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Massively OP Podcast Episode 256: Queens, vikings, and vampires

Justin, Bree, and Sam are on about MMO PvP this week, discussing all things New World, Albion Online, Elder Scrolls Online, ArcheAge, and Magic Legends, plus adventures in MMOs including…
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2020-01-21 22:00
Today

Grab a Conqueror’s Blade paladin armor set key from MY.GAMES and MOP

You folks remember MY.GAMES’ MMO Conqueror’s Blade – it’s the “medieval free-to-play tactical MMO” with 15v15 battles against other players, warlord customization, a player-driven ecosystem with resources and trade, and…
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2020-01-21 21:30

Dual Universe shows off new piloting updates coming to Alpha 3

Dual Universe’s upcoming January Alpha 3 test keeps on showing off features. This time, it’s all about piloting control, which will be seeing a number of new updates once the…
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2020-01-21 21:00

Choose My Adventure: Villagers & Heroes on mobile feels like a true themepark MMO (for better or worse)

Choose My Mobile Adventure has changed locales from the Black Desert on over to the world of Villagers & Heroes, a game that has sat firmly on my “meaning to…
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2020-01-21 20:30

The Stream Team: Working with AQ3D’s werewolves

As Massively OP’s MJ had guessed, the rescue missions in AQ3D’s Darkovia were much more than the mayor tried to let on. The vampire wedding went well, albeit with a…
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2020-01-21 19:55

Neverwinter’s Infernal Descent tabletop-inspired adventure is live on PC today

PWE and Cryptic have dropped some pretties for PC MMO fans today with the arrival of the Infernal Descent update in Neverwinter, this one tying into the Baldur’s Gate: Descent…
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2020-01-21 19:30

Harrowstorm hits the Elder Scrolls Online PTS with new housing and PvP queueing drama

As promised, Harrowstorm – the first DLC headed to The Elder Scrolls Online in 2020 – landed on the public test server alongside update 25, and it’s packed full of…
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2020-01-21 19:00

Daybreak formally announces the new substudios for PlanetSide, EverQuest, and DCUO

Last year was riddled with rumors coming out of Daybreak Game Company, as last summer the once-glorious MMORPG company registered multiple websites and trademarks for Darkpaw Games, Rogue Planet Games, and Golden Age Studios,…
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2020-01-21 18:26

Lawful Neutral: Examining the ArcheAge class action lawsuit – and what it means for gamers

Gamers threaten lawsuits a lot. Most of the time they threaten lawsuits over things that aren’t really something they can sue over, usually due to misunderstanding what some legal concepts…
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2020-01-21 18:00

RuneScape previews upcoming War’s Retreat PvM hub, hires former WildStar dev Mike Donatelli

Care to beat up some bosses for shinies? That sounds like the usual gameplay loop for nearly every MMORPG ever, but the new War’s Retreat hub coming to RuneScape is…
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2020-01-21 17:30

Chronicles of Elyria dev blog’s ‘mood piece’ turns out to be ‘photobashed stock art’

The idea of a mood board, which collects a variety of images from various sources to bring inspiration, isn’t exactly a foreign one. Perhaps that’s what Chronicles of Elyria was…
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2020-01-21 17:00

Albion Online hot-fixes a Hideout issue while acknowledging issues with the Battle for Caerleon event

Every big patch has some issues, and Albion Online’s Queen update, which landed yesterday, was no exception. It turned out that Hideouts were getting completed instantly and not being made vulnerable…
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2020-01-21 16:30

UK NHS director calls out lootboxes as ‘under the radar’ gambling

As much as the developers who make lockboxes would probably like for the random packs of items to start slipping back under the radar, that keeps not happening. A new…
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2020-01-21 16:00

Nexon exec Jon Jelinek reminisces about WildStar and World of Warcraft

Previous web designer on World of Warcraft and executive producer on WildStar (and now Nexon OC general manager) Jon Jelinek recently sat down for an hour-and-a-half interview with The Listening…
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2020-01-21 15:30

The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio had the best communication in 2019?

I am in the weird position lately of finding that my favorite live MMOs are not necessarily made by my favorite studios. I find this a frustrating side-effect of this…
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2020-01-21 14:00

The Stream Team: Celebrating the Year of the Skritt in Guild Wars 2

It’s Lunar New Year time in Guild Wars 2, and Massively OP’s MJ is eager to join the celebration. That may or may not have anything to do with the…
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2020-01-21 01:55

Monster Hunter World announces plans for PC and console version parity

Considering the wide gulf between Iceborne’s release on consoles versus PC, it was maybe easy to assume that PC players of Monster Hunter World were considered third-string. That gulf looks…
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2020-01-21 01:00

Bless Unleashed previews its PvE-centric Sentinels Union

Previously, we all got a look at the Union system and the crafting-minded Artisans’ Society in Bless Unleashed. Now, we’ve got a look at the Sentinels, the PvE Union dedicated…
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2020-01-21 00:00
Yesterday

City of Titans makes a small but significant change to the Avatar Builder UI

What difference can a slider bar possibly make? A pretty good one in the case of City of Titans, which showed off a tweak to the Avatar Builder UI earlier…
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2020-01-20 23:00

Guardians of Ember is sunsetting once again as Gameforge and Runewaker drop contract

Do you folks remember a few years ago when Guardians of Ember launched? It was an isometric hack-and-slash MMO built by Runewaker (you know it from Runes of Magic), whose…
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2020-01-20 22:00

Star Trek Online previews its new anniversary ship, the hybrid Khitomer Alliance Battlecruiser

The newest anniversary ship for Star Trek Online is not a Klingon ship. It is also not a Federation ship. It is, instead, the first hybrid design between the KDF…
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2020-01-20 21:00

Star Citizen recounts development progress made in November and December

The end of 2019 was a loaded one for Star Citizen, with many of the fruits of that labor available in the latest alpha version. There’s been a lot more…
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2020-01-20 20:30

Star Wars: The Old Republic brings the Alderaan Stronghold back to the test server

The opportunity to test out the fanciest new house in Star Wars: The Old Republic is back once again as the devs have brought the Alderaan Stronghold back to PTS…
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2020-01-20 20:00

Wisdom of Nym: Gunblades across Final Fantasy XIV

I think we can all agree that the explanation given for where the name “gunblade” comes from in Final Fantasy XIV is very silly, as is the idea that “gunblade”…
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2020-01-20 19:00

Rumor: Star Trek Online may be selling some lockbox ships in the regular store

If you have ever played Star Trek Online, you are no doubt familiar with the occasional flashing messages that so-and-so just won some mega-awesome ship from a lockbox. Such notices…
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2020-01-20 18:30

Not So Massively: Magic: Legends isn’t at all what I expected – it’s better

When we first got word of an MMO in the setting of Magic: The Gathering years ago, a Diablo-style ARPG probably isn’t what anyone had in mind, but that is…
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2020-01-20 18:00

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden calls out Silicon Valley game devs as ‘creeps’

It would appear that US presidential hopeful and former vice president Joe Biden has an unkind view of most Silicon Valley tech companies and video game developers. An interview with…
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2020-01-20 17:30

Last Oasis takes a cheeky jab at New World’s PvP about-face

The woodpunk survival sandbox MMO Last Oasis saw a hot iron and decided to strike. With the furor that’s still raging over New World’s decision to tone down its FFA…
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2020-01-20 16:30

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