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Major gaming publishing house, known primarily to MMO players for the Elder Scrolls series, including The Elder Scrolls Online.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 458: PlanetSide 2 in limbo

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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.

One Shots: The mosh pit of friendship

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I don't know about you, but when I get together with 75 of my closest friends, I like to crowd right up on them...

LOTRO Legendarium: Rethinking LOTRO’s landscape soldiers

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In December 2009, Lord of the Rings Online added one of its most unique side systems with skirmishes. Not only were these instances flexible...
I have a thought.

The Daily Grind: What are the most recent three MMO classes you’ve been playing?

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Take a deep breath and let go of the fear that we were going to fling some overly obtuse topic your way. Today is...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 457: Sailing into February with cannons blazing

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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.

Elder Scrolls Online previews Scions of Ithelia’s Oathsworn Pit dungeon

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Let's do a little vocabulary recap for folks who've forgotten some of the important Elder Scrolls Online terms for 2024, and by folks, I...

Working As Intended: City of Heroes macros and popmenus for noobs

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In my first braindump on City of Heroes for this column, I tried to ease superhero fans into the world of modding the 20-year-old...

Obituary: Former Free Realms creative director Laralyn McWilliams has passed away

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I'm sorry to report this morning that game developer Laralyn McWilliams has passed away at the age of 58. MMO fans will remember her...

Fallout 76 opens the PTS for Atlantic City America’s Playground as Burning Love begins today

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Fallout 76 is generally not the game I would've picked to rush Valentine's Day, but here we are: In Bethsoft's latest Inside the Vault,...

Elder Scrolls Online previews Scions of Ithelia DLC and Update 41, now on the PTS

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Long before they embark on The Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road in June, players will be dipping into the first DLC of the year...

The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too

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In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...

The Stream Team: Entering Elder Scrolls Online’s Shrine of the Golden Eye

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Who should Massively OP's MJ believe? Should she enter the Shrine of the Golden Eye in ESO using Dralys' entrance, or enter using Leramil's?...
KITTY!

Tamriel Infinium: The history of Elder Scrolls games (before and after Elder Scrolls Online)

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There's nothing quite like that feeling when you first dip your toes into a particular game only to discover that it's part of a...

Massively Overthinking: Open world difficulty and puzzles in MMOs

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During last week's press event ahead of the Gold Road announcement, Elder Scrolls Online's Rich Lambert said something I thought would turn out to...
WHOOPS

Microsoft lays off 1900 workers: Blizzard sheds Mike Ybarra, its survival game, and its customer support in one day

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We've updated this story at the bottom with some of the latest news that has come forth about the scope of the layoffs and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 454: MMO roadmap roundup

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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.

Bethesda begins to roll out Elder Scrolls Castles, its latest Elder Scrolls mobile game

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Elder Scrolls Online players looking to take their gaming addiction on the go have a good cause to rejoice this week, as Bethesda surprised...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Gold Road chapter takes players back to Oblivion’s best city on June 3

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With the conclusion of Elder Scrolls Online's stream this afternoon, we can finally talk about the new chapter, dubbed Gold Road. TES fans who...

Watch Elder Scrolls Online reveal its 2024 chapter during this afternoon’s global stream

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Update: Our preview piece on Gold Road is live now! Furbish up your Twitch players, friends, as Elder Scrolls Online is fully unveiling its 2024...

Elder Scrolls Online teases this week’s global reveal with new video, preps Guilds and Glory event

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It's time once again for Elder Scrolls Online to either entice players to return to older content or encourage more DLC sales. Regardless of...

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