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One Shots: Purple haze
Blocky and stylized though it may be, World of Warcraft's visuals represent impressive work by artists who pull every trick out of their bags to...
Nexus Telegraph: WildStar takes on Halloween with Shade’s Eve
While I can't decide if Halloween is my favorite real-life holiday (it's close, no matter what), I have no doubt that the spooky ooky...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite tale from the olden days of MMOs?
I have a notoriously poor memory for anything that happened more than five years ago. I might not have even been alive, for as...
Elite dev blog talks CQC, player factions, and more
Space sim Elite: Dangerous released a couple of beta builds focused on its close quarters combat (CQC) gameplay this week. Producer Michael Brookes says...
DUST 514 kicks off a new event in celebration of the Amarr
A big lore shake-up occurred in the EVE Online universe when Empress Jamyl Sarum was killed while traveling. That has an impact on one...
SWTOR outlines its 4.0 Smuggler and Agent changes
Do you like shooting things and being stealthy in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Me too. And today's BioWare dev blog is for us,...
The Daily Grind: How might VR reshape the MMOscape?
Oculus Connect 2, a VR conference hosted by the folks behind Oculus, is set for just a few weeks from now. You probably didn't know...
Massively Overthinking: NCsoft’s western autumn
This week's Massively Overthinking is brought to you by a guildie of mine named Onyx, who donated to our Kickstarter campaign in this tier...
Star Trek Online releases the finale of the Iconian war
It's all over now. After years of building up the Iconian threat in Star Trek Online, the story arc is concluding in this final...
Otherland opens its early access doors today
Does Otherland hold potential to be an immersive MMO? Fans today will get to find out as the title opens up its early access testing...
Destiny sold 6.3 million copies its first month
How successful was Destiny's September 2014 launch? Pretty successful, by most measuring sticks. Bungie moved 6.3 million copies of its sci-fantasy shooter in the first...
SWTOR is changing operations in Fallen Empire
Yesterday we found out that BioWare is changing Star Wars: The Old Republic's conquest system with next month's Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion....
Star Citizen changes forum permissions to combat harassment
Star Citizen is cracking down on forum abuse by instituting a new set of restrictions that went into effect yesterday.
CIG changed permissions so that...
Global Chat: Money prison
What kind of prison charges you money to stay there? An MMO prison, obviously!
The Ancient Gaming Noob has a few insightful words to say...
Battle Bards podcast features percussion-heavy MMO music
You may or may not know that MOP's Justin is involved in a second podcast after this site's weekly show. Twice a month, he...
SWTOR is changing conquests in its Fallen Empire expansion
When the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion hits Star Wars: The Old Republic next month, conquests will look a bit different. BioWare community...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 29: Pathfinder fading
Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, Ultima Online, Little Healer, Pathfinder, WildStar F2P, ESO's Imperial City, EQ Next's playtest, and the people in the magic box.
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior changes aren’t bad
It's been two weeks since I visited Star Wars: The Old Republic in this column, and it's clear that two weeks is far too long...
Destiny 2 would have come out this month; instead, we get update 2.0
Here's an interesting peek into an alternate history: Destiny 2 was originally slated to come out in September 2015.
This harkens back to Bungie's original plan...
The Repopulation closes a test server to prepare for a hardcore shard
It's both an ending and a new beginning: The Repopulation is closing down one of its test servers today, but this is being done to...
