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Jeff Kaplan discusses indie dev, his post-Overwatch life, and fixing Legend of California’s busted ladders
We don’t see Jeff Kaplan out there much these days. That’s perhaps to be expected, considering he’s busy working on the self-described…
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MMO Jukebox Song of the Week: ‘Kimberly Battleon Song’ from AdventureQuest 3D
As I start to go alphabetically through key MMORPGs and their soundtracks, we’re going to start things with this absolutely metal track from…
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Ultima Online announces the launch of New Legacy Season 2
Do you want to explore Ultima Online with the proper skills of a Trinsic paladin? Do you want to walk around sporting family heirlooms as you explore the land?…
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Black Desert celebrates the Halloween season on PC and console with new and continuing events
The creepies and crawlies are wriggling their way across Black Desert this week, as the sandbox MMORPG is offering up some Halloween fun for the PC and console…
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UK tribunal examining Rockstar’s alleged union busting is extended into mid-November
This past September, we heard about plans for a final hearing between Rockstar and fired developers in the Glasgow Employment Tribunal, which was set to wrap…
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Warframe of Mind: Devouring the moon as the Taubound operation commences
Ah, here we are with the big Warframe event leading to Tau. It’s going to be a one-time-only thing! That’s really cool! Of course, I also wonder…
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Final Fantasy XIV shares the times for its Japan Fan Festival livestreams
Final Fantasy XIV fans are at the home stretch of the MMORPG’s Fan Festival broadcasts. That’s because on Friday, October 30th, and Saturday…
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‘It is clear that we missed the mark on this’: RuneScape halts its Reignited character plan
Ever since RuneScape unveiled the Reignited character type at RuneFest, the game’s devs have been on the back foot, facing veteran player pushback and…
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The Elder Scrolls Online invites players to go it alone with the solo dungeons arriving in Season 2
Players have been soloing dungeons in The Elder Scrolls Online for ages, but as a general rule that isn’t the intentional way to play the game. But what…
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World of Warcraft Forever shares plans for its PvP experiences and a slow roll of gear upgrades
PvP changes are incoming for World of Warcraft Forever, which isn’t a real surprise considering that the game is changing a lot of fundamental elements…
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The Daily Grind: What is the one MMO fashion faux pas you always judge other players for?
I’m going to open by saying that style is subjective and fashion is a personal choice, especially in MMORPGs, and there’s truly no harm if you like…
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The Stream Team: Killing 10 rats in Project Gorgon
After her attempt to explore the cave under the red crystal in Project: Gorgon failed spectacularly (curse you slimes!), Massively OP’s MJ backpeddling…
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Massively Overthinking: What does your perfect MMORPG endgame look like?
Tyler’s recent WoW Factor piece about delves has spawned this week’s question. If you hadn’t read it yet (and you should), he basically…
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Cozy critter catching MMO World of Slime adds new regions and monsters in a demo update
It’s not every day that a demo gets a content update, but that’s just what’s happening with World of Slime, the cute and cozy 2-D creature…
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The Division 2 brings lunatic enemies and Halloween goodies in its Red Moon Unleashed event
Generally, characters in The Division 2 wear masks to protect themselves from toxic agents and manmade diseases. But now that the Halloween season is arriving…
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Old School RuneScape discusses November quest rewards and new gathering efficiencies
This week in Old School RuneScape is kind of thin in terms of content, considering next week will bring the Fractured Archive raid. Even so, there’s…
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Star Citizen provides a closer look at the Constellation Mk V and updates to the Constellation Mk IV line
Perhaps you’ve been renting out the new ship that’s on the way to Star Citizen thanks to the RSI Discovery Month update. In that case, you probably…
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Elite Dangerous wants crime to actually pay for players with its December Law and Disorder update
Last month saw Elite Dangerous take the wraps off of its major update for December, which promised a wide range of changes to the game’s crime system to…
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Mortal Online 2 puts its first Era of Refinement patch up on the test server
It’s always a good thing when you are looking at a test server patch and you see a line that says there are so many huge changes that it’s entirely…
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World of Warcraft Forever clocks over a million characters created in the beta so far
With a week to go before World of Warcraft Forever’s beta spins down and the true preparations for launch gear up, there’s one thing that’s…
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DC Universe Online beta tests a feature that unshackles high-level players from instance scaling
One of the more fun moments in comic books is the point when the superheroic character breaks into a new realm of power to defeat their foes. However, if…
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Neverness to Everness adds a rockin’ new character, a half-year anniversary, and a special quest October 21
