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Vague Patch Notes: Understanding what you understand in MMOs

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One of the most dangerous and yet often-used phrases to say to anyone when it comes to pretty much any media is to claim...

Massively Overthinking: MMOs that suck in interesting ways

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This week's Massively Overthinking is entirely inspired by a fantastic argument made by YouTuber on Bluesky. Iron Pineapple declared that "a good game can...
It's less of a secret now.

Star Anvil opens $50K Kickstarter for its third Secret World tabletop RPG

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No, Funcom hasn't made any big moves on The Secret World MMORPG franchise lately and didn't even rouse itself to celebrate the game's 12th...
Sort of?

Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with creative idea hooks

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There's so much blatant -- and lazy! -- copying in the world of entertainment and arts that anything novel is to be cherished. I've...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 502: Chronicling all the non-combat content in MMOs

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Justin and Bree host the first MMO theme show of 2025 with a deep-dive into the wide range of non-combat content in our genre, plus adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Stars Reach, and Aloft.

Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?

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So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...

Craig Morrison’s new studio is taking test signups for that ‘horse mystery’ MMORPG

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Readers might recall that way back in July of last year, former Funcom and Blizzard luminary Craig Morrison announced he was studio director of...

MMO Hype Train: Could 2025 be the Year of Dune Awakening?

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I'm going to lay out my cards on the table because I think that honesty is germane to what we'll be talking about today:...

End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond

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As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG launched the best event of 2024?

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I'm well aware that this is going to be a hard Daily Grind to answer because it used to be an award, and it...
It's less of a secret now.

The Secret World TTRPG group is working on a North American expansion book

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Way back in 2021, Funcom officially gave its blessing to a player-run studio that wanted to build a Secret World tabletop RPG. In 2022,...

Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024

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I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....
Pay to lose.

Perfect Ten: Lessons from unsuccessful MMORPGs that I wish designers would learn

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I have been writing about this genre for far too long now and seen far too many games with genuinely good elements completely fail...

MMO Hype Train: Into the Echo and the wish for a time travel MMO

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Are there any MMO projects that you suspect only you remember and care about -- but everyone else has forgotten? I feel that way...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you feel is spinning its wheels these days?

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When we think of MMOs that have stalled out or are spinning their wheels doing a lot of nothing in particular, often our minds...

Massively Overthinking: How long should it take to level to endgame in MMORPGs?

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Right after New World's Aeternum launched, we did a piece looking into how the game was faring - and one complaint I saw over...

One Shots: Waiting for a friend in Star Citizen

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You've bought your $14,000 starship, spent countless days rearranging everything just so, and managed to stay on top of the torrent of word salad...

Vitae Aeternum: New World Aeternum’s open beta build is actually pretty good – but will it be enough?

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Starting this Friday, Amazon Games will be running an open beta test for New World's soft relaunch as Aeternum. Before then, the studio offered...

One Shots: Save the teddy bear, save the world

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In any other MMO, a child's teddy bear is usually nothing more than a sign of innocence or an environmental storytelling cue. In The...
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Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024

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We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...

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