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Casual space sandbox CSC aka Crypto Space Commander launches on Steam with a dash of Star Trek

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If you yearn for the stars yet are put off by the complexity and coldness of games like Star Citizen and EVE Online, you...

WildStar’s composer creates a brand-new music track for terminally ill player

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For those of you who traveled in WildStar's orbit back in the day, you may remember a guy named Avidguru. Avid hosted the WildCast...

Massively Overthinking: How we deal with burning out of MMOs

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Back in August, MOP's own Justin wrote a piece on his Bio Break blog about moderation in gaming that resonated with me. He described...
Nope.

Squadron 42 heads back to the mocap studio, fleshes out aliens, and fills out narrative lulls

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August was busy not just for the devs of Star Citizen but also for the team working on the single-player Squadron 42, at least...

Star Citizen’s August development report marks progress on ships, Pyro planets, and cargo hauling changes

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With September just starting, it's about time for CIG to offer its usual monthly look back at development progress made for Star Citizen this...
I'm sorry what.

Star Trek Online’s newest promotional ship in a lockbox angers fans for breaking the developers’ own rules

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There's always been some consternation between players of Star Trek Online and the Perfect World Entertainment marketing philosophy of adding new ships via lockboxes. Generally,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 286: Cantha, Shadowlands, and New World

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, WoW Shadowlands, New World, Elder Scrolls Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWTOR, Wurm Online, SWG Legends, and Guild Wars 2, plus reader mail on reviving old zones, recovering from burnout, and Mo himself.

Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases Bespin, previews new Days of the Aned-Kla festival

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It's a weird year when rogue servers are getting more love than some live MMOs, but we're not sorry to see it. One of...

Not So Massively: Iron Harvest 1920 is a dieselpunk RTS with a surprising amount of heart

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It's pretty common to stumble across a new game on the front page of Steam and think it looks interesting enough to add to...

Warframe shows off new kitguns, previews a new Necramech, and starts taking Xaku feedback

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This past Friday, the folks at Digital Extremes held yet another home devstream for Warframe, and as one would expect, it was pretty much...

Star Citizen devs outline future steps toward more persistence and meshing servers

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Calling Star Citizen an MMO is probably charitable in the eyes of some (or even calling it a game, there now you can't make...

SuperData July 2020: Pokemon Go is making all the monies right now

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We'd like to think that Niantic is learning a huge lesson from its continuing efforts to making Pokemon Go more accessible: SuperData says it's...

Defiance 2050 will unleash Mayhem and Mutiny once more in its latest event

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Defiance 2050 is re-kicking out the jams yet again with the return of the Mayhem and Mutiny event, which will pit players of the...

Global Chat: Is MMO crafting obsolete?

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Tipa over at Chasing Dings recently posed an intriguing question to her friends and readers: Does crafting have any place in the modern MMO?...

Star Citizen shows off gas cloud generators and knocks players and NPCs around

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CIG is playing around with the forces of nature in the latest episode of Star Citizen's weekly video digest. The video first opens up...
Take care.

Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we intentionally avoid

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A few weeks back, I read a Twitter thread about people who avoid specific games and types of games, and the folks chiming in...

CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson wants the company to expand further into mobile gaming and new regions

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You don't get too far in business without having aspirations, I suppose, and CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson is certainly not lacking for those...
Ultimate alt-line

Six years after planning a Steam launch, Ultima Online might finally be launching there

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Ultima Online studio Broadsword has been teasing all year that it had a big announcement coming for the game this year after publish 109,...
Lots of people, sure, why not.

PlanetSide 2 announces Shattered Warpgate content campaign

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Just a day or two ago I was chatting with an MOP commenter about how PlanetSide 2 really took off this year, getting more...
Ohhh snap.

Star Wars: The Old Republic tops Steam’s new F2P releases in July

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Is it the Force or Valve that's giving Star Wars: The Old Republic a huge bump in popularity this summer? Perhaps it's both, because...

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