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Online shooter Blacklight Retribution is sunsetting its PC servers in March
If you can squint back about seven years, you'll remember when Blacklight Retribution was a going concern on the pages of Massively-that-was as a free-to-play...
Warframe maps out Weekend Wars, teases new Hildryn and Wisp ‘frames
Move over, Valentine's Day, a bigger event is on in Warframe: the Weekend War, in celebration of the game's sixth anniversary. Since beta. Because...
The Division 2 is getting a public beta but fails to match its predecessor’s streaming numbers
If you remember the lead-up to launch for The Division, you'll recall that the game sported a private beta followed by an open beta. The...
The MOP Up: Warframe brings Fortuna to Nintendo Switch
Are you jamming with Warframe on the Switch? If so, then this past week you had an extra reason to jam hard, as Digital...
Global Chat: Anthem makes first contact with gamers
The game on everyone's mind this month definitely has to be BioWare's Anthem. The studio's first new IP in a long time is a...
One Shots: Diet lightsabers
I think it's about high time we got a Star Wars game in which lightsabers functioned properly as instruments that could melt or slice...
Activision Blizzard expected to slash jobs after flat sales, loss of Destiny 2
Storm clouds are gathering above Activision Blizzard, a portent of bad sales and dire predictions: The publisher is expected to cut "hundreds" of jobs this week...
The Stream Team: Beating back bugs in Warframe’s Fortuna
Last time Massively OP's MJ ventured out on the frozen tundra of Warframe's Fortuna, her mission bugged out and she was never able to...
More MMO Valentine’s Day events: Black Desert, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, MapleStory 2, Revelation Online, and Wizard101
Hearts and chocolates and flowers continue to invade MMOs all around us. Bree here, reporting from the front lines of the invasion. Here are...
The Division 2’s private beta test is underway through next week
You've heard of an open beta, you've heard of a closed beta, but what the heck is a "private beta?" Sounds a little iffy,...
Anthem teases cataclysms and answers fan questions in latest AMAAAA
Yesterday, Anthem unveiled the first piece of its post-launch roadmap, which highlighted some of the new content planned for release as part of act...
MMO Business Roundup: The Fair Play Alliance, Warface splits from Crytek, ESA expansions, and WoW esports
We're back with another quick roundup of MMO industry news!
Remember the Fair Play Alliance? It was supposed to be a group of major and...
Anthem previews its post-launch plans as release day approaches
We're just over two weeks away from the release of BioWare's multiplayer sci-fi shooter Anthem, but the devs are already looking past launch and...
More MMO Valentine’s Day events in Warframe, Blade & Soul, and EverQuest
The day of cute pink hearts and sappy sentiments will soon be upon us, which means it's invading our MMORPGs too.
In classic EverQuest, Daybreak...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 207: Bunny girls throughout Eorzea
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars 2, Legends of Aria, RuneScape, Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, and Warframe, with mailbag topics on MMO endgames and battle royale modes in MMOs.
The Division 2 shares more story and endgame details ahead of its February 7 beta
The first real beta test for The Division 2 kicks off on February 7th, but fans have got some new compiled information about the game...
Titanfall dev’s new Apex Legends battle royale title snagged 1M players on day one
We don't really cover Titanfall around here, but you might be interested all the same in Respawn's new battle royale set in the same...
Vehicle-based MMO shooter Steamcraft hits open beta today
This is the third post I've written on a Monday that follows a template: Here's a cool new game coming, BUT. This time 'round...
The Game Archaeologist: Dungeon Runners
Where do you rest on the spectrum of humor? If you find yourself giggling and snorting at dumb jokes, groan-worthy puns, and satire so...
Ubisoft apologizes for boorish shutdown reference as Division 2 looks ahead to private beta
Back in October, Ubisoft made the bold claim that it was actively avoiding becoming "openly political in games," specifically referring to The Division...