Indie vampire fantasy MMO Shadow’s Kiss has already reached its Kickstarter goal
Still bummed over the loss of World of Darkness and Revival? Shadow's Kiss may be for you. Last year, we covered the vampire fantasy...
EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II and Phoenix Labs’ Dauntless walk back lockbox plans
Hey, you folks who say complaining about lockboxes never changes anything? You're demonstrably wrong.
It turns out that EA, which increased its revenues last quarter...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is heading to Xbox One in December
For too long, the Xbox One has not had nearly enough games in which you wander aimlessly through a town looking for guns before...
So here’s what’s going on with EVE Valkyrie now that CCP’s downsized
Yesterday, MOP's Brendan reported on the startling news that CCP Games, long known for its flagship MMORPG sandbox EVE Online and more recently known...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
MapleStory players have rolled 273 million characters since 2003
Can you believe MapleStory is 12 years old? I had to double-check it myself. In fact, it's older than 12, though it's 12 here...
The Daily Grind: Should video game developers unionize?
The New York Times ran an op-ed from Kotaku editor Jason Schreier last week outlining the perils of game industry "crunch": 80-to-100-hour weeks, often...
BlizzCon 2017 is almost here, and the lineup is set
Guess what, folks: It's almost that time again. BlizzCon 2017 is almost here, featuring all the stuff Blizzard has to discuss about World of...
EA has put the kibosh on a player-run Battlefield emulator – are MMOs next?
We don't cover the Battlefield games much on Massively OP, but this particular story caught my attention anyway because of the company and subject...
Shroud of the Avatar announces big gameplay change and new trial
Following the release of its October content update a few days ago, Shroud of the Avatar's weekly newsletter delivered a hodge-podge of smaller news...
Olympic e-sports are becoming inevitable as IOC says they ‘could be considered as a sporting activity’
The International Olympic Committee has formally stated that it may consider e-sports a sporting activity.
"Competitive e-sports could be considered as a sporting activity, and...
Nexon and EA to announce mystery MMO this week
Don't let the anticipation of a certain convention cause you to overlook some other big online gaming news this week. This Thursday, Nexon and...
CCP Games ceases VR development, closes two studios – no negative impact on EVE Online
Icelandic business website mbl.is has just reported that EVE Online developer CCP Games is planning to close two of its offices and cease all...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds faces potential censorship in China
GIbiz has picked up a Bloomberg piece that suggests China may be poised to crack down on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. China's Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association...
Former Blizzard executive Rob Pardo thinks we’re a long way off from VR MMOs
Rob Pardo is no longer with Blizzard, but he can still count World of Warcraft's success as a big feather in his cap. So...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s procedural cities, Camelot Unchained’s beta tester rewards (October 28, 2017)
Ever wanted to walk around on Coruscant? Star Citizen may be granting your wish, or at least a solid approximation. During this weekend's CitizenCon,...
Betawatch: The week the betas died (October 27, 2017)
This week should serve as a helpful reminder that just because a game is in testing does not mean that it's actually primed for...
War Thunder turns five, counts 20M players, and begins development for Xbox One
Gaijin announced this morning that War Thunder is rolling out to Xbox One and the X too, thanks to the constant deluge of requests...
The US government is considering DMCA exceptions for archived online games after all
Back in 2015, an exception was made to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to allow for archival of aging video games that were otherwise...
Amazon confirms that Breakaway is on hiatus
Is Breakaway dead? We don't know for sure, but the rumors started flying yesterday, and the latest official word certainly reads like a death...
