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.

SOE announced this week that its post-apoc zombie survival sandbox MMO (do we have an acronym for that yet?) H1Z1 will enter early access testing on January 15th. Like Landmark's beta before it, H1Z1's early access represents a serious test phase, says studio boss John Smedley. Tickets for early entry will run you just under 20 bucks.

And don't forget Massively's ongoing 2014 awards, the first seven of which have already been announced. We're leading up to our MMO of the year on Friday!

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

	WildStar begins testing Drop 4 and 20-player Datascape raid
	Carbine's Chad Moore on WildStar's fresh focus on lore

	Guild Wars 2 is revamping dailies... again
	Planting the seeds of memory in Guild Wars 2

	Final Fantasy XIV has 2.5 million registered accounts
	Final Fantasy XIV adds weddings with Patch 2.45

	Looking back at the biggest MMO news of 2014
	Five advantages RIFT has over WoW
	SOE bracing for 'enormous' Landmark update
	The Elder Scrolls Online's Undaunted Pledge system promotes daily dungeons
	ArcheAge details its upcoming update, PTS, and holiday events
	SWTOR releases Shadow of Revan trailer to celebrate official launch
	Marvel Heroes now features a female Wolverine
	Scoring last year's MMO predictions
	How to break into the games industry according to Hi-Rez
	The best MMO launch of all time
	Arisha coming to NA Vindictus next week
	Black Desert's characters still look incredible
	Star Citizen's latest patch adds another ship, drunk effects
	Elite: Dangerous is due for zero more wipes, releases launch trailer
	Hearthstone players struggle to buy expansion packs
	Professor to hold open course in Lord of the Rings Online, asks for bodyguards
	Here's everything new and noteworthy in EVE's Rhea patch
	Black Desert's latest trailers tour the massive open world

	The Stream Team: A last look at Landmark (pre-PvE, that is)
	The Stream Team: Tag teaming The Secret World Tokyo story missions
	The Stream Team: The art of ArcheAge bot wrangling
	The Stream Team: Marvel Heroes Monday madness as Magneto
	The Stream Team: World of Warcraft's instant 90

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