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Star Wars Galaxies Legends’ latest update brings GCW changes, ability updates, and more decor items

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The latest summer update for rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends has arrived, and while it's not bringing anything particularly explosive to the game,...

The MOP Up: Witness the creation of a Dauntless behemoth

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Dauntless shared a neat video of a collaboration between its players and artists: "Back in April, many of you joined us for a community...

MMO dev Raph Koster disambiguates sandboxes, themeparks, simulation, and stagecraft

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Veteran MMO developer Raph Koster, who himself is working on a sandbox MMO couched in a metaverse, is back with another dev blog this...

PlanetSide 2 releases a ‘pre-war patch-up’ that fixes some issues for PC players

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The bug fixing patch. We all know that it's something of a staple and necessary evil for MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer gaming. Such a...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects

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Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....

DECEIVE INC is a new ’70s-spy-themed multiplayer shooter from Tripwire

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Our use of the term "deceive-em-ups" to characterize stealthy multiplayer mystery titles just got a little more confusing with the reveal of a new...

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO system you just do not understand no matter how hard you try?

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Today's Daily Grind is inspired by a blog from friend of the site Ocho over at Casual Aggro in which he chronicles his attempts...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends will let players relive the classic city-destroying Battle of Restuss on September 2

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Star Wars lore nerds are probably familiar with the Battle of Restuss, which saw Imperial and Rebel forces fight over a new technology known...

The MOP Up: Closers Online promotes from within its ranks

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Two of Closers Online's roster got a major tune-up this past week. Sylvi got promoted to a Prime Agent, while Levia joined the Fatal...

Pantheon calls Brad McQuaid’s old friend out of retirement to finish the game

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A new article over at the International Business Times put together an uplifting portrait of one significant MMORPGs that is in the works. The...
Arenatacular!

Vague Patch Notes: Novelty is a contradiction in an MMORPG genre that discourages it

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The newest member of the Big Five in the MMO space released in the west back in 2015, which was seven years ago now....

EG7 Q2 2022: Daybreak’s Jason Epstein is now chairman of the board

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Remember a year ago when the Enad Global 7 board ousted CEO and co-founder Robin Flodin and replaced him - temporarily and in an...

Perfect Ten: My memories from the 2004 World of Warcraft launch

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Back in November of 2004, I was a wide-eyed 28-year-old bachelor who had just met his future wife and was generally leery about MMOs...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 386: Lord of Lord of the Rings Online

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's mini-expansion and IP rights, Dual Universe, Mad World, Wrath Classic's prepatch, Alganon's return, and Guild Wars 2's Steam launch, with adventures in LOTRO, CoH, SWGL, and RIFT, plus a mailbag question on Ultima Online New Legacy.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO farming system is the most fun?

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I have to admit I allow myself a little self-satisfied giggle every time I see a major or minor MMORPG adding or enhancing farming...

Global Chat: When you can’t ignore the MMO meta

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As we kick off another column on recent MMO blog essays, Galactic Antics uses a recent situation in Star Wars: The Old Republic as...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 385: Dungeons & Delays

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Justin and Bree discuss NCsoft, Aion 2, Guild Wars 2, Throne & Liberty, Nightingale, Path of Exile 2, and DDO, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and RIFT, plus mailbag topics on playable pandas and MMO housekeeping.

The Daily Grind: Is the MMO genre thriving in scarcity?

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I want to talk about the MMO genre in the meta sense for a sec this morning. Every time I see another game pivot...

The MOP Up: Survival sim Grounded tames gnats and preps for launch

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Honey-I-shrunk-the-players survival sim Grounded's last big pre-launch patch arrived recently, adding gnat pets, a cookery building, and armor and weapon upgrade revamps. Grounded is...

Whatever happened to The Repopulation? (2022 Edition)

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A few weeks back, I was working on a column that includes a reference to The Repopulation, and I realized I hadn't heard anything...

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