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The MOP Up: Path of Exile’s corpses explode less frequently now
Even a middling Path of Exile patch is still a cause for celebration when it arrives, as in the case of this past week's...
Bethesda begins to roll out Elder Scrolls Castles, its latest Elder Scrolls mobile game
Elder Scrolls Online players looking to take their gaming addiction on the go have a good cause to rejoice this week, as Bethesda surprised...
Steam welcomes ‘legally murky’ AI games, voice actors guild forges controversial AI deal
Valve waited until end of business last night to post big news: It's going to allow AI-driven games on Steam, with just enough caveats...
Fallout 76 is heading to Shenandoah National Park in 2024
Even as Fallout 76 struts down the boardwalk of its December Atlantic City DLC, the team at Bethesda has its sights set on something...
‘Shit happens,’ The Day Before devs tell disgruntled players as mass-refunds continue
We're into day six of The Day Before drama, which certainly doesn't embroil any of you, as our readers were too clever to buy...
The Game Awards 2023: Light No Fire, Warframe, Skull and Bones, Palia, Bellwright
(Scroll down to the end for the recap of everything MMOsy!)
The Game Awards have become one of the key games industry productions of the...
MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, Twitch Korea, and the FTC’s latest MS/ABK merger appeal
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
The FTC vs. Microsoft and ABK - Surely you didn't think that "signing the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 448: The holiday MMO rush begins
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic's Season of Discovery, EverQuest II's Ballads of Zimara, SWTOR's Chains in the Dark, ArcheAge's big Unchained merge, and Wagadu Chronicles' early access, with adventures in LOTRO and Project Gorgon, plus 2023 awards teases and a mailbag topic on getting into MMOs with too much content.
Fallout 76’s Atlantic City Boardwalk Paradise is live with two new expeditions
Fallout 76 is betting that you'll be back for Atlantic City Boardwalk Paradise, which is officially live today to send you to the Jersey...
Massively Overthinking: Penalties for failure in MMORPGs (beyond death)
MMOs generally have one big obvious penalty for failure, right? You die. Oh, usually not forever, not unless it's some niche hardcore realm, and...
Fallout TV series creators talk about its characters, story, and attempts to hit a ‘mordant comedy’ tone
Fans of the Fallout franchise with an eye on Amazon Prime’s upcoming TV series have thus far dug up information about only the cast,...
Unity ejects Weta Digital from its portfolio and lays off 265 more employees
In the frantic race to the bottom in 2023, Unity is pushing hard to cross the finish line first. The former game engine darling...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 447: MMO hackers, headstarts, and proliferations
Justin and Bree discuss the hackings of Ethyrial and Fractured, Palia's beta update, City of Titan's test launch, World of Warcraft's paid expansion headstart, and Guild Wars 2's weapon proliferation beta, with adventures in Project Gorgon, LOTRO, Fallout 76, and WoW.
Fractured Online suffers a nasty admin hack that sees every player city in the game wiped out
The relaunched early access world of Fractured Online has suffered something of an apocalypse as Dynamight Studios CEO Jacopo Gallelli reported on Discord early...
Cinderstone Online has apparently sunsetted after just two months as devs plan F2P relaunch
Over the last couple of years, we've kept an eye on Cinderstone Online aka Fioresia Online, a cutesy indie MMO that actually made it...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 445: Rally for Project Gorgon
Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon's community, Wayfinder's layoffs, LOTRO's Corsairs of Umbar, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, and Guild Wars 2's Through the Veil, with adventures in WoW, Fallout 76, LOTRO, and Project Goron, plus a mailbag topic on why more MMOs don't use contemporary real-world settings.
World of Warcraft will see three more updates after 10.2 in the lead-up to The War Within
The fallout from BlizzCon's reveal of World of Warcraft: The War Within isn't complete without a post-show Q&A of curated questions for some of...
The MOP Up: Fallout 76 turns five years old
Fallout 76 is celebrating its fifth anniversary loud and proud this week with a birthday party on Tuesday, a special challenge event, and a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 443: Endless adventures in cyberdreams
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 Through the Veil, WoW Emerald Dream, BlizzCon 2023, Fractured early access, and Elder Scrolls Online Endless Archive, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, Fallout 76, and Garden Galaxy, plus a mailbag question on the best money sinks in MMOs!
Why I Play: Five years in, Fallout 76 has become expansive, flawed, and engrossing
War might never change, but Fallout 76? That sucker has changed a whole lot since its debut five years ago.
For as long as I've...
