant...
Take care.

A happy posthumous birthday to the dearly departed WildStar

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Today marks the six-year anniversary of WildStar's release. There are no in-game events planned for the game, however, due to the fact that the game...
The other side.

Wisdom of Nym: So, if there is a Final Fantasy XVI…

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It's been about a year since I wrote about Naoki Yoshida's mystery project, which still has not actually been announced in any way and...

The MOP Up: Second Life’s super expensive brothel

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It's not every week that my editor marches up to me and demands that I cover virtual brothels as headlining stories, but this did...
Ahem.

Ashes of Creation partially lifts its NDA, discusses open world housing and caravans in a livestream

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Things appear to be going rather swimmingly for Ashes of Creation. During the game's most recent developer livestream, the team touted an eight hour-long...

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about offline play in MMORPGs?

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I spend a... lot of time in Star Wars Galaxies on the SWG Legends rogue server. I poke fun at myself for this, but...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: The top 10 things we loved about WildStar

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WildStar was a really neat game that was run by people who had no idea what was good about it. I'd apologize for that...

Elder Scrolls Online previews Greymoor’s world-spanning, largely non-combat antiquities system

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With Greymoor now scheduled to launch May 26th, we're less than a month away from Elder Scrolls Online's next big thing, and probably the...

Elder Scrolls Online’s ZeniMax Online Studios snapped up a BioWare vet for what sounds like its new MMO

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We've known that ZeniMax Online Studios, the Bethsoft sibling behind Elder Scrolls Online, has been working on another MMORPG for a while - since...

Magic: Legends talks up the Realm system and how it helps player progression

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So it looks like Magic: Legends will have something of a housing system, but this is less about cosmetic style and more about character...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?

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Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...

Massively on the Go: Animal Crossing’s housing islands from an MMO player’s perspective

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One multiplayerish game that we've talked about a bit as the MOP team's been quarantined on the Golden Yacht is Animal Crossing: New Horizons....
Time is on my side, after a fashion.

Elder Scrolls Online unlocks subscription benefits for a week

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With Greymoor just on the horizon, Elder Scrolls Online is receiving a whole lot of attention these days. And now there's an additional reason...
Bring the light

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s eternal restoration of Ishgard

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As of this writing, the Final Fantasy XIV server that has made the most progress on Ishgard restoration is Tonberry on the Elemental data...

Global Chat: That moment when you realize you chose the wrong MMO class

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Have you ever gotten deep into a character's journey in an MMO -- and gradually realized that you'd picked the wrong class for you...

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,...

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...

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