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The Stream Team: Merrily making meat hats in Return to Moria
Massively OP’s Larry and MJ have built a tavern, saved captured dwarves, defeated a dragon, opened up Moria, built many monuments, and advanced their…
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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Above Land Rhapsody, Myth War, and Delverium
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games you’ve never heard of! And if one of the titles in that list strikes familiar, then…
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Odin Valhalla Rising brings the thunder with the arrival of its Thunderbringer class
We have to admit we’re surprised that it took Odin: Valhalla Rising, a mobile MMORPG that has a whole Nordic myth aesthetic, this long to add a class…
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Fantasy sandbox Everwind gives a sneak peek of its new Arcanist starting area and claw weapons
The claw! The claw! You can hear the residents of Everwind cheering as their fondest dreams of becoming Wolverine are about to come true. Developer Enjoy…
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Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance showcases some new and returning beasties in its latest trailer
What good is having an item that ramps up your attacks if you’re not given some new enemy faces to smash into paste? Obviously the Monster Hunter Wilds…
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Large-scale multiplayer FPS Wardogs will let players host 100-person servers at early access launch
A couple of weeks ago we first reported on Wardogs, a large-scale multiplayer military FPS from developer Bulkhead that’s releasing to early access on…
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Dungeon Fighter Online opens a new high-level dungeon encounter in its latest update
Here’s hoping that you like a whole lot of raid encounter dodge-the-bad dancing in your side-scrolling beat-em-up MMO because that’s precisely what…
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Massively on the Go: Scopely sold out players for Go Fest 2026’s Go Fest Finale
If you thought the original event was a letdown, Pokemon Go’s 10th Anniversary Go Fest finale, the so-called Mega Finale, was a mega disappointment, to…
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Champions Online throws a major bash for its 17th anniversary
As we all well know, most MMOs actually are pretty lame when it comes to throwing a party for their own anniversary. “Another batch of fireworks as a…
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Bellwright takes you on a horsey ride with a trailer for its upcoming mounts update
You’d better practice your giddy ups, yeehaws, and other such noises you make in order to get a beast of burden to carry you forward because the early…
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Here’s all you need to know about Monsters & Memories early access, from costs to content to start times
With the throwback MMORPG Monsters & Memories readying to arrive to early access on Thursday, October 1st, the team at Niche Worlds Cult has made sure to…
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Wisdom of Nym: Potential melee weapons for future jobs in Final Fantasy XIV again (again)
You might be thinking that I would redo my entire column plans because we got a preview image for the next part of the Final Fantasy XIV MSQ releasing tomorrow…
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Rise of Agon’s 32-bit server shutters September 16 while its 64-bit server enters beta September 30
“One era ends, another begins.” Thus opens the newsletter from Darkfall Rise of Agon’s Toxic Rain Studios, as the devs behind the revival of…
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ArcheAge S Strait of Freedom plots a second quarter 2027 release window and gameplay preview this month
Last month was when we first heard about Kakao’s and XL Games’ plans to launch ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom, an in-development version of the…
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Camelot Unchained revamps its unpopular class XP system and cleans up movement and control
The point of having a placeholder system in a game is for it to be removed and replaced with something better later, but sometimes game devs need to have that…
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Bungie confirms that it is renting out its massive office headquarters in Washington
That headline is going to come as little surprise to those who have been watching the slow self-immolation of Bungie, but it still likely sucks to learn…
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Former Old School RuneScape developer sentenced to 150 hours community service for in-game gold theft
Crime is crime, even if it happens in an MMORPG, and it’s just as prosecutable as any other crime. This is the lesson that former Jagex developer Andrew…
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The ‘grail’ of building an MMO is a ‘worthy quest,’ Riot Games founder Marc Merrill says
Are you still holding a torch for the long-in-development Riot MMORPG? Be encouraged, because the studio is too, and it’s not shy about saying so. During…
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The Daily Grind: Are you still wary about pay-to-win MMORPGs in 2026?
