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Happy New Year to all the uplifting things in MMOs, 2023 edition
Last night, we offered up our traditional list of all the reasons we can’t have nice things in the MMO genre and digitally roasted them in our New Year’s Eve bonfire. Not really, though. We need those...
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Albion Online elaborates on territory mechanic changes coming with the...
Albion Online continues to feverishly bang the hype drum for its upcoming Crystal Raiders update. Following a tweet that referenced territory changes related to energy storage, Sandbox Interactive has...
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World of Tanks forecasts new gameplay, new and returning events, and refined...
Most games put out roadmaps or developer blog posts to look forward to the coming year’s worth of content, but not World of Tanks – they have a video editing team and a copyrighted music budget, and by...
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End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2024 and beyond
We’ve said it before, but this time we really mean it: The future of MMORPGs looks amazing. Contrary to years when we’ve seen only a handful of longshot projects in development, 2024 suggests a field...
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Mortal Online II starts polling players on this year’s development roadmap
While most MMO studios set a vision internally and lay that vision out through a year-long roadmap, Mortal Online 2 is doing things a little bit different. Star Vault is putting the game’s future...
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Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are still just games you rent
When I was a teenager, I accidentally stole a few games from a video rental place. You might wonder how you accidentally steal something, but it turns out that it’s actually remarkably simple: Amidst...
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Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2023
If preserving MMORPGs is your jam, 2023 was not a great year. The one nice thing I can say about it is that we didn’t lose too many massive MMOs, which isn’t always a given, but the list of sunsets is...
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MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest thing MMO gamers did to...
We’re continuing our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP’s weirdest MMORPG stories of the year! Coming in at #3 on our list is… Leaking more military secrets For the last couple of years, we’ve been...
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Albion Online previews the Crystal Weapons arriving with Crystal Raiders
Have you found yourself going through your swords in Albion Online only to throw them to the ground in disgust as you proclaim that all of these swords are so disappointingly finite, when what you want...
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MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest Thing an MMO Company...
We’re finishing out our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP’s weirdest MMORPG stories of the year! Coming in at #1 on our list is… Literally a Can of Spinach I know people are convinced that we’re...
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Timezones and compensation cause Mortal Online 2 to count free sub time a day...
Considering the length of time it has taken for Mortal Online 2 to get to this point, we’d agree it would be easy to forget that access to the gankbox MMORPG was always going to require a 30-day...
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Albion Online brings the guild battle thunder with new GvG mechanics in...
Raiding a crystal sounds like either a boring proposition or at the least the plot line of a JRPG, but in the case of Albion Online’s titular new update out today, it’s about guilds raiding the...
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Guild Wars 2’s next world vs world restructuring beta is scheduled to begin...
The attempt by ArenaNet to restructure WvW PvP in Guild Wars 2 – an effort that was first announced in 2018 – is set to continue forward into the new year. The WvW mode’s next world restructuring beta...
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Anvil Empires discusses seasons, weather, points of interest, and its next...
Siege Camp is continuing to keep interested players informed of where things are going with its persistent war MMO Anvil Empires, as its eighth developer blog throws a light over several features the...
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Warhaven’s latest patch delivers 12v12 battle map, Welcome to Hangar
The second pre-season of the early access PvP battler Warhaven is continuing to rumble forth with more new goodies for players to get in to, specifically an all-new 12 vs. 12 map to battle on: Welcome...
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Massively Overthinking: The 2023 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
This might be one of the most important Massively Overthinkings we do all year, and it’s a pretty salty one. We always come away from our awards season having picked out some of the worst imbroglios...
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Temtem closes its competitive esports tournament and associated Showdown...
Allow us a moment to recap events before diving in to the headline above because this one is going to need some context. Last June, the creature capturing MMO Temtem announced the release of a...
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Hi-Rez just officially announced SMITE 2, soft-launching into beta this year...
Have you ever wanted to play SMITE but with better graphics, improved matchmaking, and more modes and special events? Well, soon you can! Except it will not be an overhaul of SMITE itself: Today,...
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Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s winter seasonal event has its...
Seasonal events and festivals are just about standard fare in MMOs these days. You’d probably be hard-pressed to find a game that didn’t include one for at least either the winter or spooky season. For...
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Hi-Rez teases SMITE Year 11’s conquest map updates, new god, and ‘big balance...
While the majority of Hi-Rez’s attention is fixed on SMITE sequel SMITE 2, there are still things planned for the original game’s Year 11 update, most of which was sprinkled through its Twitter...
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