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Here’s how Star Wars: The Old Republic is improving amplifiers

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Star Wars: The Old Republic's amplifier system is a relatively new addition to the game, having been introduced back in 2019 with the Onslaught...
BURNS

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best crafting (not gathering/trading) experience?

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A while back, I remember having a discussion with a reader about crafting in MMOs where I was arguing that having good crafting is...

Massively Overthinking: Do you need to be the hero in MMOs?

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MMORPG developer Raph Koster recently tweeted that he'd had a "debate with some devs who asserted that videogames require the player to be the...

Star Citizen talks about ship capacitors, ship roles, and tweaking the meta in an AMA

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The Vehicle Experience Team of Star Citizen took to the game's official forums to field player questions in an AMA, with the devs talking...
It's not nothing!

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...
Safe!

Shadowbanning of Elite Dangerous ‘slavers’ is reportedly corroborated by email screenshots

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The actions of the 7th Labor Division (7LD) group in Elite: Dangerous, who readers will recall were ensnaring brand-new players into mining servitude while...

The Stream Team: A Leap of Faith in Star Trek Online’s House Reborn

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Last week for Star Trek Online's anniversary, Massively OP's MJ started the new House Reborn adventures by playing J'Ula. She learned of a fiery...
sky boats

Star Citizen plans a free fly event, a Lunar New Year event, and a vehicle team AMA this month

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With the month of February just beginning, fans and followers of Star Citizen will have plenty to look forward to in the coming weeks...

PlanetSide 2’s Outfit Wars 2.0 officially goes live with the latest PC update

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It's time for Outfits to fight it out and find out which is better in PlanetSide 2 thanks to the latest PC update, which...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 308: FFXIV’s endings and beginnings

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Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker, Skyforge, Blizzard and NCosft financials, Stadia, and PSO2, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, ESO, SWG Legends, plus mailbag questions on MMO dungeons and juggling MMOs.
Robot time.

MechWarrior Online teases winter patches with monthly missions and weapons balancing

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At what point does opening up communication cross the line into repeating yourself? It's possible that MechWarrior Online has hit that mark, or at...

Stick and Rudder: Leader of Elite Dangerous ‘slavery’ racket espouses a ‘cult-like’ guild full of ‘chaos and evil’

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Last week we reported on an effort by several players of Elite: Dangerous to dupe new players into a sort of indentured servitude by...

Choose My Adventure: Battleground PvP in Warhammer Return of Reckoning is unexpectedly fun

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I was not anticipating this. I came to this week’s assignment with not an inconsiderable level of dread. My previous experiences in PvPing were coloring...

The first quadrant of EVE Online 2021, Reign, is live today with hefty fleet and travel updates

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CCP Games has taken the wraps off EVE Online's quadrant series for the year, beginning with the first one: Reign, the first chunk of...
It costs.

The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs in MMOs still worth it in 2021?

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MOP reader Kaz sent us a note over the weekend alerting us that Star Trek Online's lifetime sub just so happens to be half...

The MOP Up: Valentine spirit sweeps through MMOs

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MMO Love Bear, shine! Warm fuzzies and romantical notions are washing through various online games this month in anticipation of Valentine's Day this month. Ultima...

Star Trek Online’s players and developers pay tribute to the late Christopher Plummer

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The movie-watching world lost one of its greats when actor Christopher Plummer passed away on Friday, leaving behind a legacy of notable performances including...

The Stream Team: Bound for fishing and Warframe’s Balor Fomorian event

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Massively OP's MJ thought she had a break from events to wrap up some loose ends in Warframe, but it turns out the Balor...
Small steps.

Elite: Dangerous explains the details of the First Footfall system coming with Odyssey

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With the upcoming Odyssey expansion, players in Elite: Dangerous will be able to take one small step for their characters and one giant leap for playerkind...

Star Citizen breaks down the capital ships and shield tech of the Assault on Stanton dynamic event

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Star Citizen continues to make a whole lot of noise about its first dynamic event, which sees players engaging with the Idris and Javelin...

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