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Gamigo unleashes Valentines events on ArcheAge, RIFT, Trove, and Defiance

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Gamgio's got a fleet of Valentine's Day events stacked up for its MMORPGs. To wit: ArcheAge invites you to "synthesize your love" with the...

Trove introduces Deep Dragon mounts to console players in latest update

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If you're the sort of Trove console player who likes to chase hard-to-find materials to put together an extremely shiny mount, then you're going...

Massively Uplifting: 2021 begins with Trove’s trees, Warframe’s Tennobaum, and Star Trek Online’s Tribbles for charity

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Ready or not, here 2021 comes! And that's a relief to many. It's no stretch to say that we want 2021 to be a...

The Game Archaeologist: Lost Continents, the Jules Verne MMO we never got

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If you're looking for an alternate vision of futuristic science fiction, you would do well to dive back into the worlds of 19th century...

Cubox is a blocky open-world MMORPG mixture of building, crafting, and fighting

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What do you get when a game smashes together elements from Minecraft, Diablo, Tibia, and Don't Starve? You apparently get something like Cubox, at...
May foulness attend thee.

End-of-Year Eleven: The best-value MMOs at the start of 2021

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What exactly is value, especially when it comes to MMOs? We all know what the word means, but the thing about "best value" is that...

Battle Bards Episode 185: Taking Flight

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Flying has always been both beloved and controversial in MMORPGs, but no matter what your stance on it, at least you can agree that...
This was a thing.

Into the Super-verse: Will we ever get a Marvel MMORPG?

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While DC Universe Online is coasting high on its success in Year Ten, it feels a shame that there's no Marvel MMORPG to match...
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Legends of the Jedi is a Star Wars MUD that has just kicked off its first era

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Let's all travel back in time to a point when MMORPGs weren't graphics-based but were all text-based affairs played out in the theater of...

Trove is celebrating Hug Day with a mini community giveaway

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Apparently, this coming Thursday is National Hug Day, a holiday that we really can't celebrate with the gusto that it deserves for rather obvious...

Lord of the Rings Online’s new expansion bundle smashes its huge barrier to entry

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Lord of the Rings Online had one heck of a 2020, in all the ways you're thinking: It stole players' hearts by giving away...

The Game Archaeologist: Free Realms

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Its very name was a declaration of rebellion against the status quo. In an era that had yet to shift from a subscription-only model...

2020 saw lots of Fortnite coverage, retweets for FFXIV, and nearly half of global market value in mobile

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If you like to look back at the year in gaming through data in infographic form, then your favorite post is here. GamesIndustry has...

Why WB Games should make a new Asheron’s Call game in 2021+: The mechanics

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Just based on lore alone, WB Games should make a new Asheron's Call game. As I argued last time, AC has the qualities of an underutilized...

Retro-style Diablo event The Darkening of Tristram returns to Diablo III this weekend

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Hands up -- who among you were there to enjoy the original launch of Diablo in 1997? I myself didn't get onto the Diablo...

The Game Archaeologist: Seven ways EverQuest reshaped MMO history

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To many veteran MMO players, the opening horns of EverQuest's score are enough to trigger vivid memories, violent hallucinations, and an unstoppable desire to...

The Stream Team: Dungeons and delves for Trove’s Snowfest

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Are you ready for some D & D in Trove for the holidays? Dungeons and delves, that is! Snowfest brings the holidays to the...

ArcheAge’s December update adds new quests and housing areas as Trove’s Snowfest gets underway

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There's a lot going on in Gamigo's MMORPGs right now, so let's dig in. First, over in ArcheAge, the December Update may not have the...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Business Model

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Business Model, which we could not reach a staff consensus on...

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v4.0

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By far, my favorite column to write here at Massively OP (and the one that always takes the longest) is The Game Archaeologist. I've...

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