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Massively Uplifting: Gamestonk, gorillas, and giving in MMOs

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When it comes to feel-good stories in the general media, coming across a positive one about gaming seems harder than finding a four-leaf clover....
Taking life.

Magic Legends provides a video overview of the Dimir Assassin class

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Let's ignore the fact that the Dimir Assassin class of Magic Legends is an exercise in PWE and Cryptic's overreaching in lockbox monetization for...

Torchlight III unveils the new Cursed Captain class arriving with the next update

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Pirates and curses just go together like peanut butter and chocolate, so it's not necessarily a surprise that the Cursed Captain is a thing....

The Soapbox: How Magic Legends went wrong with the Dimir Assassin class

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Cryptic and Perfect World Entertainment are known for their love of lockboxes as a monetization strategy. Therefore it was not wholly surprising when Magic:...

Not So Massively: Magic Legends is messy, deep, and more of an MMO than you think

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I can't remember the last time I struggled so much deciding whether I like a game or not. I'm a fan of ARPGs, and...
Symbolic.

Magic Legends offers compensation for missing battle pass items, addresses performance and monetization issues

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(This post has been updated at the end with the promised announcement about monetization and performance feedback.) Magic Legends might be calling its current version...

The Stream Team: Helping Historian Thrimbul fight fire lords in Neverwinter

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Where there's fire, there are firefighters. And in Neverwinter, Massively OP's MJ is the fire fighter! Historian Thrimbul needs her help to make the...
Faces.

Massively Overthinking: What are your MMO character customization dealbreakers?

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Back in February, when BlizzConline was at its height, part of the World of Warcraft community lost its mind over the revelation that Blizzard...
Keeping it up

So, how did Magic Legends’ soft launch go?

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PWE's Magic Legends has been out in the wilds of soft launch open beta for two days now, so it's time for a check-in....

Five pioneering game titles that laid the groundwork for MMORPGs

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The easy (and tired) joke to make is that WoW was the first MMO, but there were plenty of ambitious multiplayer games that predate...

Magic Legends has soft launched into open beta, bringing Magic the Gathering to PC fans

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PWE and Cryptic's Magic the Gathering game has been delayed and demoted from its original MMORPG status over the years, but now it's finally...
Active.

Champions Online hosts a costume contest to make a player action figure

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Costume contests and superhero games go together like Blizzard Entertainment and layoffs. However, in most of them you don't get a chance to immortalize...

Torchlight III hoists the sails (and upgrades the engine) for its next update

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Hope you got everything done with Torchlight III's Snow & Steam contract because Echtra and PWE disabled that content in preparation for the next...
Imagine.

Hands-on with Magic Legends: A solid action game that could be even more

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So, real talk: I am kind of an easy mark for Magic Legends. The initial conception of it, at least. I was very excited...
READ A BOOK

Elder Scrolls Online’s Flames of Ambition lands on console as ZeniMax preps April Fools’ shenanigans

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If Neverwinter's Iron Tooth isn't whetting your console MMO whistle, then point your eyeballs over at Elder Scrolls Online's Flames of Ambition and update...

Neverwinter’s Sharandar: Iron Tooth episode has officially launched on PS4 and Xbox One

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It's a happy week for console MMO players, as not only can Black Desert consolers begin designing their very own Sage, but two big...
Sounds like trouble.

Aliens Fireteam devs discuss City of Heroes’ lasting popularity and Cryptic’s canceled Marvel MMO

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Earlier this month, we finally got some hard info on Cold Iron's Aliens Fireteam, the Alien-franchise shooter that's been under wraps for six years...

The Stream Team: Loving the land of lava in Neverwinter

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What better place for our favorite fire-lover than the luscious lava of Neverwinter's Mount Hotenow? Massively OP's MJ feels like she's in flame-thrower's heaven...

Massively Overthinking: Picking the ‘wrong’ MMORPG class

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Last month, the MMORPG subreddit slept on a good thread about picking classes in MMOs. Let's wake this sucker up. "Am I the only...

‘We will never be the same’: Cryptic is adopting a permanent work-from-home policy

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A lot of gaming companies, including MMO companies, shifted to working from home when the COVID pandemic began in earnest last year. And one...

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