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: World War II Online divides into two battle fronts
Even as World War II Online (aka Battleground Europe) kicked off its 183rd campaign this past week, the studio is running a spin-off game...
The MOP Up: Pokémon Go’s astounding multi-billion dollar haul
It is wild to think that it was just five years ago that Pokemon Go became the summer gaming phenomenon, sending waves of gamers...
The MOP Up: PUBG Mobile snaps its fingers and bans millions
This may well be one of the largest banhammer strikes we've ever seen: PUBG Mobile announced that over the course of a week, it...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online welcomes Treasures of Wildfire
A new event has arrived on Ultima Online's Origin server, bringing with it story and collections galore. Hey, it's something new to do during...
The MOP Up: Rogalia says goodbye, farewell, and amen
It may not have been an MMO you heard of -- and that's the problem, because it seems like nobody else heard of Rogalia...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 organizes new player tips thread
If you're getting into Guild Wars 2 for the first time or can actually admit that you don't know everything about the game, there's...
The MOP Up: Wurm Online’s animal update made sheep fluffier
Wurm Online's animal update is upon us, kindly making free-to-play players ride donkeys and mules so we can all point and laugh. I'm kidding....
The MOP Up: Overwatch teases a huge new feature
Something big is coming to Overwatch -- and no, we don't know what it is just yet. For the game's fifth anniversary, Blizzard teased...
The MOP Up: World of Warships opens a book of German mythology
Weird things are afoot in World of Warships, with a German mythological event, more German destroyers, and reworked commander skills hitting the game world!
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The MOP Up: Valorant fights against the smurf invasion
What is Valorant doing to fix its matchmaking? The studio explains its system in a community Q&A session, in particular addressing the problem of...
The MOP Up: Who’s showing up to E3 this year?
It remains to be seen how big or relevant E3 is going to be this year, but there certainly is interest in which studios...
The MOP Up: Halo Infinite’s cross-platform pledge
For those looking forward to Halo: Infinite's multiplayer shooty action, you should be pleased to hear that Microsoft has confirmed that the game will...
The MOP Up: Why did Fortnite go dark for a day?
Earlier this month, the ever-popular Fortnite went dark for the better part of April 6th. So what happened? We finally have the full scoop...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends racks up 100 million players
For some games, the key metric to brag by is the total number of players that have come in through one's doors. And if...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s April Fools dungeon
April Fools Day may be past, but its spirit lives on in Neverwinter! This past week's small patch opened up a mini-dungeon for goofy...
The MOP Up: Skyforge takes Switch players to the moon
Earlier this year, Nintendo Switch users were treated to a full-fledged MMORPG with the launch of Skyforge on the platform. Now, Skyforge is taking...
The MOP Up: Red Dead Online is off to the races
Whether you head off to the horse races or play in a posse in Red Dead Online, you're going to get extra rewards for...
The MOP Up: The Day Before’s romantic apocalypse
Massively OP reader Lily tipped us off that The Day Before's devs recently sat down with WCCFTech for an interview about this upcoming survival...
The MOP Up: Destiny 2 sanctions unorthodox raiding
Just because the devs think you're going to play the game one way doesn't mean that players aren't going to pour a whole lot...
The MOP Up: Champions Online plumbs the Midnight Depths
The game is afoot -- the Champions Online game, that is! Cryptic pushed out the second part of the Midnight Depths story arc this...
