Yearly Archives: 2016
Blizzard releases free voice chat functionality for Battle.net
The Battle.net launcher -- while we're still calling it Battle.net -- now has a new way for friends to pester and poke each other....
Guild Wars 2 heard you liked Halloween farming, so…
Last night, ArenaNet end boss Mike O'Brien gave the Guild Wars 2 farming meta one step forward and one step back by announcing the team...
RIFT: Starfall Prophecy aims for a November 16 launch
Now that Starfall Prophecy's open beta is underway, Trion Worlds seems comfortable with setting a launch date for RIFT's third expansion. The studio revealed...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever been propositioned in an MMO for loot?
Get your grimaces and side-eyes on: Kotaku put a piece out last week about "sugar daddies" in MMOs, proving once again that this genre is...
The Stream Team: Sabotage racing CM Odonoptera in The Secret World
Massively OP's MJ is in the middle of trying to get The Unseen achievement by successfully completing The Secret World's sabotage missions. But what...
Massively Overthinking: Real solutions to the MMO toxicity problem
Toxicity. It's plagued online spaces since long before there were MMORPGs and other online video games, as any old school BBS user can attest....
Paragon shows off the Countess, arriving October 25th
Late October is the time to start having the creepy stuff show up in your game, right? Like a vampire stalking you in the...
World of Warships ships out a new batch of British boats
The British are coming! Their ships are, at least, in World of Warships. The game's most recent update adds in ten British warships, ranging...
Mu Legend gives a glimpse into its action combat gameplay
The online action-RPG sequel to Mu Online, Mu Legend, is heading into its first beta test next week on October 25th. No doubt you've...
NCsoft begins hyping Lineage Red Knights with Seoul event
NCsoft has finally begun turning on the hype machine for Lineage Red Knights with an English-language website meant for Southeast Asia. Announced last year...
World of Warcraft throws even more Suramar content at you in 7.1
Just when you think you might see the light at the end of Suramar's long, long content tunnel, a team of Blizzard corps of...
Star Trek Online previews its next featured episode, Echoes of Light
You can try to hide from the rest of the galaxy in Star Trek Online, but even though the galaxy is a very large...
The Stream Team: AQ3D’s beta doors open wide and Artix is here to greet you
It is finally here! AdventureQuest 3D has moved into open beta, which means the doors are open for everyone to jump in and check...
NASA worker praises Elite: Dangerous for its attention to detail
No human being has ever flown to Saturn. The logistics of a manned mission out that far into space are just not realistic at...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II’s public quest event — fun or flop?
Last year when EverQuest II had a prelude event before the launch of its expansion, it was a two-parter. And thanks to logistics at...
Here’s a first look at Guild Wars 2’s animated legendary armor
ArenaNet has this afternoon released a brief look at the legendary armor -- or at least, the heavy armor version of it -- promised...
The Division launches its next major patch on October 25th
October 25th appears to be the day of the month to launch new patches; The Division is joining the fun with patch 1.4. This...
Enter to win a Revelation Online closed beta key from My.com and Massively OP
Revelation Online's western closed beta is almost upon us; it officially kicks off on October 25th as players stress test and focus on "core systems such...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2016
"Two things I did on Hallows Night: / Made my house April-clear / Left open wide my door / to the ghosts of the...
Seventh Rebirth is an online mobile game from producer Hiromichi Tanaka
Hiromichi Tanaka is best known as the producer of Final Fantasy XI and the original producer behind Final Fantasy XIV; however, he left the...
