Andrew Ross
Reporter
Andrew Ross usually covers E3, MOBAs, MMO-ish multiplayer games, and game related studies for Massively OP. He's a hardcore PvPer who delivered pizzas to shard defender supply runners in Asheron's Call's Shard of the Herald event, fried fish during Darkfall's World War 1 and 2, and killed many alliance members in World of Warcraft for picking "his" flowers. He is a terrible jungler, but he can usually stay on the road in Mario Kart.
Massively on the Go: The 2022 Johto Tour shows Pokemon Go progress, even if Niantic struggles learning from mistakes
As with last year's Kanto tour, early reports of Pokemon Go’s recent Johto Tour talk a lot about low shiny rates, players feeling overwhelmed,...
Niantic finally releases proper Pokemon Go dev diary, focuses on ranked PvP
Third time's a charm for Niantic: After the first two severely disappointing Pokemon GO dev diaries and a somewhat useless roadmap, the AR company finally...
Massively on the Go: How pokedex building could be used for server-wide ‘science’ questing
Well, I'm sorry to report to multiplayer gamers that despite having online features like New Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Legends: Arceus is very much a solo game,...
Massively on the Go: A guide to preparing for Pokemon Go’s Johto Tour 2022
While Niantic is prone to dropping information at the last minute (2/23 Update: It's started), we now have enough information on Pokemon Go’s upcoming February...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go halts PvP season ratings to reassess PvP, and that’s a good thing
Niantic recently revealed that Pokemon GO's Season 10 will be a bit different. For those of you who've forgotten, POGO PvP leagues work both off a ranking...
Pokemon Go’s Johto Event adds twist to shadow issue, plus new Community Day dates revealed
While we're still waiting for Pokemon Go's hourly pokemon spawns for February 26th's Johto Tour event, Niantic released a surprising update concerning the Masterwork...
February’s Nintendo Direct shows Nintendo further embracing multiplayer online play
No Man's Sky coming to the Switch wasn't the only big announcement at February 9th's Nintendo Direct. Nintendo will be further beefing up Mario Kart 8 with...
Massively on the Go: February Pokemon GO events are a love/hate relationship
Some things are staying the same in Pokemon GO this February: weekly 1 coin Remote Raid Passes, the return of old Mega and Tier 5 raid pokemon, a...
Massively on the Go: Orna vs. Pokemon GO in the battle of the MMOARGs
I've recently been playing Orna: The GPS RPG as a way to further explore a genre that's still small and niche, but studios keeps trying...
Massively on the Go: Orna’s a definitive MMOARG – but it keeps you at home
Twice now I have suggested a theoretical Earthbound ARG, and a central idea of such a game would be having a chosen safe spot for...
Pokemon Go’s volunteers are being harassed by exploiters within the Wayfarer program
Remember how in some older MMOs, like Ultima Online, EverQuest, and Asheron's Call, we had volunteer gamemasters and counselors? And how sometimes it turned...
Massively on the GO: How to catch up in Pokemon GO for 2022
Despite my concerns about player safety in Pokemon GO, especially in terms of stalking and the anemic response to it by Niantic's support, one of...
Massively on the Go: How to fix Pokemon Go’s longstanding player safety failures
This article is part four of a four-piece series on safety in Pokemon Go as well as other Niantic games. You can read all...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go actually nerfed its own support rather than help players
This article is part three of a four-piece series on safety in Pokemon Go as well as other Niantic games. You can read all...
Massively on the Go: How Pokemon Go support fails MMOARG stalking victims
This article is part two of a four-piece series on safety in Pokemon Go as well as other Niantic games. You can read all...
Massively on the Go: How Niantic evades handling stalking and harassment in Pokemon Go and other ARGs
This article is part one of a four-piece series on safety in Pokemon Go as well as other Niantic games. You can read all...
Massively on the Go: The latest Pokemon Go dev diary is just more marketing speak
Pokemon Go’s second dev diary is out, and it's at least as disappointing as the first. Niantic has not been known for great communication and continues...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s January schedule is light on legends, heavy on potential
Pokemon GO's January is looking like a mixed bag. On the one hand, we know the "mysterious door" quest line will resolve at the...
Pokemon Unite delivers a big holiday update – including free pokemon
Remember how Pokemon Unite had a fairly big survey about game changes earlier this year? No, not the pay-to-win one that resulted in actual changes, the...
Here’s what we know about Pokemon GO’s February 2022 Johto Tour so far
We finally have more complete details on Pokemon Go's new Johto Tour event coming February 26th and 27th in 2022. So far, it looks quite...
