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Elder Scrolls Online’s Markarth DLC launches November 2 for PC, November 10 for console
As promised, ZeniMax has just dropped a ton of info about Elder Scrolls Online's next update during its year-end preview event stream.
We knew the...
WRUP: Cat control guide edition
WASD: Move
Mouse: Move camera
Shift: Move slowly
Ctrl: Move quickly
Space Bar: Jump
Left Click: Cry like an idiot
Right Click: Swat
F1: Summon Drone
Number keys 1-0: Suggest actions to...
The Daily Grind: What upcoming MMOs have fallen off your radar?
The joke around the Massively OP office is now that Chris is covering Star Citizen news with his angle of expertise, the rest of...
No Man’s Sky teases ‘the beginning of something new’: New update Origins, launching next week
No Man's Sky studio Hello Games has a bit of a habit of casually announcing major expansions out of the blue and crashing its...
Disintegration is shutting its multiplayer servers down after less than five months
In what will no doubt be a non-surprise to pretty much anyone who has paid attention to the industry over the past decade, it...
The Daily Grind: How important is player-generated content to you in MMOs?
When I look at the current crop of top MMORPGs, I'm dismayed to realize that not a single one of them has anything significant...
Massively Overthinking: How to deal with cheater scum in MMORPGs
I'm sure it was a random coincidence, but last week two different Star Wars Galaxies emulators posted about steps they were taking against cheaters...
Last Oasis drops three new bomb types on players in its weekly update
Blowing things up usually doesn't get too old, but there's always room for new and unique ways for stuff to go boom. Enter Last...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO getting greedy with its fall content update?
Boars. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. OK, let's talk about one of those things, at least in a roundabout way, because there's no escaping the fact...
City of Heroes Homecoming emphasizes player-created content, bars ‘controversial political content’
City of Heroes' most popular rogue server, Homecoming, is a fount of player activity these days, and the dev team wants to make sure...
Wikipedia is now an MMO (according to Wikipedia itself)
Anything online with a community can be considered an MMO if you play it correctly. That might sound like a joke (due to it...
Perfect Ten: 10 amazing hidden quests in World of Warcraft
Finding quests in World of Warcraft is not exactly what you would call "difficult," as the game famously stuck giant floating exclamation marks over...
Crowfall just picked up former SWG comms director Diane ‘Tiggs’ Migliaccio as its new community manager
There's a fresh face over at Crowfall, though it's one long-time MMORPG veterans will remember: Crowfall has picked up a new community manager, Diane...
PAX Online 2020: Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, Amazon, and Crowfall devs on the future of online games
What could online gaming look like going forward? That was the overall topic discussed by a number of devs as part of in a...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO for pure grinding?
I have a few MMOs that I go to when I want traditional questing or dungeon hopping, but when I'm in the mood for...
The Daily Grind: How much do MMOs succeed on faith vs. mechanics and fanbases?
A while back, MOP's Eliot, Chris, and I were discussing Last Oasis and why it didn't take off. Collectively, I think we determined it...
Missed Lord of the Rings Online’s Weatherstock XII last weekend? Rewatch it here!
After being delayed from its original July date due to the summer Lord of the Rings Online's server meltdown, Weatherstock XII finally happened this...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest stunt you’ve ever seen players pull in an MMO?
I've seen a lot of weird stuff in my day as an MMORPG player, but I'd never seen anyone eat 999 eggs before Ross...
One Shots: When nerfing goes too far
We've all seen classes and gear hit with the nerf bat from time to time in MMOs -- hey, it's a fact of life!...
Global Chat: Which MMO has the least annoying inventory system?
Inventory is something we have to deal with in, oh, pretty much every MMO that we play. Some games are far more generous with...