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Daybreak has apparently registered another substudio: Wandering Monster Games
Back in 2019, we started covering Daybreak's moves to register trademarks and domain names and social media accounts for a bunch of groups that...
Steampunkish Elyon proposes ‘massive’ Korean beta test this summer
If you cast your mind back a couple of years, you might recall that steampunk MMO fans were hanging their hopes on the then-newly...
The Stream Team: Age of Conan turns 12
What are you, a twelve-year old? "Why yes, yes I am," Age of Conan proudly declares! And all of Hyboria is celebrating the milestone....
TERA dons Little Red Riding Hood costumes for PC anniversary as Gameforge takes on Russian publishing
Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Certainly not many of the classes in TERA, especially those that wield weapons as large as their...
Age of Conan’s 12th birthday is splattered with prizes and challenges
Twelve years ago in 2008, Age of Conan launched to great acclaim, bringing a mature-themed fantasy MMORPG to market. Now in 2020, the title...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is officially launching on PC in the west May 27
This piece has been updated with the latest release info; skip to the end for the new stuff.
The team behind Phantasy Star Online 2...
Closers adds Busan Chapter 2, TERA console’s May festival invites you to slaughter sheep
We'll go ahead and call this the "En Masse MMO news block:" Both Closers and TERA have a little something going on for the...
Blade and Soul confirms the launch of the Steel Bonds update for May 20
Players of Blade and Soul have already had to deal with a Steel Uprising, and now that story is due to continue with the...
Phantasy Star Online 2 offers up a new set of Urgent Quests and a boost campaign for Advanced Quests
Ah, the many different sorts of quests in Phantasy Star Online 2 never fail to provide a panoply of things for players to do....
Xbox X developers include Blizzard, Bungie, Pearl Abyss, and Square Enix
With the console still on track to release sometime during the holiday season later this year, the Xbox Series X is preparing a huge...
En Masse celebrates TERA’s eighth birthday with supercute dragon baby pets
May is TERA's anniversary month - on PC, specifically - and En Masse is now rolling out the red carpet for the next few...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 270: Words of Warcraft
Justin and Bree discuss Age of Conan, Defiance, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, and COVID-19 delays, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, and mailbag topics on Blizzard and freeform character building.
One Shots: Day of the Cats
As the reluctant owner of a slightly deranged cat, I have nightmares of when felines grow into towering, snide monstrosities and roam the planet...
The Stream Team: TERA turns eight today
Eight is the number, and the number is eight. And that is how old TERA is turning today! Will there be cake? Will there...
TERA added lockbox transparency and skill balance changes with this week’s patch
The newest patch for TERA is not really about content. Obviously, you can take a look at the full patch notes and find some...
Phantasy Star Online 2’s latest event encourages grouping
While PC players sit on their hands and continue to wait for the launch of Phantasy Star Online 2 to reach them, Xbox One...
Age of Conan’s Onslaught is live, the Funcom MMO’s ‘biggest update in years’
Back in 2018 and 2019, Funcom's Age of Conan MMORPG - soon turning 12 years old, if you can believe it - ran the...
TERA is swapping to properly transparent lockboxes
With the next content update on Tuesday, April 28th, the lootboxes of TERA are getting a major refresh. Soon, all of the MMO's lootboxes...
Blade & Soul launches the Steel Uprising patch today
Bad news, Blade & Soul players, you are going to once again be fighting robots. This is a challenge. Reports indicate that robots are...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 268: Second chances in the apocalypse
Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Phantasy Star Online 2, Fallout 76, Holly Longdale's move to Blizzard, WoW Classic, WoW, Star Trek Online, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on FFXIV's dungeon problem, favorite MMO group roles, and specific gamer types as warning signs for games.