Yearly Archives: 2016
The Stream Team: Chilling in HEX’s Frost Ring Arena
With the weather turning chillier outside, Massively OP's mind has turned again to HEX's Frost Ring Arena. She only made it through a few...
Global Chat: Evaluating the latest MMORPG expansions
This week in our tour through MMO blog posts, we're going to witness a lot of evaluations of recent update and expansion launches that...
The Exiled adds in a clan finder and whispering chat
A fair chunk of gameplay in The Exiled does involve having a clan to call your own, but up until now finding one has...
Paragon kicks off its Winterfest celebrations
Do you feel a deep and urgent desire to make sure that everything around you is supremely festive during the holiday season? Paragon is...
EverQuest Online Adventures revival project solicits aid
It's been well over four years since EverQuest Online Adventures was unplugged and its servers shut down, as SOE deemed the old hardware (PlayStation...
Wakfu’s advent calendar offers holiday gifts for puzzle-solvers
Advent calendars are a fun way to count down to the big December holiday in the US that isn't National Brownie Day, but most...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 93: Free-to-EVE
Justin and Brendan discuss EVE Online's recent free-to-play transition, the Ascension patch, the need for the newbie experience overhaul, playing as a casual, surviving as an alpha clone, what's in it for vets - and what's next.
Black Desert’s ‘New World’ server merge will keep the game offline most of Wednesday
Black Desert's big "New World" server merging is set to finalize tomorrow on schedule, Daum announced today, changing up the usual maintenance cadence:Â The servers...
The Crew rolls out ‘police-chase fantasy’ expansion Calling All Units
Happy expansion day, The Crew! Ubisoft is rolling out Calling All Units today, marking the driving MMO's second major expansion and landing on all...
Allods Online teases 8.0 Immortality update with new lore piece
Allods Online is teasing a new update today with huge lore dump in the form on a new story, or rather a series of...
DC Universe Online reveals anniversary event, plans for 2017
What's on the agenda for superhero MMORPG DC Universe Online in 2017? Oh not much, just a huge stats revamp, new time-limited events, and...
Guardians of Ember comes to early access on December 13
Hopefully you weren't cursed by the fact that Guardians of Ember failed to meet its announced early access launch back in September. Obviously, the title...
Richard Garriott donates skull to player tavern during Shroud of the Avatar telethon
If you follow Shroud of the Avatar, you already know that studio Portalarium does seasonal streamed fundraisers to drive pledges for the game. Yesterday's...
Gigantic’s big beta weekend before open beta starts December 8
Did a peek at Gigantic get you interested in trying the upcoming free-to-play MOBA out? This weekend you can! Get in on the closed...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s A Crack in the Ice
I've covered plenty of ground since my initial impressions piece went live last week, and I'm hoping that you've had time to play Guild Wars...
SWTOR welcomes early access players to Knights of the Eternal Throne
The threat is still looming over the galaxy, but that's just the way that Star Wars: The Old Republic players probably prefer it. After...
Snail Games to publish ARK: Survival Evolved VR experience called ARK Park
Ever thought that ARK: Survival Evolved looked like a neat world, but you're not into player-run servers? Maybe ARK Park is for you. Snail...
RuneScape offers new subscription packages with ‘Premier Club’
The folks at Guinness World Records may have once counted RuneScape as the world's most popular free MMORPG, but it's had an optional subscription,...
Overwatch player is the first to hit the level cap on his own
Fancy yourself a pretty good Overwatch player? You probably don't hold a candle to TaZzeRK, a player who has achieved a rather interesting world first:...
Conan Exiles answers questions about its upcoming early access launch
With Conan Exiles' early access launch just around the corner, you can better believe that the community has a mountain of questions about the...