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Vindictus welcomes Master Swordsman Sou hero as it sunsets its PvP modes

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Well hello there, Vindictus - I'd say it's been a while, but actually it hasn't, as Nexon popped out several new characters in 2023...
such economy, very player

Battle of the betas: Tarisland enters second closed beta as Pax Dei kicks off Home Valley test

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What are the chances that two big MMORPGs start key testing on exactly the same 24-hour period? Well, I don't know, but it's definitely...

Tarisland unveils Phantom Necromancer class, engages pre-downloads for November 15 beta

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Remember when we supposed that the new class for Tarisland was a druid? Well, not exactly, unless of course you subscribe to the D&D...

NetEase secures new trademark for Sword of Justice, aka the wuxia MMORPG Justice Online

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Perhaps there's some market in our corner of the globe that's hungry for a wuxia-styled MMORPG, or perhaps NetEase is hungry for that western...

Tarisland’s Shadow Swordsman is the flexible poisoner who takes no prisoners

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Today is a momentous day for fans of Tarisland, as the upcoming fantasy MMO announced its Earthspirit Saga, a three-expansion storyline that kicks off...
Shovels!

Massively Overthinking: Which MMOs are memorable but not actually fun?

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Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on MMOs that are fun but not especially memorable, throwing it back to a quote from...

Swordsmen X Survival launches on Steam with Chinese as its only language while players pan the game

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If you were seeing red flags in your mind while learning of the low-key launch date announcement from The Swordsmen X: Survival, congratulations; your...

Massively Overthinking: When is localization itself the kiss of death for an imported MMORPG?

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Last week, when I was poking around the internet trying to understand why Amazon was still making excuses for de-sexualizing some Lost Ark characters...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Swordsman X Survival, Legend of Lunia, and X8

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Welcome back to MassivelyOP's random and recurring roundup of a few MMOs you've never heard of! Maybe you've heard of some of them. You're...

Whatever happened to PixArk, Ship of Fools, and Justice Online?

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Welcome back to another edition of Whatever Happened To, our intermittent roundup on MMOs and multiplayer games that have somehow slipped off our radar...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t

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A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...

Blade & Soul’s previously delayed windwalking race event gets a new release date of November 9

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Last month's Symphony of Destruction patch for Blade & Soul was meant to include a windwalking race event, but unfortunately it was cancelled because...
You're not part of the Turbo Team! Until you're part of this Turbo Team, you walk! Slowly!

Blade & Soul delays release of a Symphony of Destruction event thanks to unexplained technical issues

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One of the features due to arrive with Blade & Soul's upcoming Symphony of Destruction patch was a windwalking race event, which would presumably...

Tencent’s teased UE5 MMORPG is codenamed To Jin Yong, a Wuxia open world headed for global release

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Last week, Tencent was gearing up to unveil a new MMORPG, teasing that it would simply be an open-world title and built on Unreal...

Massively Overthinking: Bots in MMOs – but not the bad bots

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A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a provocative thread about bots - no, not those bots. Essentially, the Redditor asked whether...

Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?

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It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...

Chinese martial arts MMORPG Justice Online announces western release but it can be played via cloud gaming now

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Have you heard of Justice Online? Unless you live in China, probably not: It's a martial arts MMORPG based on a wuxia novel by...

Martial arts survivalbox The Swordsmen X Survival details planned features as it eyes a 2022 launch

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Last July, we wondered what happened to the Age of Wushu franchise, and in our digging around we came across The Swordsmen X: Survival,...

The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 pulls back the curtain on narrative design

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Guild Wars 2 Associate Narrative Director Bobby Stein has an interesting essay up about "shepherding stories" for the MMO with a focus on diverse...

Tree of Savior adds Luchador class, previews Sadhu rework and Hwarang archer

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Whatever happened to Tree of Savior? Despite the fact that the isometric MMO made it to a top ten list of MMORPGs we've already...

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