Anime fans of a particular vintage are probably going to be punted backwards in time by Neverness to Everness, as the multiplayer gacha RPG is revving up the…
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Vague Patch Notes: The business models of MMO expansion bundling
Here’s an interesting thing to consider, at least to me – while we don’t know much about World of Warcraft’s next expansion just yet…
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Survivalbox RPG Enshrouded launches into its glorious 1.0 release
I’ve lost count of the number of friends and people on social media I’ve seen saying that they were champing at the bit to dive into Enshrouded 1.0…
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Richard Garriott claims that Shroud of the Avatar has no bugs whatsoever thanks to AI tools
We now have proof positive that Shroud of the Avatar’s wide-reaching major update was put together with AI, and that Richard Garriott is indeed all about…
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PSA: Dungeons & Dragons Online is offering a free code full of character, item, and expansion unlocks
The fact that Dungeons & Dragons Online is handing out free stuff via a code isn’t necessarily new, as the MMORPG has done this a few times before…
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City of Heroes: Homecoming hosts the Players Choice Awards for Architect Entertainment arcs
Any dedicated player of City of Heroes: Homecoming knows that there are many arcs in Architect Entertainment which are there for farming or leveling. This is…
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League of Legends Classic is effectively calling it quits after just three months of operation
Apparently, there just wasn’t that much of an appetite to relive the old League of Legends. After Riot Games announced the release of a classic mode for…
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World of Warcraft Forever previews the new dungeons coming with its launch
Guess how many new dungeons are going to be in World of Warcraft Forever when it launches? One? Nope! Two? Still too low. Four hundred? No, that’s……
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The Daily Grind: Would you crowdfund an MMO now?
Back in the day, I got a fair amount of side-eye for generally being down on the idea of crowdfunded MMOs. I was assured by many, many people that these were…
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Extraction OARPG Vaultbreakers launches a demo, announces Square Enix publishing deal
Last year was when we started reporting on Vaultbreakers, a PvPvE extraction OARPG, though technically we’ve been reporting on the game for even longer…
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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Ultiro, Rise of the Pirates, and Estium Online
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games you’ve never heard of! Today, we’ve got some mostly old school-styled…
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Corepunk continues to tweak its open world war, quests, combat, and UI
Admittedly, the early access MMOARPG Corepunk hasn’t really made what one might consider particularly splashy updates. That said, the devs at Artificial…
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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s Q&A continues with answers about monetization, scope, and AI tools
Last week, we summarized a sometimes prickly Q&A session between the fans and the developers of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. As promised, the answers…
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Allods Online opens the Oasis of Yolicztl region in its most recent update
Earlier this week during our Daily Grind session about choosing three MMOs, one of our readers had wondered aloud if Allods Online is still running. The answer…
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Ubisoft’s latest round of layoffs shuts down another studio and cuts into Skull and Bones staff
It looks like Ubisoft’s continued re-molding into its Creative Houses model is resulting in further job cuts for the studios under its umbrella. The…
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Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Update 82: The Court of Strahd brings a new limited-time event
Dark and seasonably appropriate machinations are afoot in Dungeons and Dragons Online, as Update 82: The Court of Strahd arrives today with a sinister new…
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Project TAHITI’s ‘biggest update ever’ brings new modes, balance changes, and Doomsday event to Marvel Heroes
Marvel Heroes rogue server Project TAHITI has been talking up its major update for a few days now, but the biggest talk possible is now available for players…
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World of Warcraft Forever schedules a ‘server slam’ stress test for next week
Feeling that itch of curiosity when it comes to World of Warcraft Forever but you don’t want to buy into the beta? You should be able to play it for free…
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Funcom confirms new layoffs and the stepping down of its CEO as it focuses on Conan Exiles and Dune Awakening
We sure hope you like Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening a bunch because those two games appear to be the only things that Funcom is going to zero in on. The…
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World of Warcraft Forever dives deep into the Rogue, Warlock, Mage, and Shaman
Have you decided on a main yet in World of Warcraft Forever? For the indecisive, there are four more deep dives that Blizzard posted this week to go into the…
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WRUP: Rejected ideas I have put forth for making our site feel appropriately Halloween-ish edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about what Halloween decorations we'd…
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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite way to chill in an MMORPG?
