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EVE Online tweaks Havoc insurgencies, preps monthly EVE Vanguard tests for subbers

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This week's EVE Online patch builds on the Havoc expansion CCP Games dropped before the turn of the new year, with both graphical and...
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Vague Patch Notes: What City of Heroes Homecoming means for the wider MMORPG industry

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As you have probably noticed from the fact that I have been writing about City of Heroes nonstop since the Homecoming server got its...
Something fell.

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v7.0

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Once again we put a wrap on another year of MMORPG news, opinions, and -- most pertinent to this column -- history. In a...

Global Chat: What’s the best Wrath of the Lich King zone?

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With Wrath Classic starting to wrap up, The Ancient Gaming Noob figured that this was the perfect time to rank the famous expansion's zones....

The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023

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This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...

The Survivalist: A toast to Conan Exiles’ new taverns, launching this week’s Age of War Chapter III

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You know that feeling when you get something you really want? Something you've been waiting for? Conan Exiles is giving that to me --...

One Shots: Soft and squishy, yet fierce and determined

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If MMORPGs, anime, and children's cartoons have taught me anything -- and really, it's where I get most of my learning these days --...

Jeffrey Butler’s metaverse MMO Avalon reveals trailer and AI-driven player content tools

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This past March we reported on the existence of Avalon, a blockchain-linked metaverse MMO from Avalon Corp, a company that has former SOE and...

Pearl Abyss Q3 2023: Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light pulled PA out of its slump

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MOP readers might recall that three months ago, the news for Pearl Abyss was looking a bit on the grim side, as the Korean...

Global Chat: EVE Vanguard has a lot to prove

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Just because you're a huge EVE Online fan doesn't mean that you're instantly rallying to the cause of CCP's EVE Vanguard. The Ancient Gaming...

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes emulator continues to improve, but it’s still in alpha

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It's been a year-plus since we last checked in with the Vanguard: Saga of Heroes rogue server project. Since it's been a while, there...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 438: EverQuest what’s next?

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Justin and Bree discuss the potential for EverQuest 3, the LOTRO remaster's cancelation, EVE Fanfest's EVE Online Havoc and EVE Vanguard reveals, WoW Classic's about-face on LFD, Pantheon's new art style, and Marvel Heroes' code leak, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Glitch Odd Giants.

Destiny 2’s The Final Shape arrives February 27, 2024, as season 22 launches today

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Bungie is pushing onward with Destiny 2's next chapter: This afternoon during its Twitch broadcast, the studio took the wraps off The Final Shape,...

The Soapbox: How Vanguard’s diplomacy system could be revived and improved

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Once upon a time there was an MMORPG called Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. It wasn't the most popular MMO, but it did cultivate a...
See, that's the joke of the name.

Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened

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Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...

Avalon is the latest blockchain metaverse project from old-school MMO devs

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I know, I know, another one of these metaverse-blockchain-Web3 startups, but this one is one that MMORPG fans will want to at least take...

Perfect Ten: 10 dead MMOs that should be revived for a second chance

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I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v6.0

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And that's a wrap on this year in history! While everyone says farewell to 2022, here at TGA we're always looking way back at...

PSO2 New Genesis launches the first portion of December’s Hellfire Vanguard update

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Want to explore a volcanic region? No? Sounds dangerous? Well then you're going to miss out on Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis' latest...
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Phantasy Star Online 2’s volcanic Stia region drops Wednesday

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No MMO is complete without the traditional Lava Zone, as we well know. Phantasy Star Online 2 must have felt the peer pressure on...

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