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Battle Bards Episode 124: Old MMOs, new music

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It’s a catch-all, catch-up episode for the Battle Bards as they dig through new soundtrack releases from MMORPGs that they’ve covered in the past!...

Interview and excerpt: The ‘Braving Britannia’ book preserves Ultima Online’s oral history

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Earlier this week, we wrote about the launch of a new book that's right up MMORPG fans' alley. Dubbed Braving Britannia: Tales of Life,...

Star Wars Galaxies book takes fans back to this late, great MMO

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Unless you're willing to venture out onto the wild space of emulated servers, you won't be getting Star Wars Galaxies back. That doesn't mean...

The Stream Team: Working through Outpost Zero pirate invasions

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Massively OP's MJ can't seem to get much base building done in Outpost Zero because she keeps being interrupted by rude pirates! She's not...

Hyperspace Beacon: Take your SWTOR PvP to Rishi!

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OK, I'll come right out and say it: I love the Rishi stronghold. The Star Wars: The Old Republic developers have outdone themselves. I...

TennoCon 2018: Deep-diving Warframe’s Fortuna and Railjack

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Many fans, including me, are talking about still riding high after Warframe's amazing TennoCon 2018 announcements this past weekend. That was some pretty epic...

Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017

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Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...

Ashes of Creation handles world persistence and local economies in its own fashion

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With a rapidly expanding studio and Alpha One coming later this year, Ashes of Creation is shaping up to be one of the great...

The Stream Team: How about that Warframe news?!

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So how about that Warframe news?! Massively OP's MJ is pretty excited about it (as you might have noted from her convention write-ups). What...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb

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Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.

The Stream Team: Conquering KOTET’s Chapter IX in SWTOR

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Once Massively OP's Larry and MJ finish the final scene, Chapter VIII of SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne will be wrapped up, letting...

TennoCon 2018: Why Warframe will never launch (and why that doesn’t matter)

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There's a question that floats around our Massively OP office discussions occasionally, especially when updating which game is labeled what: Will Warframe ever launch?...
Another thing to blame on Cliffy!

LawBreakers helped kill The Amazing Eternals during testing

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The death of The Amazing Eternals partway through its testing was a shock for numerous fans, all of whom were looking forward to the...

EVE Online launches the Dawn of Liberation event along with its July update today

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EVE Online has a decent-size release up this month - today, in fact, as it's already live. Notably, today's update tweaks Abyss looot drops...

Defiance 2050 officially launches as a free-to-play reboot on PC and console today

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Trion has a big launch on its hands today as it pushes Defiance 2050 out of beta into a live state on PC and both...

The Stream Team: Heading into Defiance 2050’s headstart

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In her first foray into Defiance 2050 during its closed beta, Massively OP's MJ peeked in to try and see what what was different....
Nice nice, baby.

EVE Online kicks off a new recruitment program on July 11

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More pilots are needed in EVE Online. The game has another patch arriving tomorrow, but it's going to wait another day to introduce a...

New Dawn, a survival sandbox set in the 1800s, has launched into Steam early access

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New Dawn - not to be confused with Darkfall New Dawn or Osiris New Dawn or Star Trek Online's New Dawn - is hitting...

Otherland author Tad Williams gets inspired from MMO to write a new story

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Since its botched launch and subsequent attempt to rebuild and revise itself, Otherland has struggled to establish legitimacy and gain interest among players. It...
No, this is not a boat.

SWTOR tests the new Rishi Hideout and Battle Ring arena

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Is there a new hope for entertainment in a galaxy far, far away? At the end of this month on July 31st, Star Wars:...

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