Not every game session in an MMO needs to be high-impact and high-intensity. Sometimes it’s the end of the day, and you simply want to chill. Relaxing…
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The Stream Team: Making Mogloween mayhem in AdventureQuest 3D
It’s the most wonderful time of the year again — it’s Mogloween time! Massively OP’s MJ revels in the spooky season, and AQ3D has much…
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Betawatch: ArcheAge Chronicles talks monetization as World of Warcraft Forever continues to test
I’m going to be honest, any interest I may have had in ArcheAge Chronicles was taken out behind the chemical shed and isn’t coming back after the…
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Hearthstone offers a close look at its all-encompassing journey journal
You would be forgiven for believing that firing up Hearthstone and playing is how you experience the digital card game’s expansions. Evidently, you would…
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BitCraft Online focuses on quality-of-life for quest tracking, resources, and UI in latest patch
BitCraft Online has taken the wise decision to not necessarily focus on adding anything new and splashy and instead adjust the things in-game already with its…
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Tree of Savior releases a smoke-swinging Officiant class and revamps its archaeology gameplay
I’m not going to do an awful lot of research on this, but I don’t think that there’s ever been an MMO class named “Officiant”…
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Blue Protocol Star Resonance celebrates its first anniversary with a new season and events today
While its release hasn’t necessarily lit the MMO world on fire, the fact of the matter is that Blue Protocol Star Resonance has indeed crested the one…
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Marvel Rivals introduces a 12-player fight for the Infinity Stones and preps a 50-player battle against Thanos
While we don’t really focus too hard on Marvel Rivals too much since it’s primarily a small-team PvP shooter, we’re definitely watching it a…
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Sunsetted VR MMO OrbusVR is resurrected by one of the original devs as two ‘community editions’
Last year, we reported on the sunset of the charming looking VR MMORPG OrbusVR, and while its closure may not have been a surprise considering the trickle of…
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Warframe teases its upcoming one-time-only Operation: Taubound starting up on October 15
In December, Warframe is heading to Tau. But before that, we’re getting a whole operation about the journey there… and unlike many other…
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MMO Jukebox Song of the Week: ‘Give It Your Pest Shot’ from RuneScape
Three things you need to know about RuneScape’s soundtrack. First, it’s one of the largest and most diverse OSTs out there, and I’m totally…
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Star Wars Galaxies Legends begins its Halloween celebration with a long list of server events
Star Wars Galaxies Legends fans were already well aware of the Galactic Moon Festival that was beginning today, but now they know even more about the Halloween…
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Richard Garriott expands on his comments about getting the copyright back to Ultima in 2027
Here is your regular reminder that Richard Garriott has been to space. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, there’s also the less-regular…
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Old School RuneScape’s PvP tutor added a bug that saw bosses double-killing players and wiping their gear
Yesterday, we reported on a pretty helpful-sounding feature added to Old School RuneScape: an NPC whose sole purpose was to show people the ropse of PvP in the…
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Warframe of Mind: The big guide to picking a frame – Gara, Khora, Revenant
All right. So this week’s installment of the ongoing big Warframe frame guide is a big deal, because at this point I am officially past the halfway…
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Pax Dei promises no more expiring land tokens as it approaches its first anniversary
Pax Dei players are eating good right now as the game heads into its first anniversary. And even though the studio doesn’t have the time to make a…
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Embers Adrift suffers a hardware failure – and a delivery snarl-up – that knocked it offline for nearly a week
Even if it’s a niche product within our niche gaming sphere, you still have to feel bad for Embers Adrift and its apparent bouts of random bad luck when…
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Final Fantasy XIV brings All Saints’ Wake back once more on October 15
If you have long been sad that Final Fantasy XIV does not let you dress up as a purple-and-green ragged teddy bear monster, you will be happy to know that this…