Yearly Archives: 2016
LOTRO’s Yule Festival is delayed until next week
Lord of the Rings Online revelers will have to wait just a little bit longer to join in the holiday season. Turbine announced yesterday...
ARK Park dino VR experience to launch for Rift, PSVR and Vive in 2017
Remember ARK Park, the ARK: Survival Evolved dinosaur "VR experience" that Snail Games and Studio Wildcard are working on? Snail announced today that it's launching...
EverQuesting: Frolicking in EverQuest II’s Frostfell 2016
Oh the real life outside is frightful
But Frostfell is so delightful
So who needs to work today?
Let us play, let us play, let us play!
There's...
Guardians of Ember denies misappropriating League of Legends concept art, tackles server issues
Following the early access launch of Runewaker's Guardians of Ember this week, Massively OP was made aware of player-floated allegation that the studio had misappropriated...
Enter to win a Revelation Online closed beta #2 key from My.com and Massively OP
Revelation Online's second round of closed beta is almost upon us; it officially kicks off on December 20th for everyone who's purchased a founder pack... and...
Black Desert opens up seven-day free trials, halves sale price through holidays
The winter holidays are live in Black Desert as of yesterday, but what if you never actually bought the game and wish you could...
Funcom is plotting a Conan Exiles branded Dark Horse comic
Are we hyped for Funcom's Conan Exiles yet? Are we excited to dive into the thrilling brutality promised by the sandbox survival game? Bummer...
Perfect Ten: All the MMORPGs coming in 2017
Right now we are in a strange place in MMORPG history. Following the backlash of WoW clones and several high-profile titles that underperformed, major...
Perfect World Entertainment integrates Twitch streaming into its Arc launcher
If you want to play Neverwinter, Gigantic, Star Trek Online, or maybe even Perfect World International, you're probably familiar with Perfect World Entertainment's Arc...
Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Best MMORPG Business Model of 2016
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Best MMORPG Business Model of 2016, which is a new award we're doling out...
It’s vikings vs. samurai in Ubisoft’s For Honor
When multi-faction PvP games come out, it always feels as though you are being recruited for some sort of specialized street gang. Whom will...
Elder Scrolls’ Todd Howard to be inducted in video game hall of fame
Bethesda Lead Designer Todd Howard is slated to be the next inductee in the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hall of fame for...
World of Warships enters choppy waters with arguably test-to-win reward ship
What do you know about the USS Alabama? "It is a boat" is a perfectly acceptable answer in this context because that is correct!...
‘Substantial’ changes coming to World of Warcraft’s legendaries
World of Warcraft's highly desired and much debated legendary items are in store for "fairly substantial changes" in Patch 7.1.5, Blizzard announced this week....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best login experience?
Here's a funny fact: All I have to do is start singing this tune, and my wife starts feeling the urge to play some...
Destiny’s holiday event is off to the races
Don't look now, Destiny, but you're becoming more of an MMORPG every day. The sci-fi shooter patched in its Dawning update this week, bringing...
Global Chat: Knights of the Eternal Throne debate
With the arrival of SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne, the MMO blogosphere lit up in lively discussion about the expansion, its story, and...
Is Heroes of the Storm a failure from the e-sports side?
Does it seem like Heroes of the Storm is still struggling to find its niche? On the one hand, that question is ridiculous at...
Guild Wars counts down to Wintersday 2016
Not content to let younger sibling Guild Wars 2 have all of the Wintersday fun, the classic Guild Wars is getting ready to roll...
Robot brawling MMO Robocraft now counts 9.5M players
Freejam announced today that Robocraft, its early access robot-themed, builder-centric action MMO, has dinged up to 9.5 million players just as the game is...
