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EverQuest II celebrates 18 years with the return of Heroes’ Festival and a free dinosaur mount
I don't know how many people reading this story are aware, but it's just bad etiquette to throw a party and not have a...
The Stream Team: A quick hop into PlanetSide 2 before its world record attempt
Tomorrow, November 5th, PlanetSide 2 will be trying to one-up its world record attempt, which seems like as good a reason as any to...
PlanetSide 2 celebrates 10th anniversary with double XP and concurrency record attempt
Rogue Planet Games is marking 10 years of PlanetSide 2 in a couple of ways. There's the upcoming November update, an attempt to break...
Perfect Ten: 10 great reasons to revisit older MMORPGs
When one MMO dies, it forces us to look at the rest of the bunch through the sunglasses of mortality. The finite nature of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 395: The grandma who stole Halloween
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Dragonflight prepatch, New World's fresh start, Ashes of Creation, Secret World's community mess, and AQ3D's Elvira event, with adventures in WoW, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes.
Choose My Adventure: Running face-first into the brick wall that is Neocron
It's not often an MMO makes me ragequit, but hoo baby did I ever do that with Neocron.
I'll digest on why I think I...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO conspiracy?
You probably don't know this about me, but one of my hobby subjects is pseudoscience and conspiracies and why people fall for them. I've...
Global Chat: Are you an MMO lone wolf even though you’ve tried to be social?
A recent post over at Words Under My Name resonated as the author shared how, despite multiple efforts to be social in MMOPGs, sooner...
The Game Archaeologist: The radically different design of early EverQuest II
Sometimes it's all about timing -- both good and bad -- when it comes to MMORPG releases. EverQuest II may go down as the...
PlanetSide 2 aims to beat its Guinness World Record for online FPS battle concurrency
In 1951, after getting into an argument during a shooting party, Sir Hugh Beaver (then managing director of the Guinness Breweries) realized that there...
The Daily Grind: What are the least compelling housing systems in MMOs, and what’s their problem?
I am a huge fan of housing in MMOs, but I've long since learned that just having housing is not nearly enough to attract...
Massively Overthinking: Do you have a love/hate relationship with specific MMO content?
This week's Massively Overthinking is inspired by one of Justin's Daily Grinds, ironically. It was the one about the best online card game you've...
DC Universe Online brings new missions, raids, and gear with the Sins of Black Adam update
In case the returning Secrets of Khandaq Time Capsule wasn't enough Black Adam in your DC Universe Online diet, today's Sins of Black Adam...
The Stream Team: Need more Nights of the Dead in EverQuest II
One of the yearly Halloween staples for Massively OP's MJ was EverQuest II's Nights of the Dead. However, she missed it last year and...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer realistic MMO mounts or pocket mounts?
On the MOP podcast back in September, we answered a question from listener Sergio about neat MMO features with a long-running history in the...
One Shots: Let us tell you a fairy tale…
Just the other day I was musing about how EverQuest II feels like a forgotten MMO -- and I guess I was heard because...
DC Universe Online brings back the Secrets of Khandaq Time Capsule
Next week will see the Sins of Black Adam storyline arrive in DC Universe Online, but maybe you just can't wait that long for...
PlanetSide 2 releases an Outfit Wars postmortem, teases November anniversary update
While we're just finishing up the end of October, PlanetSide 2 developer Rogue Planet Games is both looking ahead to the rest of this...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO haunted houses to explore – if you dare….
Happy Halloween! Or if you prefer, Happy Scare-Related Holidays featuring the Stylings of Ed Casbar and His Electric Teeth. It'd be the best of...
Magic Online has made its formal move to Daybreak Game Company
One of the longest-running Magic the Gathering video games jumped ship this week to come under the command of Daybreak. Magic Online officially made...
