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: Splatoon 3 is dividing players in fantastic ways
I feel like Splatoon 3's release has been oddly quiet, though it's doing quite well in Japan. Selling over 3.45 million copies in 3...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3’s Tricolor demo makes double trouble
As Splatoon 3's release swims ever closer, I keep thinking back to the recent Splatfest demo we had. Splatfests aren't new to veterans of...
The Daily Grind: How does your first non-WoW MMO affect your perception of the genre?
One thing that keeps striking me in my local Pokemon GO community is how the World of Warcraft veterans, who know MMOs only through that game, try...
Massively on the Go: September brings Pokemon Go’s Season of Light and winds of change
Hoo boy, trainers, we have a lot to unpack after that Pokemon GO Go Fest Finale. September to November will be The Season of Light,...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go Fest’s Finale was a blend of comfort content and bad bugs
Pokemon Go's yearly Go Fest was fairly rocky this year - so rocky that some of us old trainers had to remind people that we've...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s improved Megas and the kitchen sink problem
It's been a while now since Pokemon GO got its third Mega Evolution system, which was one of the big reasons we took a hard...
Massively on the Go: Everything multiplayer fans need to know about Splatoon 3
So we've all gone through the recent news about Splatoon 3, right? No? Well, don't worry. A lot of the presentation seemed to be aimed...
Massively on the Go: How to make the most of the Pokemon Go Fest Finale
We've known that the August 27th Pokemon Go Go Fest Finale was going to occur since prior to Go Fest proper, but we didn't...
Pokemon Presents reveals new details on Scarlet and Violet’s multiplayer features
Boy, did we ever get a meaty Pokemon Presents, and it's not even for an anniversary! While some news bits, such as Pokemon Unite's new...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s August is an ode to Hisui and full of mysteries
There's a lot going on in Pokemon GO, and it's not waiting for August to start.
As we noted for July, Niantic is holding a Hisui...
Massively on the Go: Monster Hunter Rise’s Sunbreak expansion remains solid one month later
It's been about a month since Monster Hunter Rise’s expansion Sunbreak released, and I'm still enjoying myself. Personal issues exploded during release that prevented me from...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go teases strong spotlights coming in July
Niantic has now released the July events for Pokemon GO and, so far, it's not exactly exciting. July Community Day is Starly, and as it's...
Pokemon Go’s Niantic scuttles four more gaming projects and lays off 85+ people
Niantic, the company that named itself after a whaling vessel abandoned for the goldrush, admitted yesterday that it is shuttering four more gaming projects,...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Community Day is still more about catching than community
Pokemon GO finally gave us a good pokemon to catch for Community Day, and I'm happy about that. Really. Had this been 2019, it could...
Pokemon Go releases Cowboy Hat Snorlax, not Caterpie, with Go Fest 2022
Pokemon Go studio Niantic has released additional news on upcoming Go Fest 2022 events in Berlin, Seattle, and Sapporo, with new Ultra Beasts -...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go Fest 2022 was not the worst Go Fest by a long shot
Let me start off by saying Go Fest 2022 was not perfect. We saw Pokemon learning moves they weren't supposed to, Flygon learning its...
Massively on the Go: Maybe it’s time Pokemon GO buddies get the Pikachu treatment
As we've been discussing over the last few weeks, Niantic's pursuit of forcing Pokemon Go players out into the world to generate salable data...
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will have online open-world multiplayer co-op
Today we received a new Pokemon Scarlet and Violet video, and it's a doozy for multiplayer fans. While the video only hints at it...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s new season Goes back to the biggies in June
It's always hard to be a Pokemon GO player. On the one hand, the upcoming stalker app, Campfire, shows us that someone at the...
Massively on the Go: No one’s talking about May’s Pokemon GO Community Day, and that’s good
Remember how negative players were about as Pokemon Go’s April Stuffel Community Day? And did you see how angry people on social media were about...
