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As the Massively crew has been at E3 along with the Joystiq crew, our update this week comes a little late. (Those of you who were at last night's meetup can understand the epicBut for those of you who are curious as to what's going on in the wide world of MMOGs both at E3 and in general, here's a quick and dirty overview of the week's events!

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: E3 edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week was again a mixed bag from around the MMOGscape. Running neck and neck with continued news (and problems) from Age of Conan, was the news from Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational in Paris about Wrath of the Lich King and the new encrypted keychains. Join us as we run down the week's hot news and views from Massively!

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: June 24-July 1, 2008 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After several days of conjecture, an evolving series of load screens, and more fanboy arguments than you can shake a mouse at, word has finally come down from on high that the newest Blizzard property will be Diablo III. With the announcement this morning, Blizzard has thrown open the floodgates with screen shots, concept art, video and more. If you're wondering about what this upcoming title has in store, check out coverage from around the network and beyond, or wander through the eye-candy goodness of the galleries!

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It's been a mixed bag in the MMOG world this week, with wide-ranging news from Age of Conan, Lord of the Rings Online, the huge DCMA takedown by Linden Lab (and the folks who got screwed) and more. Perhaps one of the biggest highlights in the Massively staff week was getting to jump into SOE's PlanetSide MMOFPS. We were able to take on regular players (and die quite a bit when large numbers of them figured out where we were) as the evil "Black Ops" faction in a wildly fun GM-run event. If you missed out on any of the headlines (or the fun) have no fear; we've got the scoop for you!

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It has been an exciting week for fans of EVE Online -- and for fans of Sci-fi MMOGs in general. First, the Sci-fi channel dropped the word that they're working on an MMO that will be combined with an unnamed-as-yet series. Now all the hungry EVE fans are finally getting to sink their teeth into new fierce Factional Warfare in the free expansion released today, The Empyrean Age. Miss out on any of the other goings on? Set your phasers on "awesome" and read on for all the latest from Massively!

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This week Massively's own co-lead Michael Zenke headed out to EA/Mythic headquarters to get the inside scoop on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. From guilds to crafting to conquering other cities, we've got all kinds of hot new information for this exciting upcoming title. Read on for the highlights of a news-packed week from Massively!

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: May 28-June 3 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week has seen news across the MMOGosphere -- Age of Conan information, lots of City of Heroes and City of Villains information on upcoming Issue 12, the skinny on APB, and exclusives in Vanguard. Of course, added to this was the not-so-small media blitz by Blizzard with both Wrath of the Lich King information as well as the news that there will indeed be a Blizzcon '08 in October. If you missed any of it, don't worry; Massively has got you covered!

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: May 6-12, 2008 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 13 May 2008 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It was a mixed bag in the MMO world this last week. We saw drama break out as the admin of EQ2Flames leveled a series of accusations at SOE, and then we heard even more rumblings about it later in the week. Elsewhere on Planet Earth, we picked up an awesome video tour of Blizzard's swank new digs. With Holidays and bad guys and even a player council in EVE, there's a little something for everyone this time.

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: March 18-24, 2008 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week not only did we get to welcome back an old-school blogger to the fold (the awesome Jennie Lees) but we immediately set her to work covering all the great news at Connect08. While there, she landed one hot piece of news right after the other, starting with the big announcement that Turbine will be publishing their first paid expansion for Lord of the Rings Online, and continuing on to land excellent news on Jumpgate Evolution and a preview on some of the new things coming to Dungeons & Dragons Online. Of course, the rest of the team has also been tearing up the coverage on the home-front with lots of great news from PMOGs to Blizzard's Invitational. Check it out!

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This week saw a glut of news on Funcom's upcoming title Age of Conan. Meanwhile from the EA/Mythic side of the house, we heard that their Q2 release, Warhammer Online has a release date that is "set in mud." (We wonder if aliens haven't taken over EA. It doesn't sound like them.) For those who have been wondering which would reign supreme, this certainly makes the race a bit more interesting. From there, we touched on everything from the legality of actions in Virtual Worlds to the potentiality of a Grand Theft Auto MMO. (Have they not seen the sexiness above that is APB?)

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: March 4-10, 2008 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week saw some fairly interesting developments in the clash between current and upcoming free-to play titles -- especially those aimed at the tween/teen generations. We've seen updates on Disney's plans to release a series of youth-targeted MMOs, Cartoon Network gave Massively's own Akela Talamasca the scoop on their upcoming title Fusion Fall, and we saw some other primarily Asian MMOs branching into the Western market. (More cel-shaded games than you can shake a stick at, really!) We also landed a hot Legends of Norrath scoop, dug up even more Champions Online news, and got the word on several upcoming events. Check it out!

