MassivelyOP’s 2024 Golden Yachties: Best worst MMO transmedia synergy

December 26, 2024 4:00 PM

MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the Best worst MMO transmedia synergy. The Golden Yachties series is our run of fauxwards, named in honor of somebody we’ve long forgotten from Old Massively who insisted that surely we make so much money that we’re typing MMO blog posts from a gold-plated yacht. (Joke’s on you; it was always silver. Gold is too heavy.)

And the winner is…

Minecraft x tax filing company H&R Block

I realize Minecraft is not a traditional MMORPG, but it’s multiplayer and has spawned MMOs of its own, so we’re claiming it for the purposes of today’s award, as the blocky sandbox did a promotion with – wait for it – H&R Block this year.

H&R Block, of course, is a well-known tax filing service, and together with Minecraft it unveiled a collaborative “tax-themed gaming experience” in the form of a special Block City map, complete with a tournament, custom game modes, characters, and cosmetics. You gotta hook the kids on a tax-filing brand early, you know. Lock it in.

Naturally, I have a big ol’ list of runners-up!

Destiny 2 x Mass Effect
Overwatch 2 x Porsche and x Cowboy Bebop
World of Tanks x Star Trek and x TMNT
Genshin Impact x McDonalds and x This Is Food and x The Discovery Channel
World of Warcraft x Kroger (lol) and x football
FFXIV x a Japanese camping brand and x Mountain Dew
Roblox x Carebears and x Poppy Playtime
Ragnarok Online x Sonic the Hedgehog
Fortnite x Trevor Noah
A bunch of gardening games x MiracleGro

Want to nominate another winner? Let us know in the comments, and don’t forget to check out our serious MMO awards while you’re at it, or skim through our past “winners”: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015.