There are no Blizzard games in the November 2018 SuperData games revenue ranking, not even WoW
I did a little double-take when I read SuperData's November 2018 games industry revenue ranking piece today, and not because the title and intro...
SWGEmu reveals costly financial mishap, but the game will continue on
There's some dark news for the original SWGEmu project this week - this'd be the Star Wars Galaxies emu that spawned most of the...
Elite: Dangerous raises big money for charity with a 24-hour stream
The team at Frontier Developments put on quite a show on December 17th with a bit of livestreaming. But the Elite: Dangerous crew wasn't just...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value going into 2019
Here we go, here we go, here we go again. This one is always an interesting column to write because there's a certain amount...
Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder of 2018
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Blunder, which was awarded to CCP's dramatic VR pullout and EVE Online layoffs...
Daybreak’s offering a $300 lifetime sub for its stable of MMOs, and it’ll probably sell out
You had to figure Daybreak was gearing up for some sort of big sub thing, what with SSG doing it for LOTRO and DDO...
Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2018?
Every year for the last many years, we've done some sort of award for the most underrated MMO, or even the year's sleeper hit....
Escape From Tarkov devs lodge DMCA strikes over YouTuber’s ‘misinformation’ and ‘negative hype’
It's been a couple of years since we had one of these stories about a game studio filing DMCA complaints in an attempt to...
Carlton is making trouble in Fortnite’s neighborhood – by suing Epic over his dance
Alfonso Ribeiro, the actor probably best known for playing Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and now the host of America's Funniest Home...
Fallout 76 may be flipping on its no-lockboxes vow
With only days to go until New Year's Eve, Bethesda has to redouble its efforts to run Fallout 76 right into the ground. So...
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2018?
I have a feeling I know what the answer to this question is going to be for a lot of folks - WildStar is...
MMO Business Roundup: Stardew, Curse, Epic, Niantic, unionization, and HOTS’ wrecked esports scene
Welcome back to another catch-all post of gaming business stuff that might otherwise slip through the cracks!
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, who recently took...
Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Biggest MMO Story of 2018
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Story of the Year, which was awarded to The Great Lootbox Debate last...
Mortal Online devs will launch Mortal Royale to Steam early access today
So here's a thing that did not exactly make my list of favorite trends this year: MMOs transparently courting the battle royale market with...
Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Biggest MMO Industry Disappointment of 2018
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Industry Disappointment, which was awarded to the sad death of Marvel Heroes last...
Guild Wars and Elder Scrolls franchise composer Jeremy Soule starts Patreon for exclusive music
It's not really a holiday season around Massively OP if we're not asking that annual question, "What is composer Jeremy Soule up to these...
Betawatch: Atlas delays alpha a week, Division 2 hits tech alpha
Studio Wildcard, you... er... wild cards. Yeah, that seems right. You announced the big surprise splash of Atlas, and then you delay the launch from...
Valve’s Steam store has been challenged hard by Discord now, not just Epic
If you haven't noticed lately, the discontent over Steam's profit split with creators, the overabundance of trash games, and the whole mess with moderation...
DayZ actually launches with version 1.0, conditions in the underworld described as ‘chilling’
The day we never thought would arrive has arrived. DayZ has actually launched version 1.0. It has launched. It's actually arrived at launch. No one is...
Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Worst MMO Business Model of 2018
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for the MMO with the Worst Business Model, which was awarded to Star Citizen last year,...
