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Ashes of Creation snaps up another Daybreak dev, this time from H1Z1 Just Survive

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Daybreak's loss is Ashes of Creation's gain. Again. Intrepid Studio's habit of roping in former developers from SOE and Daybreak continues, as former H1Z1: Just...
Why must life be so hard?

Leaderboard: Will you be playing PlanetSide Arena?

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Last month, Daybreak officially revealed its first truly new game in several years: PlanetSide Arena, a large-scale battle royale title set in the venerable...

The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2018

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We can't do an accurate "most popular MMORPG articles of 2018 by pageviews" list as we usually do thanks to skewed data from MOP's extensive...
Yarr, cut out all carbs, got much lighter.

Global Chat: How do we fight early access disasters?

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With the year in MMOs ending on a sour note due to the botched rollouts of both Fallout 76 and Atlas, blogger Endgame Variable...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 203: New year, same old loot

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Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris team up for an end-of-the-year roundtable to recap our massive annual awards rollout, our holiday gaming fun, and the Atlas launch.

The Stream Team: Sending 2018 off with a Seasons Greedings bang in DC Universe Online

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Villainy does not take a break for the holidays! Oh no, dastardly deeds continue unabated -- or even increase! Massively OP's MJ won't stand...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Schlag meme of the year

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards conclude today with our blooper award for Schlag meme of the year. This is one of my favorite awards of the year. As our our regulars surely know, Schlag Sweetleaf is our resident comment section Master of the Meme, who crafts everything from weird to gross to hilarious gifs for big stories. He's amazing. Giving him his own award every year is the least we can do!

Daybreak found another 6000 $300 lifetime subs to sell, somehow

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A week before Christmas, Daybreak announced that it was selling a $300 lifetime sub for its current stable of MMORPGs: a new version of...
Oh, right, you.

Vague Patch Notes: The complexity of classic preservation for MMOs

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Here's a fun question to kick things off. Should old black-and-white films be colorized? The key word there is "old," because there are a...
Oops.

Star Wars Galaxies emulator plans Carrie Fisher tribute event on December 27

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When Carrie Fisher died two years ago this month, I actually sat in my car and cried. This is not something I normally do,...

PlanetSide Arena explores its trio of classes, sells $20 special edition

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When PlanetSide Arena arrives later next month, Daybreak hopes that players will flock to the battle royale shooter and latch on to one of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 202: The all-mailbag show

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Justin and Bree pore over the mail bag to answer questions on WoW, the state of MOP, future columns, favorite MMO music, MMO communities, lockbox RNG, MMO sunsets, open dungeons, and LitRPG.

The best Massively OP streams of 2018

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Massively OP's long-running Stream Team, unquestionably captained by MJ and her sidekicks Larry and Andrew, got a welcome surprise this year: Our newest writer, Chris...

Jukebox Heroes: More MMO Christmas tunes

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Merry Christmas everyone! As you hunker down for family time, presents, eggnog, or simply a quiet day off and some gaming time, chances are...

Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Most vindicating story

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Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today with our blooper award for Most vindicating story. And the winner is...
This was once controversial!

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0

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While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...

Hands-on: Dipping into Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse battle royale

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The first question we need to ask is: What am I, the sheepiest of all PvE sheep, doing in a PvP battle royale game?...

Battle Bards Episode 134: Halloween and Christmas

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It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! And, er, Halloween! Well, the Battle Bards were never much for subtlety, so you must excuse...

Leaderboard: What was the best mobile MMO of 2018?

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While 2017 was a big year for mobile, 2018 was even bigger, as more and more MMORPG companies, from CCP Games and NCsoft to...

EverQuesting: Why I’m hesitant to jump on Daybreak’s lifetime membership deal bandwagon

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Well there's something I wasn't expecting, and I admit it: I am not really sure what to think about it. Daybreak just jumped on...

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