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New World officially announces fresh start servers coming November 2
Just about a month ago, Amazon's New World teased the possibility of fresh start servers, with the devs saying they "hear you" and "think...
Perfect Ten: Ten quirky and interesting MMOs worth trying
Quite often while I'm writing columns for Massively OP, the catalyst behind a given topic is what interests me right then -- and, I...
Overwatch 2’s launch is plagued by multiple DDOS attacks and connection issues
Blizzard brought Overwatch 2 online last night as planned, but what didn't go quite as plan was the technical mess that plagued the team...
New World is launching its Brimstone Sands update on October 18
You probably do not want to actually be anywhere that brimstone sand can form. It's hard to conceive of a situation where the primary...
Overwatch 2 outlines global release timing and a pre-launch checklist as the original shooter goes offline
A new era of Overwatch is just around the corner. The sequel to the hero shooter - or at least its PvP portion -...
Embers Adrift launches October 15, confirms its box price and subscription model
It looks like Embers Adrift, the crowdfunded MMORPG once known as Saga of Lucmia, is on its way to the end of beta and...
Working As Intended: My 25 years of Ultima Online
Twenty-five years ago my boyfriend, Paul, and I walked into a shop to find a new game to play together. He picked up this...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight gets a November 28 release date
Here we go: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight has a release date scheduled, and it's soon. Not "next week" soon, no, but "put in your...
Skull and Bones has been delayed into 2023 – its fifth major public delay since 2017
Stop me if you've heard this one: Skull and Bones is being delayed. Again.
Ubisoft made the announcement on Twitter this afternoon, saying that feedback...
Casually Classic: The Death Knight starter experience is still the best WoW ever did
Recently, along with what seemed like half the population of the globe, I rolled up a brand-new Death Knight in WoW Classic to take...
NCsoft’s Throne and Liberty, still gunning for 2023, drops a new playtest gameplay video
Back in August, NCsoft told investors that it had delayed its next big game, Throne and Liberty, yet again - this time into 2023....
WoW Classic’s Wrath of the Lich King launch dumped people into the sea – if they made it past the towering queues
Even though Blizzard opened the doors to WoW Classic's Wrath of the Lich King expansion slightly ahead of schedule last night, that was about...
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic is live now
No king rules forever, folks... unless that king rules and then stops ruling and then someone decides to plop him back on the throne...
Vitae Aeternum: The New Secret World
Comparisons between New World and The Secret World have existed pretty much since the earliest teases of NW. It's what put the game on...
Some Assembly Required: What to expect from Dual Universe’s September 27 wipe and launch
Having trouble logging into Dual Universe? That's because Novaquark shut down its servers on the 22nd. But don't worry, the space sandbox did not...
WoW Factor: Just be honest about what WoW Classic is now
So here's something funny to consider: No matter what happens, Blizzard has collectively backed itself into a corner with World of Warcraft expansions over...
Vague Patch Notes: The perpetual MMO crowdfunding engine
Do me a favor right now and navigate over to the Star Citizen webpage. It's possible that this has wildly changed in the time...
Lord of the Rings Online opens preorders for the Before the Shadow mini-expansion
If you're not still grumpy about the whole "mini-expansion" thing, then heads-up because Standing Stone Games has just opened up preorders for Lord of...
Perfect Ten: 10 strategies to avoid getting fleeced in F2P MMOs
"Nothing is ever truly free," my grizzled Uncle Trigger once told me. "So you got to pay for that there air! Pony up, boy!"
While...
Star Citizen’s total crowdfunding just hit over half a billion dollars
What can $500M get you? In the case of Star Citizen, more development coals shoveled into the fires of Chris Roberts' vision: The game's...