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Elder Scrolls Online previews Season Zero, plus future seasons and a return to Skyrim

This afternoon, Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax Online took the wraps off of more content coming over the course of 2026, including the Night Market. Ahead of the reveal today, we attended a press event to introduce more details for the upcoming Season 0, as well as tease a bit of what’s coming beyond that in […]
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Wisdom of Nym: Evaluating the big additions of Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail thus far

One of the things that I observed ages ago about Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail expansion was that our patches were each adding one big new thing aside from what’s expected. Sure, a given patch would have the new raid (alliance or normal) and new dungeon and so forth, but in addition you get one thing. […]
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Analysts believe Fortnite’s performance isn’t the only factor in Epic Games’ latest firing round

When 1,000 developers were handed their walking papers at Epic Games, one of the first questions that come to mind is “why.” And while CEO Tim Sweeney offered some insight into the decision, professional analysis says that, unsurprisingly, it’s likely a more multi-faceted matter than just Fortnite and the Epic Games Store fumbling. Among some of the other […]
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Massively Overthinking: Is there a specific year of MMOs you’re glad you lived through?

This week’s Massively Overthinking is inspired directly by something MOP reader Zulika said last month in comments about Smed’s new MMOFPS. “More and more I am just glad past me was around to experience MMOs starting in 2000.” OK, obviously Zulika was throwing deserved shade on some of 2025’s excesses, but let’s talk about more […]
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WoW Factor: Welcome to the age of Midnight

Here’s the crazy thing: It’s October 2025, and it already feels as though World of Warcraft: The War Within is completely over at one year and one month after its launch in August 2024. Back when the Worldsoul Saga was first announced, Blizzard said that these expansions would come faster than normal — but I […]
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