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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 4m
Tree of Savior releases a smoke-swinging Officiant class and revamps its archaeology gameplay
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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" before. So if that's the case, then kudos to Tree of Savior for…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 1h
Blue Protocol Star Resonance celebrates its first anniversary with a new season and events today
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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 year mark as of today, and that's certainly…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 1h
Marvel Rivals introduces a 12-player fight for the Infinity Stones and preps a 50-player battle against Thanos
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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 bit more closely starting this week, as its mid-season…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 2h
Sunsetted VR MMO OrbusVR is resurrected by one of the original devs as two ‘community editions’
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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 updates it was getting and the financial…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 2h
Warframe teases its upcoming one-time-only Operation: Taubound starting up on October 15
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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 operations, this one is going to be one and done. Operation:…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 3h
MMO Jukebox Song of the Week: ‘Give It Your Pest Shot’ from RuneScape
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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 serious about that. Second, it's full of interesting and…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 3h
Star Wars Galaxies Legends begins its Halloween celebration with a long list of server events
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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 event. So, so much more. As in there's…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 4h
Richard Garriott expands on his comments about getting the copyright back to Ultima in 2027
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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 reminder that he's been talking up regaining control…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 4h
Old School RuneScape’s PvP tutor added a bug that saw bosses double-killing players and wiping their gear
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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 sandbox. But what had happened instead…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 5h
Warframe of Mind: The big guide to picking a frame – Gara, Khora, Revenant
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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 point. Really! The last column was the actual…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 5h
Pax Dei promises no more expiring land tokens as it approaches its first anniversary
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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 special event, it is granting a boon that should…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 6h
Embers Adrift suffers a hardware failure – and a delivery snarl-up – that knocked it offline for nearly a week
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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 it comes to third-party services. And while…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 6h
Final Fantasy XIV brings All Saints’ Wake back once more on October 15
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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 year's installment of the game's…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 7h
World of Warcraft Forever beta continues to adjust dungeon XP and bans over 4K accounts for RMT
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World of Warcraft Forever beta continues to adjust dungeon XP and bans over 4K accounts for RMT
The fourth week of the World of Warcraft Forever beta is in full swing, with an increased level cap of 30 and the opening of the City of Dalaran dungeon. Testers no doubt are getting whiplash from…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 8h
The Daily Grind: Have you ever attempted a food recipe from your favorite MMORPG?
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The Daily Grind: Have you ever attempted a food recipe from your favorite MMORPG?
It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me that I like food. I like to cook. I like to try new dishes. I like to refine the ones I like and make them my own. And I particularly like it when…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 20h
The Stream Team: Will MJ get to live out her wolf/fish/bear transformation dreams in Dungeons and Dragons Online? Tune in at 8p EDT to find out!📺
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The Stream Team: Curing The Druid’s Curse in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Being a druid is the best! You can shapeshift into all sorts of animals! But Massively OP's MJ is not a druid, so she never thought she'd possibly have the chance to transform for a time as if she…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 21h
Massively Overthinking: What’s your preferred form of MMORPG character build system?
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Massively Overthinking: What’s your preferred form of MMORPG character build system?
I've been thinking a lot about buildcraft recently. Not because I'm trying to min-max a character in a game I'm playing, but because it struck me that there are a lot of ways for us MMORPG fans to…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 22h
Villagers & Heroes begins its next raid season October 12 that features an all-new encounter
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Villagers & Heroes begins its next raid season October 12 that features an all-new encounter
Who's ready for another raid season in Villagers & Heroes? We have to imagine there are a lot of folks who fall into that category, considering the MMORPG is going to kick off Season 13 on Monday,…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 23h
Skate’s mid-season update opens new skate parks, adds more missions, and tests proximity voice chat October 13
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Skate’s mid-season update opens new skate parks, adds more missions, and tests proximity voice chat October 13
Assuming that the next season of Skate doesn't get pushed back by a couple of weeks, the current season of the early access skateboarding playground is entering is hitting its mid-season on Tuesday,…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ARC Raiders Frozen Trail opens a new map, revamps its skill tree, and adds new weapons and enemies
