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CIG announces plans to open a new Manchester UK studio in May 2022
How many studio locations does it take for Star Citizen to get made? At least one more, apparently, as CIG has announced that it...
Perfect Ten: How MMOs explain away our infinite resurrections
Why? Why do we die in MMOs and keep coming back to life? Are we in a type of hell defined by endless combat...
PlanetSide 2 announces continued work on its new continent of Oshur after a three year-long delay
Do you remember back in 2018 when PlanetSide 2 announced it was working on a new continent? Do you also remember when that continent...
SWTOR’s character creation screen gets a makeover for Legacy of the Sith
All those Star Wars: The Old Republic players who will be flocking to make new characters with the flexible combat styles system next month...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 346: Endwalker, ArcheAge, Lost Ark, and New World
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's Endwalker delay, WoW's financials and player council, ArcheAge's new publisher, Gamigo's new MMORPG, Lost Ark's beta, New World's state, DDO update 51, Elder Scrolls Online's Deadlands, Harry Potter Wizard Unite's sunset, and Crowfall's freemium update, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallen Earth, City of Heroes, and Star Wars Galaxies, plus a mailbag topic on worry about the future of the genre.
Star Trek Online patches in a new warship event as Reflections is live for console players
Who doesn't like a free warship? It is suspected that Star Trek Online console players like free warships. Presumably non-console players also like free warships,...
Choose My Adventure: Avorion affirms that I am not a very good shipwright
Entering into Avorion for this month's Choose My Adventure column had me assuming a few things. First off, since this game was very much...
EVE Online’s New Dawn quadrant promises mining updates, more resources, and new exploration sites
Today marks a New Dawn for EVE Online, which is the title of the game's newest quadrant of updates as well as the herald...
Warframe’s November 11 update adds a new player guide system, quality-of-life changes
There's an update due to arrive to Warframe on all platforms this coming Thursday, November 11th, and while it's not bringing a whole lot...
Gloria Victis is free-to-play until November 15 ahead of its upcoming full release
In a half promotional event, half stress test, low-fantasy PvP sandbox MMORPG Gloria Victis is free-to-play through Monday, November 15th. The free play event...
Star Wars The Old Republic marks 10 years with 4K re-releases of its original trailers
Cast your mind back 10 years ago when Star Wars: The Old Republic was kicking out some impressive cinematic trailers that laid the groundwork...
The MOP Up: World War II hands over toolsets to players
World War II Online is renewing a focus to be "player-driven" by giving all high-level premium players a High Command toolset to fiddle around...
Elite Dangerous puts out a small Odyssey patch to fix on-foot ‘stuttering’ at outposts
To be clear, the latest patch applied to Elite Dangerous: Odyssey isn't a fix for "stuttering" related to framerate drops; it's a fix for...
EVE Online’s latest newbie experience revamp is paying off as CCP Games dabbles in NFTs
EVE Online's latest dev blog has a few teases and backpats in store for denizens of the biggest sci-fi sandbox MMORPG in town. CCP...
Desert Oasis: Unearthing the origin story of Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss
On our side of the pond, the exploits of various popular video game companies and their founding are well documented. But when it comes...
Star Citizen’s video series returns with a look at mining gadgets, new armor, and Vulture progress
The brief break in-between episodes of Star Citizen's video series Inside Star Citizen is over, and the weekly videos are back, starting off with...
EVE Fanfest set to return as a ‘COVID-safe event’ in May 2022
"The gate is green -- and EVE Fanfest is returning!" After two years off for some reason or another, EVE Fanfest is preparing to...
Massively Overthinking: What are your most on-brand MMORPG class archetypes?
A while back in MOP's work chat, we were chatting about Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons and how its elite specs line up...
Star Wars The Old Republic will release its next Operation in January so players can get geared up
The variety of things coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic with the Legacy of the Sith expansion are pretty game-changing, all things considered....
Star Citizen’s October dev roundup notes AI work, inventory features, and optimization for alpha 3.15
Alpha 3.15 of Star Citizen continues its creep towards release, so naturally there's been a lot of work done in the month of October...
