This post originally appeared on Massively from Editor-in-Chief Brianna Royce. At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO story last week, you've come to the right post.

Time to brush up on your Greek! Elite: Dangerous' gamma phase launched last week, marking the last test phase before launch on December 16th. Backers can jump in and play now, but for those who are late to the buying party, there's a solo mode to check out in the meantime. Massively's Mike Foster, who toured the game in September, returned this weekend for hands-on time with and a stream of the final build.

Read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories.

	Navigating Guild Wars 2's Tangled Paths release
	Guild Wars 2 teases next week's Seeds of Truth release with a new trailer

	SWTOR players love that butt-ugly black-yellow lightsaber blade
	SWTOR's Revan Returns trailer has a lot of Revans in it

	Why so impatient with ArcheAge?
	Trion shuts down ArcheAge APEX purchases again

	Massively's Black Friday MMO sales and deals roundup
	A whole bunch of MMOs are discounted on Steam
	Six reasons MMOs should abandon raiding, part 1, part 2, and part 3
	Why Star Trek Online is kind of a mess right now
	Ten mobile apps to enhance your MMO lifestyle
	Secure a Skyforge beta key through a gems minigame
	Camelot Unchained's fourth newsletter covers the state of the game
	Star Citizen eclipses $63 million, adds pets
	Bungie's COO thinks Destiny and games like it are hard to review
	Black Desert posts new screenshots ahead of open beta
	Take a look at World of Warcraft's updated Blood Elf models
	RuneScape sub price to increase in 2015
	A glance at Civilization Online's robust character creator
	Here are the tier 17 armor sets non-PUG WoW raiders can loot in Highmaul
	Blade & Soul teases a new Shaman trailer, gives us a sad
	CCP Games kills a fan remake of Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines

	The Stream Team: Bashing it up in Final Fantasy XIV
	The Stream Team: Shards Online's turkey shoot
	The Stream Team: Elite Dangerous returns
	The Stream Team: Gorging on SWTOR's XP bonus for the holiday
	The Stream Team: Enjoy a heaping helping of pre-holiday ArcheAge adventures
	The Stream Team: Patrolling Marvel Heroes' Industry City
	The Stream Team: Through Warlords of Draenor's Dark Portal

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Tags: archeage, guild-wars-2, swtor

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