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ARC Raiders Frozen Trail opens a new map, revamps its skill tree, and adds new weapons and enemies
Tying a game update to an entirely new version number usually suggests that big things have happened, and indeed that looks to be the case for ARC Raiders and its Frozen Trail update, aka the 2.0…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Red Dead Online celebrates Halloween with bonus earnings and thematic missions
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Red Dead Online celebrates Halloween with bonus earnings and thematic missions
Who's ready to face some frights in Red Dead Online? No, admittedly there's nothing actually new in the multiplayer game, but the season is still being celebrated in its own way with that old…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Black Desert introduces a new level cap and smooths its XP curve on PC, removes Frost Highlands on mobile
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Black Desert introduces a new level cap and smooths its XP curve on PC, removes Frost Highlands on mobile
Have you found the climb to max level in Black Desert's PC version just a bit too spiky after a certain point? Are you hungry for those sweet, sweet monster zone farms and more sandboxy activities,…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fractured Conquest shows off the design of its factional minions while promising more playtest information this month
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Fractured Conquest shows off the design of its factional minions while promising more playtest information this month
If you've forgotten about Fractured: Conquest recently, it's the top-down redesign of Fractured Online into a very different sort of game, and it's got another playtest coming up. When? Well, therein…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
MMO Business Roundup: Xbox is ‘back to growth,’ Kotick is on the Skydance board, and Aion 2 misses projections
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MMO Business Roundup: Xbox is ‘back to growth,’ Kotick is on the Skydance board, and Aion 2 misses projections
Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! We have got quite a bit to cover in this bundle, so we're just gonna get right on into it, if you don't mind. You don't…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anime MMO NosTale celebrates 19 years of operation with events, freebies, and a returning raid
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Anime MMO NosTale celebrates 19 years of operation with events, freebies, and a returning raid
NosTale isn't a game that pops up on our feed terribly often, but that's certainly not because the game is sitting idle. On the contrary; this week it's celebrating its 19th anniversary, and…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Guild Wars 2 tees up livestreams and events to support Extra Life charity
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Guild Wars 2 tees up livestreams and events to support Extra Life charity
Regular fans of Guild Wars 2 know by now that ArenaNet does several charitable things in support of the Extra Life charity, and 2026 is most certainly not going to be an exception as the studio has…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Vague Patch Notes: What we remember about MMORPGs overrules their past
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Vague Patch Notes: What we remember about MMORPGs overrules their past
All right, readers, let's start with a pop quiz: Tell me what you know about Final Fantasy XI. Wait, no, that's not going to work, you can't actually say anything I'll hear. Darn it, this is already…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Star Citizen’s September dev report shares work on multiple bug fixes and over a dozen internet spaceships
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Star Citizen’s September dev report shares work on multiple bug fixes and over a dozen internet spaceships
We are here once again at the start of October to look back at the development work done in September on Star Citizen. And as we often do when reading these reports, we try to find a common thread;…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
RuneScape begins beta testing plugin support, Old School RuneScape breaks down its Fractured Archive raid
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RuneScape begins beta testing plugin support, Old School RuneScape breaks down its Fractured Archive raid
While many of the old salts of RuneScape are likely still talking about the Reignited character kerfuffle, this week did indeed bring something more to the sandbox MMORPG, namely a beta test of…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dungeons and Dragons Online unleashes its Night Revels event, adds cantrips, and makes sweeping enhancement tree changes
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Dungeons and Dragons Online unleashes its Night Revels event, adds cantrips, and makes sweeping enhancement tree changes
Hold on to your d20 because this week's Dungeons and Dragons Online update is going to test all your innate resistances to fun gameplay. For starters, Update 81.4 brought back the MMO's Night Revels…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
World of Warcraft Forever shows off new PvP features and upcoming Skyborne model changes
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World of Warcraft Forever shows off new PvP features and upcoming Skyborne model changes
Remember when battlegrounds had reputations associated with them? World of Warcraft Forever remembers, and you'd sure hope they do, because the new Battle for the Darkspear Islands battleground…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Albion Online tests a wide array of changes to the Ancient Lands, dragon fights, and weapons
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Albion Online tests a wide array of changes to the Ancient Lands, dragon fights, and weapons
It's been quite some time between Patch 2 of Albion Online and Patch 3, but that's because the latter is being pretty heavily tested. This is good, considering that there appears to be a whole lot of…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Throne and Liberty transitions service from Amazon Games to NCsoft on November 10
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Throne and Liberty transitions service from Amazon Games to NCsoft on November 10
Throne and Liberty players were already aware that the MMORPG was trading hands from Amazon Games to NCsoft as part of the former's unceremonious abandonment of online games, but now we finally…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG explosion do you find particularly satisfying?
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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG explosion do you find particularly satisfying?
