Yearly Archives: 2016
Giveaway: Snag a Stronghold Kingdoms Global Conflict 2 bundle from Firefly and MOP [All gone!]
MMORTS Stronghold Kingdoms is celebrating five million players this week with the launch of an update that focuses heavily on PvP in the newly...
Pantheon’s Rogue will throw chemicals in your face
Hands up: Who wants to play a Rogue when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen launches? You might be tempted after reading this class' reveal. The...
Guild Wars 2’s spring update launches April 19; watch the teaser trailer
We've just received an interesting little sneak peek at a teaser trailer for the upcoming Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns Spring Quarterly update that's now...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the most user-unfriendly interface?
Here's the stunning secret about Final Fantasy XI's interface: It gets passed off as being horrible because it was designed for a console, but...
WoW hit by DDoS attacks attributed to Lizard Squad [Resolved]
Bad news for players looking to log into World of Warcraft or Blizzard's other online games. The studio shared that it's been weathering DDoS...
The Stream Team: Back to battle bunnies in HEX
They're cute, cuddly... and killers. What's not to love about HEX's Shin'hare race? No matter what in life tries to tug at her attention,...
EVE Fanfest kicks off next week
CCP couldn't have timed it better if it had tried: This year's EVE Fanfest will kick off in Reykjavik, Iceland, next weekend, smack in...
Darkfall reboots vie for your love (and your wallet)
Both Darkfall reboot projects continue to barrel ahead, seeking to establish a foothold among the PvP community with their different visions. No matter which...
Neverwinter’s tabletop campaign delivers a month of prizes
Neverwinter's not-quite-an-April-Fools-joke tabletop game is scheduled to run through the entire month of April. This is not just to give players a chance of...
PlanetSide 2 hitbox hack gets called out, hotfixed by Daybreak
When it comes to multiplayer shooters, issues like hitbox detection and size are always hot button topics for the community. But what if you...
Lord of the Rings Online gets a combat tune-up
In all of the excitement of yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online Battle of Pelennor Fields update, it was probably easy to miss some of...
Interview: Star Trek Online’s 11.5 mid-season update
Yesterday's Season 11.5 update for Star Trek Online is a bit of a hodgepodge, an assortment of several separate pieces all sitting in the...
Crowfall has kicked off external pre-alpha Siege Perilous testing
You don't know if you like Crowfall yet. Sure, you may have taken part in the Hunger Dome testing, but we're going to let...
The Stream Team: Conquering more Chronicle: RuneScape Legends
Now that MassiveolyOp's MJ has tested out all of the available legends, in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, she can focus on her favorites: the magic-using Ariane...
Overwatch opens up all heroes for final closed beta weekend
Gotta play them all! If you've been itching to try out any specific Overwatch hero, this weekend might be your chance. On Friday and...
Landmark ups prop limit, adds durability, and collapses build UI
While certainly not as hefty as the one that introduced the mega claims, Landmark's latest patch introduces a slew of combat, building, prop, harvesting,...
Das Tal’s investors give the game more funding
Those of us with a fondness for MMOs have had to learn exactly how expensive these games are over the past few years. The...
Age of Conan launches Pit Master’s Arena, shelves crafting revamp, plans F2P improvements
Funcom today pushed live a new update for Age of Conan called The Pit Master's Arena. "Fight exotic and deadly beasts for fame and...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online Vaadwaur Astika Heavy Battlecruiser from PWE and Massively OP
In honor of Star Trek Online's mid-season 11.5 launch, PWE has granted Massively OP five Vaadwaur Astika Heavy Battlecruisers to give away to our readers!
"Battlecruisers of the...
Working As Intended: Busting up the MMORPG nostalgia party
Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...