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EverQuest’s Phinigel progression server moves forward

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Thirteen years after initially launching to EverQuest's playerbase, the Omens of War expansion is getting another opportunity for a big splash. Yesterday, EverQuest's Phinigel progression...

Global Chat: Not that impressed by Destiny 2

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Destiny 2's recent PC beta certainly brought out curious players in droves, and MMO bloggers couldn't help but share their opinions on this next...

Storybricks CEO shares early EverQuest Next proposal documents

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It has been a while since the dust settled on late, lamentable EverQuest Next, and even longer since the sandbox MMORPG acquired and then...
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Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore

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In which we discuss varying levels of MMO lore effort and Eliot admits he doesn't remember the names of Pac-Man's ghosties.
How do I start to say goodbye.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 135: PAX in the P.M.

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Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss PAX West, Secret World Legends, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, WoW, ArcheAge, and WildStar, plus a mailbag question on Destiny and raiding.
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PAX West 2017: A closer look at H1Z1 King of the Kill’s combat practice

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If you've been away from H1Z1 for a long time, you need to known that Daybreak's been making it easier to get back into...
So long, farewell.

EverQuest II fan news site EQ2Wire is closing its doors

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If you've been even remotely active online about EverQuest II over the past nine years, you probably know EQ2Wire. It's been a long-running and...

The Game Archaeologist: Climax’s Warhammer Online

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Let's begin with a little personal history. Back in 2008, I decided to get into the blogging scene by jumping on board the latest...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West

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PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio’s finances worry you the most right now?

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During this week's MOP podcast, Justin and I remarked on Funcom's spectacular 2017 financial showing, particularly in light of the fact that its numbers were...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that changed their names

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Names and titles fascinate me. While sometimes they have no deeper meaning than to sound pleasant and be memorable, a label can indicate purpose,...
I'm so disappointed in what we've done with robots.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes 10M sold

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This year's online juggernaut is not, surprisingly enough, anything made by Valve, Blizzard, or Riot, but instead one stemmed from the mind of a...

PAX West 2017: Dual Universe demos its persistent, seamless, sandbox universe

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If you were hoping that another title would pick up the idea of a voxel world and run with it, you're getting your wish....

Daybreak wants H1Z1’s focus on fast-paced action to set it apart from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

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Matches in H1Z1: King of the Kill are about to get faster, according to Daybreak's latest roadmap for the game. "Our vision is for...

Ultima Online suspends housing decay, placement during 20th anniversary month due to Harvey

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During this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I wondered whether any MMORPGs with ongoing in-game costs and timers might disable them because of...

Let’s go moon mining in EVE Online’s newly announced expansion, Lifeblood

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Happy September, EVE Online. Howsabout an expansion? You got it: CCP has just announced Lifeblood, launching October 24th. "As new technologies for resource acquisition emerge...

Massively Overthinking: Female characters and gender-locked classes in MMOs

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One of the reasons I gravitated to and stick by the MMORPG genre in spite of its many ups and downs (oh, so many...
You could also do what DCUO does, wherein there's no crossplay anywhere, everyone is off in their own little world, and also you are made by Daybreak and are completely terrible and no one should play you ever.

DC Universe Online introduces the new water powerset

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For far too long, heroes and villains in DC Universe Online who wished to harness the power of water have had to make do...

EverQuesting: Guide to EverQuest II’s Days of Summer reward event

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Did you hear about EverQuest II multi-month Days of Summer reward event? If so, lucky you! Here is an event that was launched with...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories

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Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...

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