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World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands closed alpha is finally beginning this week
Earlier today, we noted fresh changes in World of Warcraft's launcher that indicated Shadowlands' testing was imminent, and this afternoon, Blizzard has confirmed it.
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Here’s what the first 90 minutes of Bless Mobile look like
Care for another sneak peek at a Korean mobile MMO? Then take a gander at Bless Mobile, which is currently out for Korean players...
The Daily Grind: How do you deal with jealousy and FOMO in your MMORPGs?
Earlier this week, Polygon ran a piece on Animal Crossing: New Horizons players who were not happy. It's not because of the game, or...
Final Fantasy XIV wraps up its Shadowbringers creation documentary while preparing for patch 5.25
A big chunk of Final Fantasy XIV gameplay involves re-fighting familiar content. If you play the game, you know that. The final documentary about...
A fan-made Guild Wars 2 dating sim is arriving on Friday to support charity
How would you like to enjoy some amusing Guild Wars 2 dating options without having to actually log in to Guild Wars 2 and...
Choose My Adventure: Albion Online, chestnut logs, and terrible mistakes
I regret to inform you all that my final moments in Albion Online were something of a bellyflop. A number of smaller frustrations just...
Massively on the Go: How Pokemon Go is improving without all the ‘go’
We've briefly covered some of Pokemon Go's new changes in light of recent non-fun viral events, and in today's Massively on the Go, I want...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Speculating on Guild Wars 2’s Cantha expansion features
I never thought I’d be saying this with a straight face, but yes, Guild Wars 2 is finally going to Cantha! This fan-favorite locale...
World of Warships’ exercises and recipes, World of Tanks’ overhaul, and War Thunder’s movie set
Welp, here's something I've never seen before: An online game is offering up workouts and recipes that players can do from home while under...
World of Warcraft adds in Legacy Loot mode for Legion raids and dungeons
As the saying goes, it's better late than never. Adding in Legacy Loot for World of Warcraft's prior expansion (Legion) certainly feels late at...
Massively Overthinking: What do you hoard in MMORPGs?
Last week, online gamers made headlines for hoarding toilet paper. No, not in real life - in Fallout 76. Way to embrace the apocalypse,...
The Survivalist: Last Oasis virtual dev tour highlights nomadic life and offline safety
At this stage of the survival genre game, you need more than just a novel idea for the setting. You need unique features to...
Into the Super-verse: Getting started with Champions Online in 2020
The sharp rise and fall of Champions Online back in 2009 resulted in a game that's made for an easy target of jokes ever...
Microsoft is using cloud computing to make unbeatable raid bosses
My experience in fighting raid bosses isn't one of overcoming AI so much as learning dance steps; seeing wind-ups for abilities or telegraphs for...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Warlords of Draenor
Oh barf.
Yes, folks, it... it had to happen. We had to get to this expansion. I know, none of us really want to. World of Warcraft...
Vague Patch Notes: Complaining about MMOs you don’t play
All right, folks, it's time to talk. And we're going to start by talking about Guild Wars 2, a game I used to play regularly...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Avorion, Naïca, Pocket Mortys, Mighty Party, Neopets, Uncharted Waters Online, and Wolf Team
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you’ve (probably) never heard of -- or have totally forgotten about until now! We'll...
More and more MMOs are offering sales and events during the coronavirus pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, MMOs and other MMO-adjacent games and studios continue to react, bringing their staffs home and offering bonuses...
The Stream Team: Raiding SWTOR datacrons on Quesh and Ilum
Massively OP's Larry and MJ are starting to run out of datacrons to hunt in SWTOR. What will they do when all their crazy...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Visions of the Past Steel and Fire
Just three short months ago, ArenaNet teased us in its 2020 content preview for Guild Wars 2 with a new type of story content...