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Ultima Online’s publish 95 introduces December crafting festival and holiday rewards

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Ultima Online's publish 95 is live this week in the 19-year-old MMORPG. The headline features are the Artisan Festival and holiday rewards, which aren't...

The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 2

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We're back with our second part of an interview retrospective of Mythic Entertainment's early online games with CSE's Mark Jacobs. Last week, we talked...

Massively Overthinking: The many ‘NGE’ moments across MMORPG history

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Eleven years ago this week, the New Game Enhancements patch descended on Star Wars Galaxies, forever changing the trajectory of the game, SOE, and...

The MOP Up: Amazon Game Studios’ community tools (November 6, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Ultima Online rolls out Halloween, with PU95’s artisan festival next week

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Halloween has arrived in Ultima Online, but the big news for the classic sandbox MMO is the patch arriving next week. Publish 95 is...
Well, I'll take it, but I won't pay much for it.

Crowfall on its player-driven economy as inspired by classic MMORPGs

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If you've been keeping an eye on Crowfall's recent crafting updates and are wondering how exactly everything fits together in the PvP-centric MMORPG, then...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever memorialized one of your MMORPG characters?

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I got misty-eyed in my Ultima Online video last week when during the tour of a true elder game, I visited a memorial to...
I HAVE TO RENEW MY HOUSE COME ON

The Daily Grind: What made you try out your first MMORPG?

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For today's Daily Grind, I'm not asking which MMO you played first, and I'm not asking about your formative experiences. I'm asking why you came...

Working As Intended: A tour of 19-year-old Ultima Online

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Wanna feel old? Three years ago, I wrote a Second Wind piece for Massively-that-was on Ultima Online, which had recently been turned over to Broadsword...
SWTOR

Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do

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No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs

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Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...

Battle Bards Episode 84: Ultima

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Need a podcast with a world sampler? Look no further than this episode, where co-hosts from the USA, Switzerland, and New Zealand join forces...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for Amazon’s New World

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The announcement of a new sandbox MMORPG last week -- New World, by none other than Amazon Game Studios itself -- has had both...

The MOP Up: The Black Death’s knights vs. outlaws (October 2, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
All right. We have figured this out now.

The Daily Grind: Is there an old MMO trend that’s never coming back?

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Massively OP commenter BalsBigBrother made a joke the other day about wanting me to stream Ultima Online, and I replied that the game is...

Ultima Online turns 19 years old this weekend, grants cash shop currency to veteran players

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Nineteen years ago this weekend, Ultima Online launched into the world, a creaky sandbox that even its own developers did not fully realize would...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs auction off or delete the possessions of banned players?

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One of the oddities revealed during RuneScape's RuneFest over the weekend is the fact that Jagex plans to auction off the in-game possessions of...

Perfect Ten: Comparing Druids across MMORPGs

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If I asked you what a Mage is in an MMORPG, what would you say? Some cloth-wearing gal who lugs around a long staff and flings...

The Game Archaeologist: The silent world of Tibia

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If I were to tell you that there's a Western MMO out there that's as old as Ultima Online and yet still has a...

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