Yearly Archives: 2016
Lineage Eternal schedules Korean closed beta for November 30
It's happening, people. This is not a drill. Lineage Eternal is finally moving into closed beta testing, albeit in Korea. Of course, that won't...
NCsoft Q3 2016: Declines for WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Blade & Soul
NCsoft released its Q3 2016 financial results this morning. Here's a quick look at how the major MMORPGs are doing:
WildStar's sales have plummeted,...
Black Desert Online merges down into EU and NA ‘New World’ servers
If you ever thought that Black Desert's server structure was unwieldy and esoteric, good news for you! Kakao has announced that the western version...
The Daily Grind: What MMO would make a killer board game?
On a master list of things I never expected to see, Riot Games making a board game even loosely based upon League of Legends...
Eternal Crusade promises its first major content update next week
A content update is coming to Eternal Crusade next week, which means that the developers need to explain how this content update (which most...
SMITE’s Thoth comes home to roost
If you have ever had the fantasy of playing as a bird-god who went about judging the souls of others, well, have we got...
Final Fantasy XI plans several events for XI Day
XI Day is almost upon us. What's XI Day? Well, it's November 11th, which has been designated as a special day for Final Fantasy...
League of Legends preseason patch highlights and improves assassins
Another season has come to a close for League of Legends, and that means a preseason patch that can turn everything on its ear....
Albion Online promises better PvE content in response to backer survey
The final beta for Albion Online rolls on, and it's going to keep on rolling well into next year. But what is the state...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online roleplay with the Human Floyd
Those who follow my columns here know that I'm a big roleplayer, but I don't exactly roleplay in the Elder Scrolls Online. I love...
Star Trek Online brings the duty officer system to consoles
As we well know by now, a console edition of a PC MMORPG usually doesn't contain all of the same features and updates. There's...
The Stream Team: Conversing with SWTOR’s companions
The last time Massively OP's Larry and MJ had a bonus companion stream, MJ ended up married! Could it happen again? Before she moves...
A blizzard is sweeping over The Division
Just when you thought that the plague-ridden city of The Division couldn't get any worse, a blizzard is heading in with a vengeance.
Ubisoft has...
Pantheon shows off Unite demo, talks grouping and crafting
Fresh off its demo of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen at Unite 2016, Visionary Realms has just posted its November newsletter for followers of the...
Revelation Online releases bug tracker to help with closed beta testing
Currently, players are getting to see if Revelation Online is living up to its own hype as they put the MMO through its paces...
The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today
The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today with her new awakening weapon, a lance named... wait for it... Lancia. It allows the class to stab...
Skyforge AMA discusses pay-to-win and future content updates
Skyforge just released a major update, but it's also making an effort to reach out to its community more enthusiastically. Western producer Volker Boenigk...
Is the online pay-to-win situation improving?
MMO players looking for a hot-button topic often have to go no further than dredging up discussion concerning pay-to-win and its alleged affect on online...
Blizzard discusses the failings of the Sombra ARG for Overwatch
The ARG surrounding Sombra's reveal in Overwatch was a bit dicey, even if you overlook stuff like players hacking other player accounts out of...
WildStar’s Redmoon Mutiny update goes live today
The next part of WildStar's Redmoon Terror raid doesn't go live until November 16th, but the associated patch is going live today. That means...