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What a crazy week it was! As you already know, last week was the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, where Massively landed their share of fantastic stories as well. If you're hungry for more GDC goodness beyond all the great things you saw here on Joystiq this week, be sure to check out the full Massively GDC 08 coverage for even more news and views. And who can forget the mid-week bombshell about Cryptic's new title, Champions Online, based on the Champions tabletop RPG!

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: Feb 19 - 25, 2008 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's been a somewhat quiet week in the MMO world with many companies and devs ramping up for GDC. What news there was, we found it -- even when it involved seeing some things we really don't think were meant for most eyes. We've heard conflicting reports on NCsoft's take on Tabula Rasa and the Austin offices, we've gotten the scoop on the new Legends of Norrath online crack TCG too. And for those of you who enjoyed pen & paper RPGs, we even got word that Cryptic is creating a superhero MMO based on the Champions system! Add in all the great new exclusive Massively features like TurpsterVision, and we'd say it wasn't bad for a quiet week! This week we've got several people on the ground at GDC along with the Joystiq crew, so be sure to check in with us at Massively!

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This week was a mixed bag of news from the MMO front. We finally were notified of some forward movement on the Warhammer 40K MMO (not to be confused with Warhammer Online) and there was a rumor that filtered out that Bioware's new MMO is not a Star Wars MMO. And in even more awesome news, we're looking for MMOre to join in the fun of being a blogger for Massively! On the bad news side, Marvel Universe Online is definitely vaporware. Sorry Spidey, looks like it's back to the comic books with you -- but hey, at least they ret-conned your world back to normal!

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Looks like a fairly standard news-week for us at Massively. We had a bit of rumor, some good (and bad) news, and covered a few events. We also threw our two cents in on pretty well everything -- but that's the fun part of the job! If you missed out on anything good, click on through for the top news and views from Massively.

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: January 28 - Feb 4, 2008 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's definitely been an interesting week in the MMO news world. Massively landed the inside scoop on SOE's upcoming title The Agency while at CES, Funcom decided to push back the release of Age of Conan, Blizzard's World of Warcraft hit the 10 million subscriber mark and Valve and CCP entered into a partnership making CCP's PvP-heavy MMO EVE Online part of the Steam network. In case you missed any of the larger headlines (or great discussions) from the world of MMO gaming, we've rounded them up for you. Enjoy!

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: January 21 - 27, 2008 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While it's been a relatively quiet week news-wise, the news is starting to pick up steam again with yesterday's announcement of the pre-order boarding party for Pirates of the Burning Sea opening up. You just can't beat those large-scale naval PvP battles with friends -- or answering the question of just where the rum did in fact, go. Arr!

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It's been quite busy in the MMO world if you haven't been keeping up. Auran let their entire staff go after Fury bombed; Electric Sheep only let 1/3 of their people go; Linden Lab did something seemingly dodgy with their Chief Technical Officer. Meanwhile, Sony Online Entertainment transfered characters from test to live servers (and knew it); CCP accidentally deleted some file named Boot.ini when folks upgraded to Trinity; Perpetual is living under the spectre of a lawsuit claiming fraud. If that weren't enough, some guy in Florida is still tilting at the IGE gold-seller windmill in court and Square-Enix is doing a marvelous job of refusing to help any players whose accounts were compromised by hackers (read: gil-sellers) over the weekend. If that doesn't make you want to jump up and start singing carols (or drinking heavily spiked egg-nog) we don't know what will. Perhaps free stuff? We've got that too. Check it out!

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Despite the last week involving an American holiday and a bit of a lull while everyone slept off food-comas, there was still quite a bit of hot news from the MMO world. One of the most notable for us being the declaration that the studio in charge of Star Trek Online, Perpetual, has filed for liquidation -- and that STO is being picked up by someone else. If you're curious, read on for a recap of the last week on Massively.

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This week was indeed a truly massive week for us over at Massively. We finished up the last of our Massive Giveaways, ushered in some new games, uncovered some surprising iterations of older games, and had a lot of fun in our multiverses. For those of you who haven't popped by in the last week, here are just some of the highlights!

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JoystiqMassively Week in Review: November 12 - 19th, 2007 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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