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Diablo III Season 30 reruns the Lords of Hell theme on January 12
Regular players of Diablo III were likely already aware that Season 30 would begin de facto maintenance mode as the OARPG would begin re-running past seasonal themes by then. We now all know just when...
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Not So Massively: Stormgate isn’t delivering a revolution (yet)
Stormgate’s marketing is laser-focused on studio Frost Giant’s plan to deliver an “RTS revolution.” With StarCraft II still popular but slowly waning as it languishes in maintenance mode, the genre...
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Massively Overthinking: When the original MMO is better than the sequel
A few weeks ago, two lovely gamers I follow on Bluesky were discussing how let down they felt by Diablo IV, less because Diablo IV is particularly bad and more because Diablo III is really good and...
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Emmy-winning composer Russell Brower talks about making Tarisland’s soundtrack
Whatever concerns or qualms you might have about Tencent’s upcoming Tarisland, the soundtrack shouldn’t be one of them. That’s because the game signed on legendary World of Warcraft composer Russell...
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Not So Massively: Last Epoch is a potential gem in dire need of polishing
Originally Kickstarted in 2018, Last Epoch has been in early access on Steam for about five years, but the developers at Eleventh Hour Games have now finally decided the game is ready and released...
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Diablo IV arrives to Game Pass subscribers, Diablo III reruns Forbidden...
This week brought the marquee event that supporters of Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar buyout of Activision-Blizzard were likely eager for: Diablo IV is now available for Game Pass subscribers,...
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Rumor: Bungie is (or at least was?) supposedly working on Destiny 3
According to reporting on multiple websites this morning, Bungie wasn’t just blowing hot air during yesterday’s The Final Shape stream when the studio’s Luke Smith vowed the team had big plans for the...
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Diablo IV boss discusses whether season 4 constitutes a whole new game
If I had a nickel for every time a game dev or a gamer insisted that a patch to a game constituted a whole new game, well I’d be rich enough I wouldn’t need this job anymore. Diablo IV’s Rod Fergusson...
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World of Warcraft general manager John Hight leaves Blizzard ‘to explore new...
The World of Warcraft team and Blizzard at large has seen another one of its long-standing senior devs leave the company. After 12 years, general manager John Hight announced on Twitter that he’s...
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Global Chat: FFXIV rides out on the Dawntrail
The blogosphere is buzzing about the recent release of FFXIV: Dawntrail, including The Nosy Gamer, who provided some first thoughts and impressions of this expansion. “The devs decided to show off the...
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Diablo III’s next season will retread the Shades of the Nephalim mechanic...
The reruns that make up Diablo III’s seasons are continuing forth, as Season 33 will reintroduce players of the OARPG to the Shades of the Nephalim mechanic when it arrives on Friday, October 25th. In...
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Vitae Aeternum: How to fix New World Aeternum’s endgame with rewards and...
New World is currently enjoying an influx of new players following the Aeternum update, but historically New World‘s struggle has not been attracting players – it’s keeping them. In my last Vitae...
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Diablo III reruns the Light’s Calling theme for its Season 34 starting...
Thematically speaking, fighting the legions of Hell with the power of divine light kind of makes sense, even if a world like Sanctuary sees demons get blown up by things like crossbows. But we’re...
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Diablo III abruptly delayed Season 34’s rollout by a week over scheduling issues
Call it the War of the Diablos: Blizzard abruptly announced that it’s delaying the start of Diablo III’s new season this weekend because it’s afraid that Diablo IV’s new season might steal its thunder....
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Diablo III’s rerun of the Light’s Calling for Season 34 releases following...
Diablo III fans who were ready to relive the Light’s Calling theme for the OARPG’s Season 34 had to sit and wait for a week because Blizzard didn’t want Diablo IV’s new season to step on its toes. Now...
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Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs (and MMO-adjacent games) you can play on Nintendo Switch...
In our family, there’s an ongoing joke that I was the one who got the Nintendo Switch as a birthday present a few years back, yet it’s my children who exclusively play it. It’s been quite a good...
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One Shots: Clean up on aisle everything
If you came here hoping to find beauty and wonder encapsulated in a single picture, look away, for Minimalistway is bringing you nothing but an unholy mess that I, for one, am not going to clean up....
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 509: Lord of the Transfers
Justin and Bree discuss the LOTRO transfer mess, the return of APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth, Throne and Liberty's Wilds of Talandre, Guild Wars 2's Repentance, Elder Scrolls Online's Fallen Banners,...
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Not So Massively: Has the OARPG genre left me behind?
For some time now I’ve been thinking that I really want to sink my teeth into a new Diablo-style action RPG. I crave the satisfaction that can only come from mowing down hordes of monsters in...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 514: Elder Seasons Online
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, Classic Guild Wars, LOTRO, abd Defiance, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Diablo III, plus a mailbag topic on advice for MMO sequels.
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