Yearly Archives: 2016
The Stream Team: Halloween haunts in Trove
It's that time of the year, the time for Massively OP's MJ to dive into every conceivable Halloween event she possibly can! And Trove...
WildStar puts out yet another game overview trailer
At this point, can we simply all agree that WildStar has won the race to put out the most general game trailers for an...
Final Fantasy XIV announces its second expansion, Stormblood
Yes, it's the announcement all fans of Final Fantasy XIV were waiting for and expecting from this weekend's fan festival, the game's second expansion. The...
Global Chat: Is Destiny’s Rise of Iron any good?
If you don't have a console but were still interested in hearing whether or not Destiny: Rise of Iron was any good, fret not:...
TERA opens the doors of its Harvest Festival Hall, teases the return of two classic dungeons
In a game that's quite renowned for its outlandish costumes, you just know that TERA has to bring something special to the table when...
The Secret World inspires a new hacking simulation game NITE Team 4
If you think a story-driven military hacking simulation game sounds right up The Secret World's alley, you'd be correct. In this case, TSW is...
Working As Intended: A tour of 19-year-old Ultima Online
Wanna feel old? Three years ago, I wrote a Second Wind piece for Massively-that-was on Ultima Online, which had recently been turned over to Broadsword...
Pantheon on ghost towns, hardcore raiding, and dungeon attunement
Selected "VIP" members of the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen forums were recently treated to a special Q&A session with the Visionary Realms devs,...
RIFT reaps the Autumn Harvest
Mixing the best of Halloween and fall together, RIFT's Autumn Harvest is back for another spin through October. Players can return to the Realm...
Crowfall’s next big update is aimed at serious testers
In this month's Crowfall Q&A video, Creative Director J. Todd Coleman and Design Lead Thomas Blair give fair warning: The next round of testing is...
Turbine previews LOTRO update 19, says Mordor will come in a 2017 expansion
Next week in Lord of the Rings Online, the banners will fly, the forces of the Enemy will quake, and the king will march....
Riders of Icarus will allow players to trade cash shop items on the AH
Riders of Icarus' economy is about to experience a seismic change with the next update, as the game will allow for the resale of...
Guild Wars 2 warns of incoming balance adjustments
Will Guild Wars 2 ever attain perfect balance with all of its classes and skills? Probably not, but such is the way of all...
The Daily Grind: Will Blizzard announce vanilla WoW servers at BlizzCon 2016?
BlizzCon kicks off in just a few short weeks, and already expectations are high. Unsubstantiated Diablo 4 rumors have begun circulating, and the Nostalrius...
The Stream Team: A Black Thursday in The Secret World
It's Thursday the 13th! It's also Black Thursday. What, you think Fridays get all the fun? Definitely not in The Secret World. Today is...
Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do
No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
Skyforge fires the starting pistol to the Aelion Games
Missing your Olympic high from this past summer? Skyforge might be able to give you a taste of the sweaty competition and achievement with...
The Exiled plans wipe and patch for AI and casting modes next week
Indie sandbox The Exiled (fka Das Tal) has a sizable patch coming on Monday. Unceremoniously dubbed Alpha 43, it will unfortunately include a wipe...
Marching Legions launches on mobile in seven countries
Hands up if you happen to reside in Singapore. India? Lots of people in India, or so we heard. How about Germany or Australia?...
ARK: Fear Evolved 2 introduces werewolves, vampires, and the DodoWyvern
Just because you are stranded on a mysterious island or lost in a massive desert in ARK doesn't mean you can't celebrate Halloween! However,...