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MMO Burnout: Mass Effect’s Legendary Edition modernizes a classic
Most MMO players will admit to feeling the need to step away from the multiplayer genre from time to time. This seems especially true...
Vague Patch Notes: The objective truth of ‘objectivity’ in games journalism
All right, folks, real talk: Originally there was going to be a much more sober and depressing column this week, but then this week...
Star Citizen talks up the future of tractor beams while fixes for alpha 3.18 continue to inch along
Star Citizen would very much like it if people could focus on what's next for a bit as the Inside Star Citizen videos continue...
Bungie says it will ‘honor Lance Reddick’s presence through his performances yet to come’ in Destiny 2
A week ago, the world found out that actor Lance Reddick had passed away, and as we chronicled, the Destiny 2 community mobilized with...
Massively Overthinking: The times MMO developers admitted they were… wrong
Earlier in March, Jagex did the unthinkable for an MMORPG company: It admitted it was wrong about something. If you're used to the Blizzards...
Elite Dangerous delays update 15 and ‘major feature rework,’ re-opens console transfers in April
I'm afraid that while the latest Elite Dangerous missive was seemingly intended to bring players into the loop of the game's current development, it's...
Warframe ushers in 10th anniversary as devs deliver a glimpse of Soulframe
Believe it or not, it's been nearly 10 years since Warframe launched on March 25th, 2013 -- and you can best believe that Digital...
The Stream Team: A spot of endgame bounty hunts and instance running in Destiny 2
MOP's Chris is stepping back into the shoes of his worm-slinging Warlock in Destiny 2 and you're all invited! This time, he'll be picking...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best space combat?
When you get tired of your iron-plated boots being stuck to a giant gravity ball, you may yearn to take flight into the sky...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 414: EverQuesting on and on
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo IV, World of Warcraft, SWG Legends, Destiny 2, Star Citizen, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag topics on extreme MMO zones and puzzles in MMOs.
Destiny 2 actor Lance Reddick was an active player of the game right before his passing
It would be easy to assume that actors of pathos who are part of a video game's voice cast would simply get into the...
First impressions of Destiny 2’s Lightfall – through the lens of a long-lapsed player
Destiny 2 and I have a long and kind of weird history. I was along for the ride when this game first launched primarily...
CCP Games officially unveils plans for a new blockchain game set within the EVE Online universe
For many players, it was probably a matter of when EVE Online developer CCP Games would dip into the blockchain gaming space, not whether,...
Star Citizen focuses on deploying alpha 3.18.1 patch as a fix for the game’s ongoing issues
As the players and devs of Star Citizen continue to wrestle with the game's ongoing alpha 3.18 issues, new word on progress is being...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 reworks its Gyala Delve meta-event
Guild Wars 2 pushed out a patch last week that adjusted how the Gyala Delve meta-event functions and doles out rewards. Part of this...
Star Citizen discusses in-development engineer role as patch problems continue
The engineer role that was highlighted in a Road to 4.0 video is once again the talk of Star Citizen in this week's developer...
PlanetSide 2 is testing out server improvements, faction-specific abilities, and gameplay tweaks on PTS
There's a new PTS build available for PlanetSide 2 and regular players of the large-scale FPS are probably going to want to take notice...
MechWarrior Online rebrands as MWO: Legends, crams a new tier of Mech and mini battle pass into cash shop bundles
Piranha Games is heralding "a new dawn" for its giant robot battling MMO MechWarrior Online, as it rebrands the game from MWO: Solaris 7...
Destiny 2 players mourn the death of Lance Reddick, longtime voice of Commander Zavala
Just a few nights ago, my husband and I were chatting about how good Lance Reddick sounded as Commander Zavala in Destiny 2's Lightfall....
Destiny 2 begins its next exotic weapon quest and Trials of Osiris, readies Iron Banner, and tweaks Guardian ranks
Regular players of Destiny 2 are likely already familiar with some of the new content and chases applied to the game recently, but for...
