THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Guild Wars 2’s next living world episode, A Star To Guide Us, launches September 18 – here’s the trailer - [AL:GW2]It's a bit weird for this to be coming out on a not-Tuesday, but who cares, we'll take it: ArenaNet just dropped the trailer for Guild Wars 2's next living…
WildStar fans start a petition to urge NCsoft to save the game - Ninety-two days, folks. That's how long some City of Heroes fans stood with their signs and their drums on the steps of Paragon City Hall, protesting the sunset of their…
THQ Nordic suggests it bought Kingdoms of Amalur and MMO Project Copernicus chiefly for their IP - When THQ Nordic announced last week that it was acquiring 38 Studios' castoffs - Kingdoms of Amalur and MMORPG Project Copernicus - the news was almost buried by the wild…
Vague Patch Notes: WildStar deserves its shutdown, even though we loved it - Last week, when we heard that WildStar was being shut down, I penned a truthful, heartfelt eulogy for the game as it could've been. I talked about how its loss…
The Game Archaeologist: City of Heroes moves into the Paragon Studios era - As we move into the fourth of five installments in the history, development, and downfall of City of Heroes, you may be wondering why I'm spending so much time in…
Blizzard job postings reveal new unannounced project - Some new job postings on Blizzard's careers site seem to suggest that the World of Warcraft and Overwatch creator has something big in the works. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that…
UK researchers identify link between lootboxes and problem gambling - Are lockboxes just another form of gambling? That depends on which government entity, scientist, lawyer, or doctor you ask. But maybe the question we ought to be asking is not…
Get ready to be flushed down Guild Wars 2’s mystic toilet raid in S4E4 - [AL:GW2]Whether you love the new info format or hate it, ArenaNet is committed to a series of videos dishing out the details of Guild Wars 2's next episode of the…
Guild Wars 2 previews the minipet that makes its next legendary weapon so unique - [AL:GW2]If you just skimmed through Guild Wars 2's living world season 4 episode 4 announcement video yesterday, fixated on the new zone and personal instance, you may have missed the…
EverQuest II confirms new expansion this year, announces Against the Elements prelude event - [AL:EQ2]Today, the folks at Daybreak Games announced the commencement of a new event in EverQuest II, Against the Elements. But it's not just any event -- it's an expansion prelude…
Riot Games hires former Uber exec to advise on still-raging sexism scandal - Earlier this week, League of Legends developer Riot Games announced that it has hired the services of former Senior Vice President of Leadership at Uber and Harvard Business School professor…
Massively on the Go: Our guide to legendary and EX raiding in Pokemon Go - It's a bit odd to say this about a Pokemon game, but raiding in Pokemon Go is kind of a big deal. Multiplayer has always been a core part of the series,…
New World’s latest screenshot teases include multiple landscapes, including the Damned Capital - Years ago on Massively-that-was, our former editor-in-chief once was forced to institute a rule that we could have only one TERA screenshot post per day. This is because most of…
Secret World Legends previews the Stonehenge Occult Defence Scenario in a new video - [AL:SWL]Last week (and during DragonCon), Funcom teased a new scenario type for Secret World Legends that had everybody buzzing because of its focus on defense. Today, we've gotten another peek…
CCP Games discusses EVE Online as a forever game, its 300K players, and its mobile and big screen aspirations - [AL:EVE]Variety has a fresh interview with CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson on the sale of the company - and its chief asset, MMORPG EVE Online - to Black Desert company…
Blade & Soul’s Warden’s Fury goes live today, introducing Warden class, Shadowmoor dungeon, and more - [AL:BaS]Today, Blade & Soul is receiving its newest content update, Warden's Fury, which brings with it Act 9 of the game's main storyline, a new dungeon, balance and system changes,…
ArenaNet introduces World Boss Teleport Device to Guild Wars 2 cash shop, unveils redesigned website - [AL:GW2]A new item added to the Guild Wars 2 cash shop allows players to teleport instantly to world bosses. The aptly named World Boss Portal Device, which costs 400 gems…
Boundless officially launches on Steam, releases new trailer - Interplanetary survival-crafting game Boundless, formerly known as Oort Online, has been in Early Access for quite some time, but today it celebrates its official launch on Steam as part of…
Jukebox Heroes: Star Citizen’s soundtrack - With more money than several third-world nations, Cloud Imperium Games and Star Citizen certainly has the luxury of affording the best for its (undoubtedly) stellar upcoming game. To be completed…
Belgium begins criminal investigation into EA’s noncompliance with gambling laws as lockboxes remain in FIFA - Activision-Blizzard and Valve may have cooperated with European nations' lockbox demands, but apparently EA won't be playing ball. You'll recall that at the end of last year, Belgium's and The…
Lord of the Rings Online announces new endgame reward and lootbox system for Update 23 - [AL:LOTRO]Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming Update 23: Where Dragons Dwell will be increasing the game's level cap to 120, and with it, the devs have decided to make some…
Former Cryptic employee reveals story of how City of Heroes assets and source code accidentally ended up on players’ computers - Hey, you guys remember that time that City of Heroes accidentally pushed all of the game's assets and source code into a patch, then tried to sneakily wipe it from…
Wisdom of Nym: Why subjobs wouldn’t work with Final Fantasy XIV - [AL:FFXIV]I would say that I don't mention my affection for Final Fantasy XI often enough, but the fact is that I mention it a lot. Sure, it's also a game…
The Daily Grind: How could WildStar have succeeded? - Let me tell you, the upcoming demise of WildStar has me really and truly heartsick. Flawed as it was, this was a tremendous MMO with so many great things going…
EVE Evolved: What could the sale of CCP Games mean for EVE Online? - [AL:EVE]Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online developer CCP Games is being bought…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
AND FROM OUR FRIENDS AT BLIZZARD WATCH
The two Khors and how WoW should handle transmog-only loot drops
Know Your Lore: Taelia, the lost daughter of Kul Tiras
Trends in WoW guild recruitment: Where are all the ranged and healers?
Every week, get caught up on the MMO genre’s latest news and Massively OP’s best content in our MMO Week in Review! Want more roundups of content? Try Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all the bits of news we didn’t cover anywhere else.
