Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2022 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
As we wrap up our end-of-the-year and turn-of-the-calendar content until next December, there's one more recurring Massively Overthinking I like to do - and...
John Smedley is leaving his position as head of Amazon Games’ San Diego studio
John Smedley is moving on from his role heading the San Diego branch of Amazon Game Studios, according to a memo sent to staff...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2023
Years ago, I did the first version of this yearly column in a one-off format in the middle of the year just because I...
Kingshunt has shut down its servers for what the developers are claiming will be further development
We hope you got in your enjoyment with Kingshunt while it lasted because it's over now. The game's servers shut down on January 6th,...
Workers at Blizzard-owned Proletariat say management refused its union and is ‘forcing’ them to go through NLRB voting
At the tail end of December, we reported that Blizzard-owned studio Proletariat was forming a union known as the Proletariat Workers Alliance. The announcement...
New World designers take players through the journey of designing a boss
How do you make a boss in New World? Specifically an AI boss, not any other meaning of the word. A new video features...
Microsoft buys a fluffy ad that talks up CWA unions and tries to smooth things over with the FTC
You could assume that Microsoft's PR department is working extra hard after the company raged in legalese at the Federal Trade Commission when you...
Steam saw a record-breaking number of concurrent players on its platform this past weekend
The 500-pound gorilla of digital game storefronts beat its chest at the rest of the world this past weekend, then probably went back to...
Make My MMO: The Fractured fiasco
Welcome to the 2023 edition of Make My MMO, MOP's long-running MMO crowdfunding column. We've already rounded up all the big MMO crowdfunding news...
WoW Dragonflight PTR datamining pinpoints account-saving features for Chinese players
Last month we reported on potential next steps for Chinese World of Warcraft players who were being left in the lurch as a result...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2022: LOTRO’s new mascot
Today we're concluding our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #1 on our list is…
LOTRO'S PET ROCK
With the...
Cyberpunk 2077 class action lawsuit is finally settled for $1.85M
Remember when Cyberpunk 2077 was poised to be the next huge thing in CRPGs? And then all it seemed to do was give Keanu...
Deathverse: Let It Die announces that it will suspend services in July
Normally, we'd say something like "don't title your game Deathverse: Let It Die if you don't want some snarky commentary if the game shuts...
Microsoft walks back constitutional rights complaints in re-filed response to FTC antitrust lawsuit
Microsoft caused plenty of eye rolling and head shaking when it filed its response to the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit, claiming among other...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2023
As 2022 drew to a close, we spent our Massively Overthinking roundtables discussing our predictions for 2023 as well as our goals. Now, we're...
Halo Infinite gets Skyrim’s Whiterun as a player-created map
Hey, you. You're finally awake. We thought we'd lost you in a horrible nightmare; you just kept rolling over and mumbling how Skyrim is...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2022: The FFXIV ERP billboard
Today we’re kicking off our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #2 on our list is…
The Final Fantasy...
FTC and Microsoft confirm a lack of ‘substantive’ settlement talks as UK regulatory body extends its investigation
There have been a couple of small but no less important steps in the continuing story of Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard. We begin with...
For Science: New research tries to link game choices, soft skills, and career paths
I suspect most long-time MMORPG gamers can point to a useful skill, contact, or experience in gaming that helped them in their careers or...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2022: EverQuest II’s prison server
Today we’re kicking off our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #3 on our list is…
EQ2 permabanned everyone...
