Massively OP Podcast Episode 459: A Gigantic return
Justin and Bree discuss Nightingale's launch, Gigantic's return, Guild Wars 2's Realm of Dreams, and Last Epoch's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on Wagadu Chronicles and TTRPG-MMO crossovers.
MMO Week in Review: From Nightingale to Fippyfest
It was a weird but packed week for MMORPGs and not-so-massively titles: Gearbox announced it's bringing back fan-favorite Gigantic, Nightingale sailed into early access,...
WRUP: Glortback mountain edition
Join our weekly open thread as we discuss what MMOs we're playing this weekend, plus answer this week's bonus question on the worst things we've forgotten.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 458: PlanetSide 2 in limbo
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak selling PlanetSide, Nightingale's early access, Islands of Insight's launch, and NCsoft's financials with Guild Wars 2 and Throne & Liberty, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on features we want to see in features for Amazon's LOTR and ZeniMax's Star Wars MMOs.
MMO Week in Review: PlanetSide 2 up in the air
EG7-owned Daybreak Games, the company formerly known as SOE, admitted it's sold off the entire PlanetSide IP as of January; apparently, it was worth...
WRUP: How to properly cook a cheeseburger but you stop in the middle to microwave a soda can for some reason edition
Editor's note: Please do not do this, or any other thing recommended by WRUP. Just tell us what MMOs you're playing this weekend, and maybe answer the bonus question - this week's is about quotable movies.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 457: Sailing into February with cannons blazing
Justin and Bree discuss Skull & Bones, FFXIV on Xbox, WoW Classic, New World, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on day and night cycles and getting out of MMO gaming ruts.
MMO Week in Review: Skull & Bones departs drydock
Skull & Bones finally drifted into its soft launch open beta after eleventy billion delays and do-overs, and... it's actually not terrible? And it's...
WRUP: Taylor Swift throws the first football at the Superbowl edition
Before any contest for initial possession of the football begins, a visibly tired Taylor Swift walks onto the field wearing sweatpants, a loose blouse...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 456: The MMO housing show
Justin and Bree tackle a theme proposed by the listeners, as this show is all about MMORPG housing, including why housing matters, post-launch housing patches, placement tools, prefab vs. custom houses, housing as part of the gameplay loop, apartments vs. instanced vs. open-world housing, incentivizing housing use, taxes and monetization, and integrating housing into MMO ecosystems.
MMO Week in Review: Blizzard’s brand-new boss
Meet the new boss, same as the... well, actually we don't know how samey Johanna Faries is going to be just yet. She's replacing...
WRUP: How to get ham from snakes edition
All right so I'm not actually sure what you need to learn here. For one thing, ham is a meat that comes from pigs....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 455: Odyssey to the abyss
Justin and Bree discuss Riot's and Blizzard's layoffs, the death of Blizzard's Odyssey, Palworld, Kritika, The Day Before, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on memorable fluff loot.
MMO Week in Review: The Activision-Blizzard and Riot layoffs
Two of the biggest gaming congloms chose this week to lay off a combined total of 2500 people, as Riot Games and Microsoft-owned-Activision-Blizzard shed...
WRUP: Chuweo edition
Hey everyone, I know that generally speaking these entries for What Are You Playing are just ridiculous and you can totally ignore them if...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 454: MMO roadmap roundup
Justin and Bree discuss the 2024 roadmaps for Lord of the Rings Online, Lost Ark, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, EVE Online, Elder Scrolls Online, New World, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, and City of Heroes.
MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls Online paves the way for Gold Road
Elder Scrolls Online fully unveiled its Gold Road chapter this week, letting players peek into the region, the city of Skingrad, and a tantalizing...
WRUP: A spectacular story about Lyle with help from Wikipedia edition
Lyle is a great guy who was born in Scotland in 1987! Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Wait,...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2024?
Every year when it comes time to update this poll for January, I consider tossing it out. But the last few years of Daybreak...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 453: Massively minds of the roundtable
Ready for yet another staff roundtable, this time with Justin, Bree, Sam, and Chris? You best be, as these fine minds discuss City of...