The MOP Up mops up all the little itty-bitty MMO news tidbits that we missed during the week. [Follow this feature’s RSS feed]
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The MOP Up: New World brings a couple together in the name of love and conquest
A couple that met and fell in love while playing New World was invited by Amazon to share some tips about how to engage...
The MOP Up: SMITE delivers a ‘bonus’ update full of nerfs
SMITE delivered a "bonus update" to the MOBA's community this past week with several downward adjustments to various features. Speed buff got nerfed "by...
The MOP Up: Meet Starfall, a new indie Minecraft MMO
So many amazing projects have been birthed from Minecraft over the past decade-plus, including fully formed games. One of the newer of these is...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends revamps its matchmaking system
Ever wonder how a competitive online game pairs you up with other people for skirmishes? In a new dev blog, Apex Legends' team went...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy Record Keeper meets its finality
We're a little late to the party on this, but friend of the site Connor pointed out that Square Enix shut down yet another...
The MOP Up: Star Wars Galaxies’ Empire in Flames celebrates Boonta Eve
Star Wars Galaxies' Empire in Flames isn't lying down for January's drabness. Rather, the rogue server welcomed Boonta's Eve for the entire month. During...
The MOP Up: Spellcraft reflects upon growth and development in 2022
The Spellcraft team, made up of former ArenaNet and En Masse devs, paused their work on the upcoming real-time tactics game to reflect on...
The MOP Up: Chimeraland heads to the Epic Game Store
The unholy, unnatural, unbelievable Chimeraland has its sights set on a new conquest: the Epic Game Store. The studio announced that it's releasing on...
The MOP Up: ArcheAge attempts to end the year on a high note
This past week, ArcheAge's devs talked about the game's December plans and how the sandbox fantasy MMO is going to close out the year.
"We...
The MOP Up: Another look back at Final Fantasy XI’s history
Final Fantasy XI continued its series of retrospective interviews, this time sitting down with former GM Toshio Murouchi to talk about the history and...
The MOP Up: SWTOR spins a Bounty Hunter yarn
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it was nearly your bedtime and Star Wars: The Old Republic sat down next...
The MOP Up: Astrokings brings back Stargate SG-1 for a limited time
While it's not Stargate Worlds, Stargate SG-1 is back for its third round as a collaboration event in the space mobile MMORTS Astrokings: "Command...
The MOP Up: Fallout 76’s robots want you to look as dorky as you can be
A recent patch for Fallout 76 concentrated on fixing bugs, such as resetting weekly expedition rewards, adjusting several quest issues, improving the Atomic Shop,...
The MOP Up: ARK’s ultimate survival edition lands on Switch
Everyone's favorite prehistoric survival simulator is making a big splash on the Nintendo Switch this week. ARK: Survival Evolved's base game is becoming available...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online introduces one of Firesong’s defenders
With Elder Scrolls Online's Firesong DLC arriving early next month, there will be a new roster of characters to meet during this new journey....
The MOP Up: Crossout revs up a major engine upgrade
Just because the world's ended doesn't mean it can't look better. That's the philosophy of vehicular MMO Crossout, which is prepping a major engine...
The MOP Up: Embers Adrift’s soundtrack swells prior to launch
With less than a week to go before Embers Adrift becomes the newest launched MMORPG on the block, the studio pointed out that its...
The MOP Up: Shooter looter Rift Loopers rolls out in early access
Experience the multiverse -- and then blow up a small part of it -- in Rift Loopers, a new twin-stick survival shooter that just...
The MOP Up: Allods Online throws an orcish holiday
How many MMOs throw Orcs their very own holiday? I only know one: Allods Online, which celebrates all things orcish -- including goblin tossing...
The MOP Up: Valheim comes to Microsoft’s store this month
That kooky Norse survival sim Valheim is sending a raiding party to new shores -- in this case, to Microsoft itself. The company announced...
