Choose My Adventure: How Citadel Forged with Fire made me like survival sandboxes in spite of its faults
So here we are at the end of my first real deep dive into a survival sandbox. Citadel: Forged with Fire is, by all...
A Jesuit priest is trying out a Vatican Minecraft server to encourage non-toxic behavior
We're familiar with the ways that online games, even generally rather innocent ones like Minecraft, can wind up being breeding grounds for some of...
Editing tags may reveal the identity of a character in the Diablo IV cinematic trailer
It's going to be a long while before we have any sort of release date for Diablo IV or anything more than scraps of...
Riot Games will pay $10 million to settle its ‘bro culture’ gender discrimination lawsuit
Back in August, the LA Times reported that Riot Games had agreed to settle the class-action discrimination lawsuit lodged against it. The suit had...
Massively Uplifting: MMO fundraisers, GW2 raid class, and saving trees and cats
Being grateful isn't relegated to just one month, but November is when many people -and gamers - double-down on the things they are thankful...
Rumor: An official Final Fantasy XI fan gathering is scheduled for February 27
If you're a fan of Final Fantasy XI, it's easy to feel at times like you're sort of the forgotten child. Sure, the game...
Kritika:REBOOT bans hundreds of illegal trading accounts and readies a new class
Kritika:REBOOT has been on the offensive with regards to taking down illegal trading accounts, which seems to be an ongoing fight if one looks...
EVE Echoes launches its open beta on mobile devices
It's time to keep a little piece of cutthroat space politics in your pocket wherever you go, as the open beta for EVE Echoes...
Wisdom of Nym: Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV and what the update needs to deliver
The funny thing about Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV right now is that the only people still really mad about it are... the...
ArcheAge will not be replacing larders lost during an unscheduled maintenance
It's a day that ends in "y," which means it's another ArcheAge SNAFU, it seems. This time, the devs have run afoul of players...
The Daily Grind: What MMO without mounts could really use ’em?
A while back on the Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I got to talking about Dungeons and Dragons Online's then-newly-announced mounts and how funny...
Learn how to play Project Gorgon with this community video series
You have listened to us fawn over the unique spirit -- and mechanics! -- of Project Gorgon here on MOP, but chances are if...
One Shots: We are all bullies
Let us face the sad, sobering truth of our MMORPG experiences today. While we may like to think that we are noble heroes saving...
The Daily Grind: How quickly do you friend people in an MMO?
As many of you probably know, my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI, which made adding someone to your friend list a sacred procedure in...
The Stream Team: Showing a friend a good time in Conan Exiles
What do you do when a friend gets Conan Exiles and joins your server? Why, you show him a good time, of course! Massively...
WRUP: New conspiracy theories for Winter 2019 to Spring 2020 edition
Seltzer is just denatured alcohol that has been yelled at by professional Yell Masters. It's why White Claws taste good. (If you think they...
The Daily Grind: What has been your MMO gaming highlight of the year?
I love December around Massively OP because it is a great time to reflect on the journey that we have taken over the course...
SEED polls its community to find out how personal politics will affect their play choices
Whether we like it or not, the politics of the real world can inform much of what happens in-game, even if people want the...
WoW Factor: A brief history of allied races (and when a grind is not a grind)
All right, calm down, this is not actually going to be done in the same format as a brief history of flight, if for no...
LOTRO players denounce $50 legendary item catch-up sale
For quite a while now, one of the most contentious points between Lord of the Rings Online's community and the game itself has been...