Massively OP Podcast

In the lull between conventions, Larry and Justin turn their attention to a hodge-podge of MMO industry news. On the show today, the duo discuss WildStar's F2P patch, Funcom for sale, Darkfall's soft wipe, and the umpteenth iteration of Hellgate: London.

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• Adventures in MMOs: WildStar, SWTOR
• News: WildStar starts testing F2P patch
• News: Funcom is for sale
• News: Darkfall performs soft wipe on gear
• News: Guild Wars 2 reveals Revenant elite spec
• News: Neverwinter releases Strongholds
• News: Hellgate, the VR game

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Hellgate London
• Your show hosts: Larry and Justin
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Today on the podcast we have a very special guest, Project Gorgon Lead Developer Eric Heimburg. Heimburg brings us up to speed on the game's successful Kickstarter campaign and takes us behind the scenes of building an indie MMO. We also have the new World of Warcraft expansion reveals discuss, so it's going to be a busy show!

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Show notes:

• Interview with Project Gorgon's Eric Heimburg
• Gamescom 2015: World of Warcraft hits 5.6 mil, announces expansion

• Podcast theme: "Overture" from Project Gorgon
• Your show hosts: Justin and Eliot
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What will the new World of Warcraft expansion be? We won't find out until later this week, but podcasters Bree and Justin have no shortage of speculation as to what it may be -- and how it might help the free-falling fantasy MMO.

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, Trove, Project Gorgon
• News: WoW expansion announcement incoming
• News: Trove gives out freebies
• News: DDO update 27
• News: NCsoft quarterly report
• News: Neverwinter's Strongholds
• Mailbag: Emotional investment in MMOs
• Mailbag: How is Massively OP doing?

• Podcast theme: "Totems of the Grizzlemaw" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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What will the MMO industry do now that John Smedley isn't part of the day-to-day business? Bree and Justin deal with the fallout of this bombshell announcement before going on to talk about SWTOR's new race, Project Gorgon's crowdfunding revival, a touching DAoC tribute, and more.

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: SWTOR, Marvel Heroes
• News: John Smedley is no longer Daybreak's CEO
• News: Project Gorgon's third Kickstarter campaign
• News: Guild Wars 2 reveals Tempest elite spec
• News: DAoC's tribute to a sick boy
• News: SWTOR brings in the Togrutas
• News: WildStar plans stat refactoring
• Mailbag: Prestiging in Marvel Heroes
• Mailbag: Playing Marvel Heroes characters you don't like
• Mailbag: Lag in Marvel Heroes

• Podcast theme: "Secret Garden -- The Rap" from Dark Age of Camelot
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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It's the circle of MMOs: even as one game dies, another is born. And so it went this past week, with RaiderZ heading out even as Trove and Skyforge waves hello. In addition to all of this, the podcast team attempts to unravel all of the vitriol and infodumps concerning Star Citizen. That should fill up the hour, right?

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• Adventures in MMOs: SWTOR, WildStar, Trove, Marvel Heroes
• News: Trove launches
• News: Skyforge starts early access
• News: Star Citizen responds to criticism
• News: RaiderZ gets shutdown notice
• News: SWTOR spills flashpoint/operations details for expansion
• News: What's coming to The Secret World?
• Mailbag: Warlords of Draenor anger

• Podcast theme: "Electricity" from Trove
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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Has Blizzard lost its passion for World of Warcraft? What's going on with RIFT these days? Are there any third gender options in MMOs? And how much patience does MOP have for studios' tendency to do weasley "soft launches?" It's questions like these that need answers, and these two podcasters have been drafted to deal with them. It's a sizzling show of hard words and high tea!

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, Final Fantasy XIV
• News: RIFT 3.3 will have planar crafting, housing goodies
• News: WoW's incredibly short patch cycle
• News: Cabal 2 launches
• News: Skyforge soft launch alert
• News: TERA's new update, class
• Mailbag: Marvel Heroes hero pick recommendations
• Mailbag: Nikki!
• Mailbag: Third gender characters

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• Podcast theme: "A Savage Beauty" from TERA
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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In today's action-packed episode, we go over Heavensward impressions, the reveal of Devilian, the new World of Warcraft patch, Anarchy Online's visual makeover, and TWO other things! Two!

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

Show notes:

• Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward impressions
• News: Trion imports Devilian
• News: World of Warcraft patch 6.2 lands
• News: Anarchy Online upgrades its graphics engine
• News: A look ahead to WildStar's fall update, Chinese beta
• News: PlanetSide 2 launches on PS4, hits snags

• Podcast theme: "Heroic Moments Theme" from Final Fantasy XIV
• Your show hosts: Justin and Eliot
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We've got MJ on the show to give us a super-special E3 after-action report! Also in this week's episode, Heavensward's launch, Guild Wars 2 expansion marketing errors, and SWTOR expansion details.

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, The Secret World, Ark, ArcheAge
• E3: Guild Wars 2's guild halls!
• E3: The convention got huge this year for MMOs
• E3: Shroud of the Avatar and Burstball
• E3: Torchlight Mobile
• E3: Teasers and hints
• News: Guild Wars 2 botches pre-purchase announcement
• News: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward launches
• News: SWTOR expansion details

• Podcast theme: "Dungeon Boss Theme" from Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
• Your show hosts: Justin, MJ
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Crazy news week leads to crazy talk on today's podcast, as Justin and Bree talk about Elder Scrolls Online's console launch, SWTOR's expansion reveal, the return of flying to World of Warcraft, and more!

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, WildStar
• News: Elder Scrolls Online has a rough console launch
• News: Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire announced
• News: World of Warcraft brings back flying after all
• News: Cabal II coming July 2nd
• News: Starfighter, Das Tal fail to fund
• Mailbag: Unnecessary complexity in MMOs
• Mailbag: What could Turbine do with a new MMO?

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• Podcast theme: "Wolf at the Gates" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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When one game falls, another one rises... or is it the other way around? Today on the podcast, Justin and Bree talk about the unfortunate demise of a superhero MOBA and what that means for the "genre." Happily, there's a lot of positive news to cover as well that may indicate that 2015 is on the rise even so!

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, WildStar, The Secret World
• News: Heroes of the Storm launches while Infinite Crisis shuts down
• News: Marvel Heroes anniversary bash
• News: TERA getting a new PvE server
• News: EQ Next development shift
• News: Release dates for Trove and PS2 PS4 launch
• News: Aion's upheaval is coming
• Mailbag: Game metrics
• Mailbag: Down with rags-to-riches!

• Podcast theme: "This Fight is Mine" from Infinite Crisis
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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