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Massively Overthinking: How much should MMO subs be in 2021?

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MMORPG blogger Wilhelm at The Ancient Gaming Noob has a fantastic piece up this month on the traditional $15 MMO subscription. He dips back...
Your approval fills me with shame.

Roblox is now referring to its ‘games’ as ‘experiences’ in light of Epic v Apple trial arguments

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It would appear that Roblox is undergoing something of a branding shift, the timing of which is interesting to say the least. Apparently, the...

The Stream Team: The birds and the bees in Trove’s Spring Fling

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Why should spring events be relegated to bunnies? Trove knows the real deal: ducks! The spring fling is underway and Massively OP's MJ gets...

Reborn Promisance is a fan-operated version of a turn-based multiplayer strategy MUD from 26 years ago

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If you're looking for retro, it doesn't get more retro than a rebuilt version of a text-based multiplayer online empire strategy game. That's what...

Trove brings back the Spring Fling event with new rewards and Chloromancer materials

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Look, Trove, if you put a duck wearing a fancy hat and a pipe before me and have him ask me to help his...

The Game Archaeologist: Jumpgate and Jumpgate Evolution

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Historically, space-bound MMORPGs have not had as easy of a go as their fantasy counterparts. For one thing, there are proportionally fewer of them...
It's wrecked.

Final Fantasy XIV previews its upcoming Moogle Treasure Festival for the digital Fan Festival

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When the digital fan festival kicks off for Final Fantasy XIV on May 14th, the digital events start too. Want to pick up some emotes?...

Trove updates the Chloromancer as ArcheAge hands out free ArchePass XP boosters

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If you blinked, you missed it: Trove rolled out a big update last week for the Chloromancer class on the PC. The patch changes...

Choose My Adventure: RIFT was fun before, wasn’t it?

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My time in RIFT this past month has left me confused, frankly. Primarily because I remember genuinely enjoying this game more than I did. That’s...

Massively Overthinking: How much are you spending on MMOs every month right now?

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A while back, MOP's Justin joked that his wife, who loves econ PvP in MMOs, was funding a year of his play on Classic...

The Stream Team: Silly shenanigans in Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box

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Life can get too serious, so Massively OP's MJ is getting a dose of silliness in Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box! Bopping around...

Whatever happened to Otherland, Guns of Icarus, and Pixel Starships?

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Whatever happened to those MMOs you - and we - have forgotten all about? We're going to dig into three of them today. First up,...

First impressions from Diablo II Resurrected’s alpha: Just as good as you remember

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Multiplayer isn't in yet. There are only two acts and three classes available. So why am I heading into Diablo II: Resurrected? Simple: It's...

The Game Archaeologist: Lifestorm, Japan’s first MMORPG

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In comparison to how widely that China and Korea's game development studios embraced MMORPGs right from the beginning, Japan's been curiously low-key in creating...

The Stream Team: Bouncing around Trove’s Bunfest

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Where can you get rolling Easter egg mounts? In Trove! And this year's Bunfest has not only that but a cute little bunny ally,...

Why I Play: Multiplayer sandbox Eco is so much more than just an ecology simulator

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I’ve been struggling to come up with a succinct way to describe Eco. The game was recently the subject of a Whatever Happened To...
You know what Aymeric and Raubahn look like. Fill them in mentally.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 316: Talkin’ trash with MMO Fallout

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Justin, Bree, and MMO Fallout's Connor discuss April fools' day around the MMOverse, FFXIV's patch and PS5 beta, WoW's 9.1, Trove's Switch port, and Elyon's closed beta, with adventures in RuneScape, Wild Terra 2, Magic Legends, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on starting fresh in WoW Classic and irritating season passes.

Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box, Doritos promo (?), and latest round of PvP tweaks are live

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The best thing ever added to Guild Wars 2, the Super Adventure Box, has returned to the game with the Super Adventure Festival. Furbish...

Casually Classic: Three things I’m anticipating (and three I’m dreading) for WoW’s Burning Crusade Classic

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With the Burning Crusade Classic beta underway, it's hard not to be dwelling on the near future of WoW Classic. Everyone's maneuvering their accounts,...

The Game Archaeologist: The ballad of Fansy, EverQuest’s famous bard

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It was summer, 2001. EverQuest had just rolled out Sullon Zek, a no-rules "penal colony" server where the realm was as lawless as the...

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