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Toontown Rewritten’s latest player update buffs options and character movement
Massively OP's own Justin "The Game Archaeologist" Olivetti deep-dived the history of Toontown Online in his column just about a year ago, but truth...
Make My MMO: Former Dogma Eternal Night CM blasts studio over stymied White Wolf partnership
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, DDOCentral pointed us to a thread on the Dogma Eternal Night website that sheds light on what's gone awry...
Tame dinos in ARK Survival Evolved on the Switch starting… today
It's launch day for ARK Survival Evolved... on the Switch, that is. Do note that it includes the original base game and hasn't been...
Bless Online brings back the Rift of Time and Space and kicks off the Winter Festival next week
It's beginning to look a lot like... actually, I don't know any version of Christmas with this creepy snowman, and that lady's legs look...
Leaderboard: How much does an MMO’s IP influence your interest in it?
Here's a fun thought exercise: What if standard assumptions about IPs and games is wrong? To hear some people tell it, games like Star...
Ship of Heroes honors City of Heroes’ deathiversary with a support toon video
Six years ago today, the sun set on City of Heroes for the last time, but the game's not been forgotten. Among the title's spiritual...
Bethsoft has delayed Elder Scrolls Blades into 2019
Fans of the Elder Scrolls franchise (and Elder Scrolls Online specifically in our neck of the woods) have been in a state of curiosity...
Project Nova’s alpha is postponed indefinitely as CCP Games heads back to the drawing board
CCP Games has put the brakes on Project Nova, according to a message plastered on the company website today. The game isn't over, as...
The Daily Grind: Must MMOs keep moving or die?
Bhagpuss over on the MMO blog Inventory Full put up a piece earlier this month about EverQuest II - specifically about MMO players' obsession...
Elder Scrolls Online has added a buyable snow globe house in time for winter
As a general rule, we don't cover regular cash shop updates in MMORPGs on Massively OP, but every once in a while, a game...
Closers will launch ‘frontline dynamo’ Luna on December 11 – here’s the trailer
En Masse is all about Luna in Closers this week. Calling her a "frontline dynamo," the studio says it's rolling out the new playable...
The Crew 2’s next update is literally about smashing cars into other cars, finally
You know, but for the fact that I've been working ahead on holiday recaps and awards and have seen The Crew 2 pop up...
Smed vows he’ll someday make a game akin to EverQuest Next
Earlier this week on the podcast, Justin and I were joking around about how one of our favorite fun things to write about is...
MMO ‘creature-collection adventure’ Temtem has launched its backer alpha
One of the two major MMO Kickstarter success stories of 2018 was most definitely Temtem, the clearly Pokemon-inspired "massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure" that raised...
Path of Exile delays PS4 launch from December 2018 to February 2019
Ah heck. If you were hoping to be roaming around Path of Exile on your PS4 by Christmas, best stick a pin in those...
Skyforge gets a bard class in December’s Distant Frequencies update, teases ‘interstellar campaign’ for 2019
OK, Skyforge. You're getting a bard class. You have my attention! My.com announced the MMORPG's next expansion, dubbed Distant Frequencies, and it includes the...
MMO Business Roundup: Chinese vs Western gamers, devs against Brexit, and lockboxes as gambling in Australia
Welcome back to another quick trip through some of this week's gaming business tidbits.
Profiling Chinese gamers
Quantic Foundry, the Nick Yee research firm that studies...
Fallout 76 fans are livid over what they call a collectors edition ‘bait-and-switch’
Bethsoft just can't catch a break with Fallout 76, can it. Players across social media are bemoaning an apparent switcharoo in the Fallout 76 collector's...
Red Dead Online has a creative approach to handling griefing
So right now, I'm feeling the pain of being a PC-specific gamer: Not only can I not play Red Dead Redemption 2, but I...
So-called gaming addiction and Fortnite myopia aren’t just a problem for The Children
If you're over that whole lockbox politics thing, you can always fall back on the moral panic that's gripping parents and teachers instead: video...