Yearly Archives: 2016
Star Citizen’s latest episode of Around the Verse features lore, plants, and community
If you were worried about not getting to watch an hour of official Star Citizen video today, you can rest easy, because the latest...
One Shots: You got something on your face
There is a grand conspiracy among MMO developers and it is this: Every last one of them has entered into a blood pact to...
The Daily Grind: Does ambition make you skeptical of MMO development?
I freely admit that I am a bit leery of ambition in game design. Not because it's an inherently bad thing, mind you, but...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’ Oculus launch (March 12, 2016)
Frontier confirmed this week that Elite: Dangerous is indeed destined for the Oculus Rift; in fact, everyone who owns the game will be able...
Xsyon kicks off a season full of events, including a mutant rodeo
Just because the world's been ruined doesn't mean that Xsyon players can't have a good time, eh?
A new season of fun events starts this...
The Stream Team: Playing Paladins and giving away beta codes
During MassivelyOP's MJ last Paladins run, she was denied the chance to see the newest map. Maybe the odds will be in her favor...
The Game Archaeologist: The sad saga of Stargate Worlds
In 1994, a science-fiction movie called Stargate took the idea of alien portals that allowed people to travel instantaneously across the universe and turned it...
Entrada Interactive announces the development of Rebel Horizons
One cannot claim that the official announcement of Rebel Horizons implies a lack of ambition. The newly announced title promises players that it will...
The Stream Team: Angling for ARK’s anglerfish
MassivelyOP's MJ has been coveting ARK's anglerfish for a long time; it's pretty cool-looking and a decent aquatic mount to boot. Who wouldn't want...
Camelot Unchained squishes bugs and improves performance in crunch time
The Camelot Unchained team is hard at work bringing the game into a beta state, and that means killing bugs. The good news is...
WRUP: A brief and entirely incorrect history of CCGs edition
The first CCG (which originally stood for "Concerted Card Gouging" but was later changed to "Collectible Card Game" after the Great Acronym Wars of...
The Daily Grind: Does EverQuest Next’s cancellation change your MMO outlook?
By now you've surely read the news that Daybreak has canceled EverQuest Next. To many of you, it was likely not a surprise, but...
Betawatch: EverQuest Next is gone, Landmark is launching (March 11, 2016)
We cannot wave farewell to EverQuest Next in this column because it's never actually been in testing. We will be able to wave farewell...
The Stream Team: The makings of a Black Desert merchant
One of the aspects of Black Desert that MassivelyOP's MJ has been looking forward to the most is trade; she's always preferred waging economic warfare...
Marvel Heroes 1.05 patch brings Archangel team-up, Cosmic Hightown tweaks
Marvel Heroes' latest patch, 1.05, has arrived, bringing with it Archangel as a team-up character who'll be exclusive to team-up advance pack 2 owners...
The Stream Team: Letting the Landmark (and EverQuest Next) rage out
Just when MassivelyOP's MJ decided to postpone her Landmark stream to find a bunch of fun things to tour, Daybreak goes and does something...
World of Warcraft CM Zarhym leaves Blizzard
Long-time World of Warcraft Community Manager Jonathan Brown has left Blizzard, according to a brief notice on his Twitter account. There was no explanation...
Colin Johanson says farewell to the Guild Wars 2 community
Last week's big surprise on Friday was the departure of longtime Guild Wars 2 game director Colin Johanson from ArenaNet. Rumors and surprise swirled...
The Secret World’s Issue 14 will be in Egypt, releases in March
Today's Streaming Ones dev livestream announced that The Secret World's Issue #14 will take place in the familiar sands of Egypt -- and that...
The Stream Team: Friday frolicking in HEX
When you find you have a few spare moments in your Friday, what do you do? MassivelyOP's MJ hops into HEX! She's got a...
