mythic entertainment

Originally known for Dark Age of Camelot, Mythic was snapped up by EA and put to work on several other MMOs new and old, including Warhammer Online and Origin’s Ultima Online, which predated it. It was closed down in 2014, but not before spinning out DAOC and UO to newly formed company Broadsword Online.

Warhammer Online blogger and MMO podcaster Steve ‘Slurms’ Lichtsinn loses battle with cancer

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Out of the boisterous class of Warhammer Online bloggers that emerged on the scene in 2008, Steve "Slurms" Lichtsinn became well-known for his affable...

The MOP Up: TERA and PUBG combine unholy forces

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TERA sent out a press release this week confirming the end of the world: "Finally, the dream collaboration between TERA and PUBG is real!...

Dark Age of Camelot bribes players to stop switching sides

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It's time to head back to Camelot! No, not that one -- the original Mythic creation. Listen, if you arrive in the Middle Ages...

Perfect Ten: The worst MMORPG expansions of all time

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A great MMO expansion brings so much to the table: fresh excitement for a game, new classes, innovative features, expanded vistas, additional races, and...
Take care.

The MOP Up: WildStar suffers another indignity

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Miss WildStar? Well at least there's the soundtrack to listen to on various sites, right? Nope! Apparently NCsoft pulled the acclaimed score from sites...
This was once controversial!

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0

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While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...

Camelot Unchained teases ‘epic siege battles’ as beta development continues

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Hey, old school Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer fans, you might want to take a peek at the latest Camelot Unchained studio report....

Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions

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As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later? So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.

One Shots: Hobbit herbal hobbies

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If Hobbits are seen as being generally lazy creatures that gobble up their weight in food every day, then how come they have such...

The MOP Up: Pagan Online slams ARPGs and MOBAs together

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Tack this on your list of action-RPGs to watch. Mad Head Games announced that it is developing a blend of ARPG and MOBA with...

The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve ever played a WoW expansion?

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During BlizzCon this weekend, Eliot and I were chatting about an article series he's working on different periods in MMORPG history. I mentioned 2009...

The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot allows name, gender, and race changes

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Dark Age of Camelot is testing its next major patch, and it has a major surprise in store for its playerbase. "Patch 1.125 is chock...

Happy 17th birthday, Dark Age of Camelot

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Has it been 17 years since Dark Age of Camelot launched? Broadsword has counted up the days since 2001, and here we are on...
Pack it in.

Legends of Aria plans Steam early access launch on December 4, preorders are live

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Legends of Aria is headed to Steam early access, Citadel Studios announced this morning. The launch is set for December 4th. Preorders are live...

The MOP Up: Blizzard’s new playgrounds

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Ranked Season 4 started up in Heroes of the Storm this past week, and that's just the start of the fun with Blizzard's MOBA....
Sort of?

The Daily Grind: What’s the nicest thing you can say about an MMORPG you dislike?

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I blame my colleagues in the writers room for this topic: We happened to be discussing the tragic comedy of Warhammer Online's awful crafting...

DragonCon 2018: Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on VR, battle royale, and more

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"It’s about time." Those are not my words referring to the current development status of Camelot Unchained. No, those came directly from the mouth...

The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World soars past 10 million copies (August 26, 2018)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Baby were born to run from the other side.

Rend’s Jeremy Wood on how Frostkeep borrows from Blizzard, Dark Age of Camelot, and PlanetSide

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GameDaily has an interview with Rend's Jeremy Wood this week that covers a bunch of meta topics of interest to MMO players and watchers...

Leaderboard: Must MMORPGs revolve around grouping to be MMORPGs?

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It would be easy to dismiss Saga of Lucimia's pervasive "group-based or go home" ideas as mere rhetoric, but the reality is, there exists...

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