Massively Overthinking: Thoughts on the holy trinity in MMOs
One of MOP's bright new columnists, Tyler Edwards, blogs over at Superior Realities, and he recently brought to my attention his pieces on the...
Dragon Nest’s European servers are sunsetting in May
Ah dang, it's been ages since we've talked about Dragon Nest, so I'm sorry this post is gonna be a downer: The game is...
Desert Oasis: Reframing player perceptions of Pearl Abyss’ MMO Black Desert
Hello and welcome to our revival of the Black Desert column! The Desert Nomad decided it was time to reroll for the new meta, and...
Perfect Ten: How to determine whether an IP would make a good MMO
A few weeks back, fellow writer Justin talked about cartoons from the '80s that would make for good MMOs. In some cases I agree;...
Reddit is aflame over the ban of a popular bug-exposing YouTuber from ARK Survival Evolved
Since this article's publication, Wildcard has walked back the ban. We've updated with the whole story at the very end.
Not quite a year ago,...
MMO Business Roundup: Philly’s Overwatch arena, the PUBG Netease settlement, and GDC’s record showing
Welcome back to the MMO Business Roundup!
Remember about a year ago when the battle royale industry started trying to sue everyone into oblivion? PUBG...
Electronic Arts lays off 350 people from multiple teams, draws down presence in Japan and Russia
EA is undergoing major layoffs today. The nicest thing we can say about them is that at least it's "only" 350 out of 9000...
Indie hacking MMO Spycursion admits defeat on Kickstarter, but game development will continue
We've been tracking the Kickstarter for upcoming hacking MMO Spycursion for several weeks now, and it's coming down to its last two days. And...
Apple reveals Apple Arcade, yet another subscription service for games
File this one under things you probably didn't ask for: At its conference today, Apple announced Apple Arcade, a multi-platform sub service "that will...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney on the Epic Games Store, self-publishing, and proper moderation
Epic Games found itself in a spot of hot water recently when it was discovered that its Epic Games Store was pulling users' Steam...
Make My MMO: Project Gorgon’s cash shop isn’t horsing around, Star Citizen’s playable female characters are finally here
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, beloved indie MMO Project Gorgon raised a few eyebrows this week by announcing a microtransaction cash shop that...
Betawatch: Guardians of Ember enters open beta again for the first time
Hey, neat, Guardians of Ember is in open beta! Wait, didn't that already happen? Well, yes, but that was before Insel Games managed to get...
The player endorsement system in Overwatch has actually cut down on toxic behavior
It turns out that when you reward players for being decent human beings in Overwatch, there's incentive for people to continue being decent human beings....
Steam plans game library and events revamp as Discord begins monetizing ‘insights’ for game devs
The battle for your game dollars and storefront participation is on, and we're not sad to see the competition heating up, finally.
At GDC this...
Lawful Neutral: Dancing around Fortnite’s copyright lawsuits
Welcome friends to the inaugural post of Lawful Neutral on Massively OP. I'm Andy, but you know me better as Serrenity, writer of comments...
Massively Overthinking: Designed downtime in MMORPGs
In a Daily Grind not long ago, MOP reader Armsbend said something I thought just cried out for discussion. After noting that he had...
Superdata February 2019: EA’s Apex Legends and Anthem crushed it as Blizzard fumbled
If you were wondering exactly how Apex Legends stacks up against Fortnite since the former's debut earlier this year, SuperData's February 2019 global revenue...
Children of Ur and Eleven join forces to create the ultimate Glitch revival
The process of rebuilding the social and non-combat sandbox MMO Glitch has been a slow one. It's been one that attracted a deep well...
AdventureQuest 3D details the fight against hackers deleting characters
On a list of unpleasant things occurring to players in any MMO, "getting your character deleted while you're still playing" is probably near the...
MMO Business Roundup: Lucasfilm Games, Anthem sales, MapleStory Fest, and Oculus
Welcome back to another round of the MMO Business Roundup. It's GDC week, so it's no surprise that we've had so many business posts...