Indie classic MMORPG Ryzom dropped a weird little tweet back in August that first gave me some “graphic design is my passion” vibes that next…
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MMO Week in Review: Joy of movement
A big Guild Wars 3 embargo finally dropped this week, allowing press and previewers to reveal what’s been shown and said – but still not played…
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Stick Universe is a 2-D open world MMORPG that’s hosting an open playtest
Fight monsters. Level up. PvP with your friends. Find shiny loot. All of the usual hallmarks of an open world MMORPG are here, but the major defining feature…
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The MOP Up: World of Warcraft’s doggo raises $1.3M for Habitat for Humanity
Look at what a little scamp of a dog can do — and a whole lot of player purchases, too. World of Warcraft wrapped up a promotion where it sold enough…
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BitCraft brings berry bush events, mud pit dungeons, and other new foraging activities
The most recent patch made to BitCraft Online has something players can dig. In a rather literal sense in some ways, actually, in that several new foraging and…
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Conan Exiles shares October 1 updates to terms of service and procedures for official servers
Most of the time the terms of service document is something folks gloss over in order to connect to their online game. Even so, the official servers for Conan…
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Fallout 76 tests attack pets, coming soon to a wasteland near you
While Fallout 76 has had a limited range of pets for a little while now, they’ve been grounded and kept at a player’s CAMP. That’s about to…
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One Shots: Going for the spacegold
Hey, you know what’s an MMO we don’t talk about that often? Ryzom. This was such an odd MMO even back in the day, and in the 2020s it’s…
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The Daily Grind: Is there anything you’re looking forward to during BlizzCon 2026?
This weekend, Blizzard Entertainment will once again kick off its uninterrupted tribute to itself with the start of BlizzCon 2026, and there will be things…
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Make My MMO: Stars Reach’s prospects, Squadron 42’s postponements
Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP’s long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and…
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Lineage II announces plans to launch another server ‘with its own identity and ecosystem’ September 15
Someone over at NCsoft walked over to Lineage II, tapped it solidly on its hood, and exclaimed that this baby can hold so many server types. That’s…
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Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases a new Halloween heroic and weekly repeatable content
Star Wars Galaxies was actually one of the first MMORPGs to offer randomized, repeatable content through its mission system, so you might be surprised to hear…
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The Stream Team: To the moon in Planet Crafter
Having finished terraforming her first planet, Massively OP’s MJ is ready to move on to her next challenge in Planet Crafter. Instead of trusting herself…
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LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at Siege of Mirkwood
After the huge effort that was Mines of Moria, Lord of the Rings Online’s second expansion felt like a serious downgrade in scope, features, and content…
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Ultima Online New Legacy announces October 15 release date for Season 2
If you’ve been hankerin’ for more Ultima Online: New Legacy, aka the alternative ruleset server, you were probably eagerly waiting to learn when…
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WRUP: Absolutely true facts about The Wolf edition
The Wolf has been here before your species descended from the trees and it will be here long after you are dust. The Wolf will eat your sheep. The Wolf is…
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The Daily Grind: Do you get in more MMO gaming time during the week or weekends?
