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Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2019
Pass the cranberry sauce, we're having mashed potatoes! Oh the turkey looks great! Thank you for loving me, thank you for being there, thank you...
Remembering the life and work of legendary MMO designer Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid
When the news hit last night, it brought everything to a screeching halt in the Massively OP office: At the age of 51, veteran...
Mobile augmented reality game Minecraft Earth enters early access in the US
The real world and the world of Minecraft -- or at least its general sense of collaborative building -- have combined with the early...
The Stream Team: Shadow’s Eve shenanigans in Trove
Shadow's Eve is still going strong in Trove, and Massively OP’s MJ is eager to jump in and participate in more spooky shenanigans. There...
Nexon’s mobile MMO Spiritwish has launched around the globe today
It's been a year since NEON Studio's Nexon-published mobile MMO Spiritwish hit closed beta in South Korea, and now it's officially landing here, having...
Why Fight lets players enter an open battlefield to duke it out for rewards in short game sessions
We'd like to introduce you to Why Fight by the three-person team of Build on Barren Studios (yes, those are actual titles thought up...
The Game Archaeologist: A brief history of Multi-User Dungeons
You know that sinking feeling when you get into something that's way, waaaay over your head and you have no choice but to swim...
The Daily Grind: What other MMOs need the ‘Archeage Unchained’ treatment?
Last year, it seemed like the trend was legacy servers for everyone. This year, the anti-pay-to-win push has been big, with ArcheAge Unchained at...
Trove’s Halloween events begin on PC and console as Shadow’s Eve arrives
If you thought the voxel sandbox Trove couldn't possibly get weirder than it normally is, then you've clearly never seen it during the Halloween...
Gamigo is retooling Trove’s player-generated content submission system
I'd be willing to be that in spite of how often we cover Trove, most of our readers have no idea that a lot...
The Game Archaeologist: Funcom’s long-abandoned Midgard MMO
There used to be a time that Funcom was deeply into the MMORPG business, bringing us titles such as Anarchy Online, Age of Conan,...
Angeldust offers a large-scale sandbox MMO world with a selectable visual style
The world of early access gaming still has a few surprises out there for us MMO players. One of these is the game Angeldust,...
Dofus Retro revives a classic version of the Ankama MMORPG for its 15th birthday
The 15th anniversary celebration lined up for MMORPG Dofus has begun with Dofus Retro, the game's own classic server for those who want to...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back the Moogle Treasure Trove until patch 5.1
Did you think you were just about done with things in Final Fantasy XIV ahead of patch 5.1? Well think again, because the Moogle Treasure...
The MOP Up: League of Legends’ future looks bright
Don't let games like Fortnite and Overwatch make you forget that League of Legends is still a thing. In fact, Riot Games' MOBA saw...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Mini Life, Naïca, and MedievaLands
It's time for another roundup of smaller or more obscure MMOs that you might not have noticed! We'll kick off today with a pixel...
The Game Archaeologist: The day Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped the free-to-play bomb
By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...
Korean mobile MMORPG TERA Classic adds the Elin Lancer
The Korean-only mobile MMORPG TERA Classic has decided to give the game's tiniest race one of its biggest weapons. Or maybe they misheard the...
Dofus celebrates 15 years of operation with a meta event and plans to launch a retro server
One of my favorite things about this genre is how the "lesser-loved" titles can keep on truckin' thanks to an established and engaged playerbase...
Champions Online’s third anniversary week brings back Dr. Destroyer and his Destroid robots
It's been some time since Champions Online launched, but we've finally learned a great truth about the game's major villain: Despite his grammatically ambiguous name,...
