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Massively Uplifting: Gaming studios and communities support kids, trees, cats, STEM, and gaming grandparents
While there are understandably many reasons folks may not want to look back on 2019 fondly, the year wasn't all bad. Massively Uplifting has...
Wisdom of Nym: The lore deep cuts we know of in Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
There's lots of lore to unpack in Final Fantasy XIV. Seriously, I could write a lot about it because the game sets up lots of...
Not So Massively: Lessons Torchlight Frontiers can take from its predecessors
Torchlight Frontiers is a game I've gradually been developing some genuine hype for - as has our team here at MOP, in light of...
The Daily Grind: What was the biggest MMO mess that flew under the radar in 2019?
With all of our awards, positive and negative, mostly behind us now, I want to reflect on something almost no one talked about at...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Otherland’s soundtrack
Despite being an adaption of Tad Williams' enormously popular sci-fi novels, the MMO Otherland was a flop in both of its incarnations. Mismanaged, underdeveloped,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are you curious to see move forward in 2020?
It's not exactly going to surprise anyone that a lot of my MMO time in 2020 has been devoted to Final Fantasy XIV, especially...
Into the Super-verse: What superhero MMOs offer that other games don’t
When I was in high school, the Console Wars were heating up between SEGA and Nintendo. I'm afraid to report that many of my...
The Daily Grind: What’s an MMO dealbreaker for you?
The other day, our office chat lit up with a lively debate over the virtues and drawbacks of Black Desert. Some praised its exploration...
Al Jazeera’s Start Here program recounts the growth, demands, and problems of the gaming industry
Video gaming, as we all know by now, is a huge industry. It has grown by leaps and bounds since its very first iterations...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2019
Last year, I counted it up: The first Daily Grind on Massively was written on November 3rd, 2007, one day after Old Massively was...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2019
The good news is that our sunsetted MMO list from 2019 is shorter than in most years. The bad news, of course, is that...
Storyboard: The future of MMO roleplaying in the new decade
Here we are in a brand-new decade! (If you feel the urge to pedantically correct this, you are wrong, it's a new decade, hush...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2020?
It's become a bit of an unhappy tradition here on MOP to take stock of Daybreak at the start of every year, due in...
The Daily Grind: Will you kickstart any MMOs in 2020?
I ask you guys this every year. And every year I get the same wary replies. Everyone's sick of Kickstarter. Nobody trusts Kickstarter games....
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2020
All right, 2019. We're done with you. We're moving on. We're in a whole new decade. We've got a brand-new year full of new...
Desert Oasis: Fun things to do in Black Desert in 2020
With the new decade upon us, I think it's a good time to do some goal-setting for the upcoming decade. I might be biased...
Vague Patch Notes: How to make your corner of the MMO space more pleasant
It's 2020, people - let's do this. What do I mean by this? Unscrew our MMO living space. That one's a lot more fun...
Leaderboard: What was the best new MMO or online game of 2019?
Let's be honest: The last time a brand-new MMORPG really deserved a GOTY was when Black Desert ran away with it. This is why...
The Daily Grind: What gaming lessons from 2019 are you bringing forward in the new year?
We're into 2020 now, and that means it's the year of hindsight. (That is also the last time I'm allowed to make that joke, so...
Leaderboard: Are you onboard with the online gaming industry’s new take on sequels?
Overwatch 2 and Path of Exile 2 being announced in such close proximity, plus rumors of an Anthem reboot in the weeks and the...