One of the fun things about online games is making things blow up. Actually, that's one of the fun things about video games in general. You get to make things blow up reasonably often, and that…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Stream Team: MJ is on the hunt for a really sweet looking freighter in No Man's Sky! Join her for this most noble of causes at 8p EDT!📺
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The Stream Team: Finding a freighter in No Man’s Sky
As Massively OP's MJ proceeds along the path of No Man's Sky's Our Journey Continues expedition, she will encounter each of the updates in truncated form. Currently she is still working on Phase 1…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
World of Warships and World of Warships Legends kick off Halloween events
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World of Warships and World of Warships Legends kick off Halloween events
It's getting spooky out in the seas of World of Warships and World of Warships: Legends. That's because both games have started their respective Halloween events, with thematic activities and some…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
EVE Online kicks off its Crimson Harvest Halloween event and names its CSM 21 candidates
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EVE Online kicks off its Crimson Harvest Halloween event and names its CSM 21 candidates
It's time once again for a seasonal holiday to spread across the digital galaxy of EVE Online, despite the fact that technically seasons don't work on a widely galactic scale. But then again, who…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
DC Universe Online continues its Children of Krypton story with Wrath of the Worldkillers
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DC Universe Online continues its Children of Krypton story with Wrath of the Worldkillers
This week brings a big chunk of new content for DC Universe Online, as the Wrath of the Worldkillers update has gone live as promised, bringing the next chapter of the Children of Krypton story arc,…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hackers get away with millions of Discord IDs and email addresses in ‘multi-stage’ security attack
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Hackers get away with millions of Discord IDs and email addresses in ‘multi-stage’ security attack
Folks, it's happened again: Double Counter, a third-party security service utilized by Discord, has reported that it was the target of a successful hack earlier this week, which saw the perpetrators…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Conan Exiles adds new spells and tears open rifts in the Legacy of the Giant-Kings Part Two update
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Conan Exiles adds new spells and tears open rifts in the Legacy of the Giant-Kings Part Two update
When a bunch of freaky otherworldly rifts burst open across Conan Exiles' world, who you gonna call? Whoever's rumbling around in the survival sandbox and has the skills (and likely the gear) to take…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Marvel Heroes rogue server Project TAHITI prepares new Danger Room group content
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Marvel Heroes rogue server Project TAHITI prepares new Danger Room group content
While Project TAHITI hasn't fully rebuilt Marvel Heroes' full offerings -- and they were pretty full before Gazillion collapsed all those years ago -- the rogue server is making strides in giving its…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Elder Scrolls Online puts the spotlight on changes to the Tome system
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The Elder Scrolls Online puts the spotlight on changes to the Tome system
It's possible that you haven't been playing close attention to the Tamriel Tomes system in The Elder Scrolls Online, so you might have missed some of the bigger changes to the system with the most…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lord of the Rings Online welcomes back the Halloweeny Harvestmath festival
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Lord of the Rings Online welcomes back the Halloweeny Harvestmath festival
When creepy Hobbits emerge from a cobwebbed burrow and howls drift over seemingly abandoned cornfield mazes, that's when you know that it's time for another strong dose of Harvestmath in Lord of the…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mortal Online 2 previews its first ‘Era of Refinement’ patch ahead of an October 14 PTR run
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Mortal Online 2 previews its first ‘Era of Refinement’ patch ahead of an October 14 PTR run
A couple of weeks ago, Mortal Online 2 stated its plans to begin an "Era of Refinement," aka a focus on improving several core features of the game through the remainder of this year, with smaller…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
EverQuest II kicks off its annual prelude event, EverQuest kicks off beta testing for Favors of Fortune
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EverQuest II kicks off its annual prelude event, EverQuest kicks off beta testing for Favors of Fortune
The prelude event is something of an annual tradition for EverQuest II, providing a little something to do as the sandbox MMORPG heads into its next expansion. And so it goes with this year's…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Casually Classic: Five more World of Warcraft Forever features that look amazing
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Casually Classic: Five more World of Warcraft Forever features that look amazing
Hey! It's October, and as I write this, it's exactly one month until World of Warcraft Forever launches. The discussion emerging from the beta is strong and near-inescapable, although I do try to…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ArchAge Chronicles summarizes its gameplay and confirms its early access monetization in new video
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ArchAge Chronicles summarizes its gameplay and confirms its early access monetization in new video
It would appear that ArcheAge Chronicles is extremely keen to identify itself through the medium of video uploads. Ahead of the MMORPG's PvP-focused demo next week, developer XLGames has put out a…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perfect Ten: Revisiting our last ten ‘Stormiest Future’ winners
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Perfect Ten: Revisiting our last ten ‘Stormiest Future’ winners
Here's the thing: Those of us here at Massively Overpowered know a lot about MMORPGs because we have been covering these games for years, but we are not precognitive. We cannot see the future. We…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
World of Warcraft Forever runs down the class changes for Druids, Warlocks, and Priests
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World of Warcraft Forever runs down the class changes for Druids, Warlocks, and Priests
If you haven't yet clued in to the fact that World of Warcraft Forever is going to change how its classes operate... well, maybe you just didn't hear about your preferred class yet? The newest video…
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MassivelyOP @massivelyop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
RuneScape issues apologies and promises for its Reignited characters after the reveal enrages veterans
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RuneScape issues apologies and promises for its Reignited characters after the reveal enrages veterans
What likely was intended as a big reveal from RuneScape instead kind of blew up in Jagex's face. Readers will likely recall the Reignited character reveal that was made during this year's RuneFest,…
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