Yearly Archives: 2016
Elder Scrolls Online’s winter festival begins Thursday
The Elder Scrolls Online, the MMORPG once infamous for eschewing holidays, is following up its inaugural autumn bash with a winter party called the New...
Gloria Victis enlists Witcher animator for weapon overhaul
Have you ever picked up a class in an MMO, only to find yourself disenchanted by the lackluster or wonky way that the class...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back the Starlight Celebration on December 15
It's that time of year when the snow begins to fall once more... except it's definitely not snowing in Ul'dah. It's far too warm...
Skyforge kicks off 12 Days of Winter events
There's no shame in having a single holiday event to celebrate the winter holiday of your choice (although it's going to be Christmas in...
EVE Online improves the new player experience further
The free-to-play option in EVE Online brought with it a revamp to the starting player experience, so new free players would be able to...
Twitch adds AutoMod system to stop nasty comments before they post
Streaming stuff can be pretty darn cool. We're fond of our own streams, just by way of example. But no one likes having stream...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 95: Rising from the ashes
Justin and Bree discuss end-of-the-year coverage, ArcheAge, Ashes of Creation, Elder Scrolls Online, CCP, Cold Iron, The Secret World, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on MMOs we wish we liked and the New World's timeline.
Improbable teams up with Google to make persistent world development easier
UK studio Improbable announced today that it's partnered with Google to allow video game developers to develop games using Google's Cloud and Improbable's SpatialOS...
Crowfall Q&A tackles skills and ‘big world’ testing
As 2016 comes to a close, Crowfall finds itself in pre-alpha testing involving the so-called "big world." At this point the community has many...
Choose My Adventure: On the wrong side of the law in The Elder Scrolls Online
The Thieves' Guild might have a somewhat generic name for what it's doing, but I find it makes far more sense in any world...
Grab a Mu Online, Flyff, C9, or Rappelz holiday loot key from Massively OP and Webzen!
Webzen has winter events rolling out across its entire roster of western MMORPG this month, and we've got goodies for four of them. The...
Trove soft-launches with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One console open betas today
The mass-movement of MMORPGs to console platforms that's pervaded 2016 continues today with the launch of Trove's PlayStation 4 and Xbox One open betas...
A cautionary tale on video game addiction
No matter where we come from or our walk of life, all of us reading this site have one thing in common: We have...
Take a look at Black Desert Online’s Dark Knight in action
So, what do we know about Black Desert Online's Dark Knight so far? After the initial reveal we know that she exists, she's got...
Wintersday and PvP season 5 arrive in Guild Wars 2 today
Christmas rolls out across Tyria today as Guild Wars 2's Wintersday begins!
“It’s time for long winter nights, snowball fights, and exchanging gifts. Wintersday arrives...
Revelation Online shows off the Spiritshaper class
So you want to heal your friends, huh? It's a good job, you know. Challenging work, outdoor and indoor opportunities, everyone wants to be...
Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Biggest MMORPG Story of 2016
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMORPG Story of 2016, which was awarded to the SOE/Daybreak formation drama last year. This isn't an...
ArcheAge starts to stabilize fresh start servers
As we have been reporting on ArcheAge over the last few days, it has been a hot mess for North American servers ever since...
SWTOR welcomes Life Day and 5th anniversary celebration
Rushing out to see Rogue One this weekend? Not so fast: SWTOR is going to make a play for your attention and geek affections....
25000 people have signed up for the new Nostalrius server so far
According to a tweet by the original folks behind Nostalrius, the new version of the World of Warcraft classic emulator has already (or only,...
