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Massively OP Podcast Episode 415: Don’t go into the Lightfall

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's update 36, Destiny 2's Lightfall, CCP's blockchain game, DDO's promo, Ship of Heroes on Steam, and the return of Alganon, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus a pair of mailbag topics on AI tech in MMOs.

Derek Smart posts video for impending return of 14-year-old MMORPG Alganon

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The story of Alganon has not always been a pretty one, as we've covered as far back as 2010, when a row started between...

End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2023

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You know how some people like to push this narrative that "MMOs are dying?" If that was actually true, then my job to round...
Pay to lose.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that went through complete technical clownshows

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I've gone on record multiple times to state that when you get right down to it, MMOs look pretty darn complicated. There are a...

World of Warcraft Classic reconsiders earlier proposed changes to Wrath’s Ulduar raid

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The devs and community council members of WoW Classic addressed several matters related to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion earlier in...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 386: Lord of Lord of the Rings Online

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's mini-expansion and IP rights, Dual Universe, Mad World, Wrath Classic's prepatch, Alganon's return, and Guild Wars 2's Steam launch, with adventures in LOTRO, CoH, SWGL, and RIFT, plus a mailbag question on Ultima Online New Legacy.

Derek Smart promises Alganon is returning in the coming months, but in a staggered invite-only release

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Just yesterday we reported on fresh news out of the long-dormant Alganon, pointing out that the game's website came back online, while the game's...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft

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The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
Skeletons vs. tigers is an underappreciated genre.

Alganon’s website is back as Derek Smart explains the relaunch is coming very soon

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Those who had long doubted if Alganon was ever coming back are now invited to eat crow, as it has... a website once again!...
Rimshot.

Alganon’s Twitter account posts that Alganon is coming back

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If you've forgotten about Alganon, well, we don't entirely blame you. The game has been having a bit of a lie-down for a while now;...

Whatever happened to Derek Smart’s Alganon?

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Sit right back and I'll tell you a tale -- a tale of the most amazing MMORPG that took a trip to the convenience...

The MOP Up: Ultima Online plays Santa and hands out gifts

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Ultima Online is really into gift giving this season, so head in and get yours before they're all gobbled up: "We wish to offer...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that would actually benefit from a Classic server

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Here's the thing about having a classic server for a lot of MMORPGs: It doesn't actually do much. In order for a classic server...
Rimshot.

Derek Smart on the dormant Alganon: ‘It will be back. I promise.’

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If you think you've endured long server maintenance and downtime on a game, you have nothing on Alganon's playerbase. These loyal adventurers saw their...
I still love you, robot.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 211: Carrying the Torchlight

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Justin and Bree deep-dive Torchlight Frontiers and discuss Path of Exile's Synthesis, the great LOTRO and DDO outage of 2019, the impending end of Kritika Online and the Foundry system in Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, Guild Wars 2's warclaw, Alganon, and a mailbag topic about housing in MMOs.

Derek Smart says he’s working on partnership deals to revivify 2009 MMORPG Alganon

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A year and change ago, we covered the strange case of MMO Alganon, and now it's back in the news. We've been covering the game...
What you are chasing and will not get.

Perfect Ten: Why trend-chasing doesn’t work at all for online games

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Video games have always been a remarkably insular field; that's the nature of development. Someone produces Super Mario Bros, and a few years later...
Stabby stabby

Massively OP Podcast Episode 156: Downfalls and uprisings

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Justin and Bree discuss MMO and MOBA sunsets, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Alganon, DDO, Star Citizen, and Blade & Soul, plus a bit about Ultima Online and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on Guild Wars 2's classes and the state of MMO communities.
Alganon

Alganon has been offline for two months, is now owned by Derek Smart’s 3000AD

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Nine years ago on Massively-that-was, we began covering the MMORPG known as Alganon - you'll recall it as a bit of a World of...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: A list of all the MMORPGs I supposedly hate

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Did you know about all the MMOs I hate? I sure as heck didn't! I mean, I knew there were a few games I...

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