Massively OP Podcast

Bree is the world's biggest vampire and Star Trek fan! This and other dubious "facts" are what you'll discover on this week's show, as the podcast crew talks about CCP's White Wolf sale, several major game updates, and something called "post-purchase rationalization."

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• News: CCP sells White Wolf to Paradox
• News: Star Trek Online has a New Dawn
• News: LOTRO releases Update 17
• News: Marvel Heroes adds Blade
• Mailbag: Minimum viable products
• Mailbag: Spaced out MMOs and social ecosystem

• Podcast theme: World of Darkness 2010 trailer theme
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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What happens when not one, but two major MMO expansions drop on the same week? The world goes insane and players freak out in a good way. Also, it gives the podcasters plenty to talk about! This week Larry and Justin discuss the launches of Heart of Thorns and Knights of the Fallen Empire with a dash of Halloween tossed in for flavor.

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: WildStar, Star Trek Online, SWTOR
• News: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns' launch
• News: SWTOR: Knights of the Fallen Empire early access
• News: MMO Halloween is here
• News: EVE Vegas 2015
• News: ArcheAge nixes blockades

• Podcast theme: "Peace, The Jedi Consular" from SWTOR
• Your show hosts: Larry and Justin
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It was a largely upbeat week for the MMO industry, and the Massively OP podcasting team is back to bring you the good word. New games? More content? Massive rollbacks? Studio independence? We have it all this week!

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• Adventures in MMOs: RuneScape, SWTOR, WildStar, Guild Wars 2, meet up with guildies
• News: Marvel Heroes 2016 rebranding and initiatives
• News: Black Desert Online confirms early 2016 launch
• News: Nexon and NCsoft part ways
• News: World of Warcraft brings back valor
• News: Wakfu's fubar
• Mailbag: Expensive expansion
• Mailbag: MMO accessibility

• Podcast theme: "Holey High Forest" from Wakfu
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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On today's show we have a very special guest: the creator of the upcoming Ascent: The Space Game, James Hicks. Hicks has been crafting an ambitious space sandbox and opens up to us on the show about the technical challenges and how this gives him insight into what else might be going on in the industry (Star Citizen, anyone?).

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• Adventures in MMOs: Wurm Online, Ultima Online, WildStar
• Interview with Ascent's James Hicks
• News: What's Daybreak working on?
• News: Elite's Xbox One, CQC launch
• News: RIFT updates to 3.4
• News: Funcom continues financial struggle

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Ascent
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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WildStar's free-to-play launch began this past week, and the podcasters are in the thick of this wild and wooly mess. On today's show, they talk about what could've been done different, the upcoming demise of an MMO that nobody played, and a controversial SWTOR feature that's coming with the expansion.

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• Adventures in MMOs: SWTOR, Ultima Online, Project Gorgon
• News: WildStar's free-to-play launch stumbles hard
• News: SWTOR and level sync
• News: Dragon's Prophet closing in NA
• News: EverQuest and EverQuest II expansion info
• News: Camelot Unchained beta test incoming
• Mailbag: Quarterbacking development
• Mailbag: Crowfall and whale sales

• Podcast theme: "Granok Theme" from WildStar
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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What is this madness? Just when the MMO industry appears to have turned its back on expansions in favor for a "faster release cadence" or what have you, studios are bringing them back with a vengeance. Today on the podcast, Bree and Justin talk expansions, patches that are pretty much expansions, and even more expansions!

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: SWTOR, Divilian, WildStar, Ultima Online
• News: Return of the expansion (EQ, EQII, EVE)
• News: RIFT previews Patch 3.4
• News: Ultima Online's 18th birthday, expansion launch date
• News: Camelot Unchained will have 30 classes
• News: ArchLord 2 goes kaput
• News: Guild Wars 2 reveals trailer, Druid, Scrapper
• Mailbag: Guild Wars 2 and expansion worry
• Mailbag: Thoughts on gambling

• Podcast theme: "Buccaneer's Den" from Ultima Online
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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This week Justin and Bree talk about the painful subject of when MMOs go dark for extended downtime and technical issues. Of course, there's a plenty that's going strong, such as Elite's great sales, Otherland's early access, and RIFT's brand-new calling.

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: SWTOR, WildStar, Ultima Online
• News: ArcheAge goes offline three days for 2.0 and server merges
• News: Asheron's Call returns after two-week absence
• News: Otherland starts early access
• News: Elite Dangerous sells a lot, preps Xbox release
• News: Guild Wars 2's event bombs
• News: RIFT previews Primalist calling
• Mailbag: Our thoughts on early access

• Podcast theme: "Andromeda" from Elite Dangerous
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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When an MMO studio virtually closes overnight, what can that mean for the game in question? This week, Bree and Justin tackle the sad news of Pathfinder Online, WildStar's free-to-play date, and a possible new MMO studio!

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: WildStar, Ultima Online, Little Healer
• News: Pathfinder lays off almost its whole staff
• News: WildStar F2P coming this month
• News: World of Warships gets a launch date
• News: Elder Scrolls Online opens Imperial City
• News: New possible MMO studio, QC Games
• News: EverQuest Next has big internal playtest
• Discussion: Taking MMOs for granted

• Podcast theme: "Chua Theme" from WildStar
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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This week the news has been dominated by the last great convention of the summer, PAX Prime, and the podcast team has their hands full with the flood of new information. What are the biggest takeaways from this year's show? Find out in this episode!

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: WildStar, Guild Wars 2
• News: Guild Wars 2 anniversary, expansion launch date, free-to-play core game
• News: Trion announces Atlas Reactor
• News: The Secret World gets single-player spin-off game
• News: SWTOR talks expansion companions
• News: Marvel Heroes brings out War Machine and Carnage
• Mailbag: Why don't we talk about ESO?
• Mailbag: Theme music and recording dates
• Mailbag: Guild Wars 2 expansion

• Podcast theme: "The Vigil Goes to War" from Guild Wars 2
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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What is John Smedley up to? That's the question of the hour, as Bree and Justin speculate on the news that the former Daybreak president has started up his own company. Other topics in today's show include BIG NUMBERS from two MMOs, a prison server that you must pay for, and a superhero game that's letting you walk on the bad side.

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• News: PAX this week! Stay tuned...
• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Project Gorgon
• News: John Smedley starts his own company
• News: Big numbers: FFXIV's five million and Trove's one million
• News: EverQuest II's prison server
• News: Champions Online's villain mode
• News: Touring houses in Revival
• Mailbag: NCsoft's upcoming winner
• Mailbag: Good MMO, bad visuals

• Podcast theme: "A New Hope" from Final Fantasy XIV
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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