At first, I almost dismissed this question as completely rhetorical. After all, doesn’t everyone have more free time during the weekends and would…
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The Stream Team: Battle to beat the bots in Billie’s Wheelie
Have you been annoyed by bots? Massively OP’s MJ has the chance to beat some bots — in a race, at least. And they are hamster bots no less!…
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Betawatch: ArcheAge Chronicles plans a network test for next weekend
It has been a tumultuous ride for fans of ArcheAge Chronicles as the game has gone through a whole lot of changes, but there is a network test coming up on…
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Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier adds a new spaceship refueler module and applies changes to various items
If you’re among those who are trying to survive in the harshness of EVE Frontier’s blockchain space, then you likely already know about changes…
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World of Tanks brings new German heavies, updated matchmaking, and prettier battlefields
World of Tanks getting more tanks added to it shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the fact that the multiplayer shooter’s latest update has brought…
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Mortal Online 2 prepares to test new Sarducaa features and highlights new support tech
If you’re enjoying the desert of Mortal Online 2’s Sarducaa region, then prepare to get even more sand in your shoes because the PvP MMORPG is…
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Black Desert opens Inner Edania on console, integrates life skill gear on PC, and adds a shared chest on mobile
It’s not every time that the console version of Black Desert gets top billing in our weekly look at recent additions, but this week it indeed does, as…
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RuneScape plans an engine upgrade, Havenhythe Part 2, and a ‘deep clean update’ this month
RuneScape is back once again with another monthly roadmap post, and this September appears to be a pretty important one for the MMORPG and for the team at…
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Project ZETA kicks off another open test this weekend with two new heroes and gameplay improvements
Over the past couple of months we’ve been keeping tabs on Project ZETA, the developing team vs. team “tactical arena” from Krafton and…
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Final Fantasy XI previews its next update with more trust power and new Ambuscade
The Final Fantasy XI team is hard at work working on letting players re-experience the story. This is a good thing, and something that was originally mentioned…
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MapleStory previews a robot-filled content update and upcoming seasonal events
MapleStory might not be the first place you would think to find mech-related content, but perhaps it’s time to change that presumption, particularly…
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World of Warcraft previews its new adventures coming in the 12.1.5 mid-point patch
One of the great things about World of Warcraft’s story is that you never have to watch a cutscene that explains how the raid fights you were just told…
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Warframe of Mind: Reacting to everything unveiled in the Iceblade of Narin preview
Man alive, I feel rotten about this. Seriously, just awful. MOP’s Chris, whom I consider a friend and also just an excellent dude in his own right, gets…
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Xbox will impose a cap on cloud gaming hours for Game Pass subscribers starting in November
With console hardware prices getting raised higher and higher, accessing titles via cloud gaming might have seemed like a reasonable and comparatively more…
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StarCraft’s website is glitching, possibly as a preamble to a big BlizzCon announcement
For years now, StarCraft has suffered neglect in the Blizzard library to the point where its memory has become somewhat of a joke. But that may all change next…
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Final Fantasy XIV offers a few more story and Beastmaster teases ahead of next week’s patch 7.56
Fans of Final Fantasy XIV are all eagerly looking forward to Evercold, in which we’ll be traveling to the Fourth… but are we even going to be…
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The Stream Team: Celebrating like true Party Animals
For her special day, Massively OP’s MJ wants a special kind of party. A Party Animals kind of party. One where she can let loose in a very floppy, fun…
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Betawatch: Stars Reach hits early access stumbles and Guild Wars 3 outlines its Kodan details
So… y’all remember last week’s intro, right? Probably you do. You have a really good memory; I admire that fact and think it’s a good…
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Vindictus adds 28th hero Lumielle, a half-elf ranger, with its newest patch
Lumielle is the newest addition to the Vindictus lineup, and she’s described as an unpretentious half-elf ranger. Why a ranger would be wearing stiletto…
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Eterspire celebrates its fifth anniversary by, why not, dusting off its old beta build for play
At this point, there’s very little that the imaginative team behind Eterspire could do to surprise us. So we’ll just nod approvingly as this quirky…
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Final Fantasy XIV celebrates its 13th birthday when the The Rising returns on August 27
For many years now, Final Fantasy XIV has celebrated its anniversary with The Rising, an in-game event that began as a chance to mourn and look back at the…
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Hytale brings Update 6 next week with a hardcore mode and network improvements
Don’t let the cute voxels fool you: Hytale is capable of savaging its playerbase when the occasion calls for it. And that occasion might well be next…
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Monsters & Memories revamps two classes, launches new dungeons, and applies multiple fixes and tweaks
Fans of the MMORPG Monsters & Memories already knew this patch was coming, particularly if they visit this here news site, but now it’s all official…
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Echoes of Elysium brings weather to your airships with its newest Tempest update
In Echoes of Elysium it may now be said that the rain, it’s plain, falls mainly on your deck, your airship is taking water, the wind is raging, batten…
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The Elder Scrolls Online revives the free trial for its subscription membership through August 27
Are you subscribed to The Elder Scrolls Online’s optional subscription, ESO Plus? If not, why not? Don’t just gesture at the past few months of…
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MMO Jukebox Song of the Week: ‘Commonlands’ from EverQuest II
I feel that EverQuest II gets overlooked a lot when it comes to MMO music discussions, and that’s a genuine shame, because there are some astounding…