Launch impressions of Blade & Soul: Combat, story, questing, and flow
Every time I play Blade & Soul, I'm really playing a different game, which I dub Why Don't I Like You More? The object...
WoW Legion makes major changes to specializations and transmog sets
Are you tired of dealing with dual specs in World of Warcraft? It was revealed at BlizzCon that the existing spec system was going...
Firefall’s update is live and servers are up, but old characters are still offline
The most recent Firefall patch faced some pretty significant downtime due to issues with its implementation; players were updated on the state of the...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO graphics influence your immersion?
This past week, in the hubub surrounding Smed's new OARPG, Hero's Song, we interviewed bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss, who's building the lore of the game's...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick
This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger.
"If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...
How RIFT changed radically during its pre-launch development
Fun fact: RIFT wasn't always known as RIFT. Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO went through many name permutations during its development, including titles such as...
Heroes of the Storm will add Diablo’s Wizard and Necromancer to its lineup
Do you miss playing a Necromancer in Diablo II? It's not quite the same when you play a round of Heroes of the Storm,...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO tropes we don’t need in 2016 (but clearly aren’t going anywhere)
All right, we've had just about a month of 2016 now, and I'm writing this on my birthday. Odds are good that I'm going...
Crowfall is going to start enforcing its ‘no refund’ Terms of Use policy
The official wording of Crowfall's Terms of Use policy has been that pledge packages will not be refunded. You buy a package, it's yours,...
Firefall’s Razor’s Edge update suffers migration-related delays and downtime
Firefall's Razor's Edge update yesterday didn't exactly go to plan, which you know if you've been desperately trying to log in to no avail.
Red...
You’re going to have to purchase World of Warcraft: Legion twice for early access and a physical collector’s edition
Remember all of the absurdity about World of Warcraft's collector's edition with Warlords of Draenor? That was ridiculous. Basically, if you wanted to pre-order...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG character creator would you like to play offline?
I haven't the slightest interest in Black Desert for various reasons that deserve more than a pithy comment here, but boy, that standalone character...
Shroud of the Avatar debates whether offline mode should include exclusive items
If you've paid for unique items and extra content for an upcoming game, would you want all of that available in the game's offline...
Dark Age of Camelot is coming down hard on cheating
If you're going to play Dark Age of Camelot, here's a bit of friendly advice: Don't cheat. We're not talking about relationships (you shouldn't...
Age of Conan has a new game director with plans for 2016
Funcom's Romain "Tilty" Amiel, well known to MMORPG gamers as the lead designer on The Secret World, has taken over game director duties from...
Here’s what you can do with the Black Desert character creator
Yesterday's release of the standalone character creator for Black Desert has prompted the internet to play dress-up dolls en masse, some in the service...
The Daily Grind: Do you like starting over in MMOs?
I used to think I had a sickness, or at least a weakness, as I was constantly rerolling characters in MMOs. While friends were...
Jukebox Heroes: The top 10 EVE Online music themes
One of the great things about the EVE Online soundtrack, other than its perplexing popularity despite being mostly an ambient synth score, is that...
Black Desert’s character creator tool available; CBT2 begins February 18
If you're most interested in when you can get back into playing Black Desert Online again, the answer is on February 18th. It's just...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for shy gamers?
A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote about the intersection of social anxiety and MMOs. It was a surprisingly popular article, with gamers...
