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Massively Overthinking: MMO cash shop confessions

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Do you ever pick up a drink absentmindedly, thinking it's going to be something, but it's actually something totally different that you hate? You...
Good work, dingbat.

Trove, ArcheAge, Defiance, and RIFT start handing out digital advent calendars for the holidays

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I'd never been really familiar with advent calendars until I met my husband, who is from Wales, and we bought ourselves an advent calendar...

Desert Oasis: Black Desert Online should be 2020’s MMO of the year

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Well here we are again, heading to the end of another year. And while many are eager for this year to end, us gamers...

Console LOTRO and DCUO’s huge playerbase: Everything we just learned about Daybreak thanks to EG7

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MMO twitter has been ablaze since yesterday's announcement that Daybreak is being bought up in its entirety by Swedish games company Enad Global 7,...

LOTRO, DDO, EverQuest, DCUO, and PlanetSide 2 studio heads reassure players about Daybreak sale

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Following yesterday's revelation that Daybreak has been sold to Swedish company Enad Global 7 for $300M, the bosses at Daybreak's substudio have all now...

Daybreak has been sold – again – this time to EG7 Global for $300M

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Who had this on the end-of-the-year bingo card? Apparently, Daybreak has been bought out - again. The company holding the hot potato this round is...

CDPR frames Cyberpunk 2077’s multiplayer as a ‘standalone product’

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Cyberpunk 2077 is a game we've kept half an eyeball on over the last few years, basically entirely because of the lingering promise that...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

WildStar’s devs and fans love on the game two years after its demise

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This past weekend saw a special and sad date for WildStar fans, as November 28th marked the two-year anniversary of the game's closure. Some...
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Elite: Dangerous’ latest game balance update ramps up pay for bounties and solo combat missions

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Earlier in the month, Elite: Dangerous announced plans to make a number of balance changes starting with mining. The next step forward in balance...

SWTOR and Star Wars Galaxies players memorialize the life of Darth Vader actor David Prowse

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The Star Wars universe has lost another of its icons: David Prowse, the British actor who filled the very large shoes (though not the...

Destiny 2 narrative designer confirms a gay relationship between two of the game’s NPCs

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For players of Destiny 2 that have been paying attention to a number of narrative clues, this information is likely nothing more than a...

Star Citizen debuts new $600 gunship at this year’s Intergalactic Aerospace Expo

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Just in case you weren't aware, this past Saturday, November 28th, was RSI day at Star Citizen's Intergalactic Aerospace Expo, the in-game event that...

The MOP Up: Shadow Arena pings instead of pongs

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Pearl Abyss' Shadow Arena got a lot more friendly this past month thanks to an improved ping system and the addition of login rewards. "The...

Elite Dangerous hosts an AMA about Odyssey, player numbers, and future adjustment plans

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In an effort to open lines of direct communication, the devs of Elite: Dangerous had an AMA on the game's forums recently, covering practically the...

Destiny 2 further delays Trials of Osiris as invisibility exploit runs rampant

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One of Destiny 2's most popular event modes has been conspicuously absent ever since the online shooter released its Beyond Light expansion earlier this...

The Stream Team: Completing Warframe’s The Glassmaker

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Last time, Massively OP's MJ investigated the first three crime scenes that Glassmaker left behind in Warframe. Tonight, her goal is to finish the...

Warframe has now formally launched on PlayStation 5

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Who had any doubts that Warframe would be among the first to leap onto next-generation consoles? Pretty much nobody, I see. So for those of...

Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the devs of the MMO genre

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Thanksgiving conveniently falls on a Thursday every year, which means it's the perfect topic for our regular Thursday Massively Overthinking roundtable. I've asked our writers what they're grateful for in and around the MMO genre the last couple of years - and now we're gonna do it again.

Even Star Wars Galaxies emulators are getting in on The Mandalorian hype

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Star Wars The Old Republic and Star Wars Squadrons aren't the only Star Wars games in town milking The Mandalorian's latest season and hefty...

The Stream Team: Sidetracked in SWTOR

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The home stretch of SWTOR's Shroud search is in sight, but Massively OP's Larry and MJ might get just a bit sidetracked. There...

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