MU Ignition is coming, and it’s all the MU you want in browser form
The announcement of MU Ignition reveals that the ultimate plan is to have some version of the MU franchise available in every single device...
Seed offers fans a brief look at pre-alpha footage
You could argue that a pre-alpha is itself a seed that will eventually grow into a full, playable game. It'd be a bit of...
FCC extends accessibility requirement waiver for online games once again
Last year, my husband deployed the requisite accessibility tools to the college science lab he runs to accommodate a bright student who happened to...
Heroes of the Storm previews the upcoming hero Blaze
Considering the pedigree of StarCraft II and the MOBA genre in general, you would think that Heroes of the Storm would have featured heroes...
Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running in 2017?
Those of you who've been following Massively OP for a while know that many our writers have a fondness for old MMORPGs - that's...
Valiance Online previews its maps as it hunts down bugs
Hunting down bugs in a video game is not the same as hunting down enemies. That's true even if the bug is a severe...
Hyperspace Beacon: Three things SWTOR could add in 2018 to turn itself around
Star Wars: The Old Republic did not have a banner year in 2017. It was the first year since the launch year that did...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2017
Last year was positively stuffed with updates, expansions, and cool stuff. A lot of years I struggle to remember which major updates happened in...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2017
It's true that we lost a lot of MMOs in 2016 -- bigger and more important ones than in 2014 and 2015. 2017, however, has...
LawBreakers is the weak link in Nexon’s Q3 2017 financial results
Here's the good news for Nexon's Q3 2017 investor call: The company had a good set of third-quarter results overall, and it has a...
ESA pushes back against World Health Organization’s gaming disorder classification
In case you missed it over the holiday break, but the World Health Organization announced it would be adding "gamer disorder" and "hazardous gaming"...
The Daily Grind: Would you be interested in a retro-styled MMORPG?
As it's been about a year now, I know that pretty much nobody remembers John Smedley's ill-fated Hero's Song. For a while there, we...
Massively OP’s Weirdest MMORPG Stories of 2017: Happy little trees
Today we're continuing our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2017!
Coming in at #2 on our list is...
SMITE honors 'painting god' Bob...
Fortnite adds silencers in its first Battle Royale update of 2018
The first Fortnite update of the new year has arrived for the Battle Royale mode, and it introduces the silenced pistol along with a...
Overwatch’s 2018 includes new heroes, maps, and better competitive play
Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan barely has recovered from his marathon chair-sitting session over the holidays, but the scruffy-looking nerfherder is back in front...
A look back at the MMO and gaming science topics of 2017
Over the last couple of years, we've redoubled our efforts on our science-related articles, as you may have noticed from our roundups in 2016 and 2015....
Exclusive: Ship of Heroes’ Casey McGeever on the superhero MMORPG genre
Ship of Heroes is super-jumping right into 2018 with two documents of note. The first is a retrospective of what the Heroic Games team...
Guild Chat: The best MMORPG advice of 2017
There's no more perfect time to reflect on the last twelve months than when you're ringing in the new year, so that's precisely what...
Black Desert Mobile shares some details about account linking, character creation, and items
Curious about the play experience of Black Desert Mobile? The developers have put out a helpful FAQ about the game's features, mechanical changes, and...
The best Massively OP MMO reader polls of 2017
Polls are a quantitative sort of magic that we don't often get from our other articles - at least when they aren't being brigaded...
