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The Stream Team: Star Trek Online’s Incursion with Cryptic’s CM
Star Trek Online: Incursion is out, and it's full of trouble from other dimensions! Massively OP's MJ has already fought off The Borg from...
Star Citizen previews cargo hauling and sound design, shares Arena Commander mode schedule
It's all about space truckin' and sound design once more with Star Citizen's weekend slate of videos, as the latest Inside Star Citizen episode...
EVE Fanfest 2023: EVE players will help cure cancer with new Project Discovery minigame
Back in 2016, EVE Online developer CCP Games announced an unusual partnership with scientific research organisation MMOs and the Human Protein Atlas. They created...
EVE Fanfest 2023: EVE Online’s Havoc expansion will finally let you side with the pirates
Details of EVE Online's latest expansion have been revealed at EVE Fanfest 2023, and the word of the weekend is "chaos." The aptly named...
EVE Fanfest 2023: The EVE Online FPS is back as EVE Vanguard this December
It's safe to say that EVE Online has a complicated history with first person shooters. The idea of stepping foot on the planets of...
Global Chat: Coming around on WoW Classic’s hardcore mode
With World of Warcraft Hardcore Classic out for a month now, it's continuing to show no quarter while it captures the interest of prior...
Destiny 2 shows off the new supers coming in The Final Shape and keeps fighting crafted weapon glitches
Every expansion of Destiny 2 brings new supers to the game's three classes, but since there won't be any new element in The Final...
Massively Overthinking: Massively Overwhelming content in MMORPGs
This past weekend, I picked up my first premium house in Lord of the Rings Online after much hemming and hawing. I didn't expect...
EG7 and Daybreak: DCUO’s volatility, EverQuest’s stability, Cold Iron’s new game, LOTRO’s canceled remaster
Last night, we covered EG7's video pitch to investors, which among other things included a segment during which EG7 and Daybreak boss Ji Ham...
Destiny 2 wrestles with overpowered crafted weapons and DDoS attacks
The Guardians of Destiny 2 are generally written as powerful space wizards who wield magical abilities and unique firearms to take down galactic threats,...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO things you can just stop waiting for
Sooner or later we all have to face facts and accept that something we wanted at one point is never actually going to happen....
Star Citizen releases new Arena Commander updates, new ships, and gameplay adjustments in Alpha 3.20
Star Citizen is calling its latest alpha build "Fully Loaded," which is probably going to open CIG up to all sorts of obvious jokes...
EVE Online’s galactic mystery points players at a brand-new star system ahead of Fanfest
A tantalizing mystery in EVE Online has sent players scurrying across the in-game galaxy to uncover clues -- and a new destination. A set...
Star Wars The Old Republic concludes its cloud migration with downtime tomorrow
Star Wars The Old Republic is continuing its massive server migration to the cloud as this week the ex-BioWare team newly installed at Broadsword...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 437: The MMO moving-in blues
Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online Incursion, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, LOTRO's River Hobbit housing and the Mariner, and Elder Scrolls Online's update 40, with a podcast topic on the financial barriers to returning to MMOs.
Star Citizen confirms HDR support and what items will persist in alpha 3.20’s release
Looking to make your brights brighter and your shadows shadowier in Star Citizen? Then you'll be in luck once alpha 3.20 goes live because...
MechWarrior Online adds more legendary mechs and gear tweaks in latest update
This Tuesday, September 19th, will see the introduction of another bundle of updates to the team-based mech PvP battler MechWarrior Online, and much of...
Global Chat: How do you make a compelling new player experience in MMOs?
In a slightly older essay, Kalyriene looked at the importance of the new player experience in MMORPGs -- and why both World of Warcraft...
One Shots: Just a minute, Mom, I’m playing with my virtual dollhouse!
If playing with physical dollhouses is your entry-level and full-on interior decorating your advanced mode, then video games offer a middle ground to those...
Destiny 2 announces plans to completely remove legendary shards currency from the game
Legendary shards are one of those currencies that Destiny 2 players can either have too much of or not enough of, and that can...
