Yearly Archives: 2016
Neocron receives a massive ‘evolution’ this weekend
One of the lesser-known but still-running sci-fi MMOs out there is getting a massive upgrade for the modern era. Ever since its release in...
Warframe releases The War Within today
Continuing an epic story that started nearly a year ago, Warframe released its biggest update of the year today. The War Within takes players...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG PUG you’ve ever been in?
I'm not known as a big fan of classic EverQuest, in spite of my having played it for many years. But the truth is...
The Stream Team: Checking into LOTRO’s Inn of the Forsaken
You say you want another LOTRO stream? Massively OP's MJ has you covered! A couple friends are joining her for a trip to the...
Massively Overthinking: Nickel-and-diming in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader and listener Suikoden79 recently wrote in to the podcast with a gem of a question I thought would be more fun...
The Imperial Realm: Miranda plans its first playtest weekends
The Imperial Realm: Miranda is likely a game you've never heard of, but the fact that it's an MMORTS with a seamless world is...
Albion Online posts a video guide to the Faye update
In most games, you'd expect a patch named Faye to involve either helping or fighting someone named Faye. Not so with Albion Online; that's...
Atlas Reactor enters the e-sports scene
Did you honestly think that strategy MOBA Atlas Reactor was going to sit on the sidelines of the whole e-sports scene and not dive...
H1Z1 lets you put a price on your own head
We have witnessed many bounty systems in many online games, but how many of these have involved putting a price on your own head...
Darkfall: New Dawn holds another free stress test, boasts 10K community members
There is no shortage of good news flowing out of Darkfall: New Dawn this week, so let's get right to it. The team announced...
Sea of Thieves conjures up ‘raw-looking’ skeletons
Sea of Thieves' team is still slowly working up to the big feature reveals, preferring to spend the meanwhile discussing the smaller details of...
Overwatch hosts a free play weekend starting November 18
All the talk about new playstyles and new heroes in Overwatch doesn't mean much if you never play the game. Are you tempted to...
Sci-fi survival sandbox Hellion hits early access in January
Earlier this month, we wrote about the impending debut of Hellion, a gorgeous sci-fi survival sandbox -- and as of today, we know it's...
EverQuesting: A dozen years of EverQuest II
Who doesn't like a dozen? A dozen donuts. A dozen cupcakes. A dozen pizzas. (What, that's not a thing? That should totally be a...
The Elder Scrolls Online is playable on the PS4 Pro in 4K mode today
As announced last month, The Elder Scrolls Online is one of the first games launching with 4K mode on the PlayStation 4 Pro --...
Reel in a World of Fishing promo pack DLC key from MOP and InselGames
If you're in need of some rest and relaxation this week but can't get away for a vacation, how about a leisurely trip to...
Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs
Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...
Beast is coming to Marvel Heroes, bringing the roster to 60
He's big, he's blue, he's erudite, and he has never turned back into a normal human by getting a kiss from a pretty lady....
Revelation Online details the mechanics of guilds
Having a guild is important in Revelation Online. Then again, having a guild is important in a lot of games, so Revelation Online has...
Bless Online explains the reason for its delay
As we learned last month, Bless Online is being delayed into 2017 as the team continues to work on bringing the title over to the...