Here’s how items, mounts, and weapons are designed and implemented in Final Fantasy XIV
Every item you see in Final Fantasy XIV - every weapon your character equips, every mount you ride on, every minion you get to...
Microsoft’s ZeniMax QA just formed the largest games industry union in the country
Just before the holiday break, workers at Microsoft's ZeniMax Media - including Elder Scrolls Online's ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda itself - announced their...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2022: Weirdest thing MMO gamers did to win a forum argument (thrice)
We're continuing our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #4 on our list is…
War Thunder players have now...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida teases the future of the game entering 2023
It's a new year once again, and this year Final Fantasy XIV fans have fan festivals and the expected announcement of the game's next...
FTC lawsuit against Microsoft enters pre-trial hearings today while the merger is approved in Chile
The antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Microsoft is taking its first plodding steps forward. A judge confirmed last week that...
Apple TV announces an upcoming Mythic Quest spinoff miniseries called Mere Mortals
It appears that the MMO dev studio sitcom Mythic Quest is popular enough to warrant a brief spinoff series. Apple TV+ recently unveiled its...
Germany’s games ratings board creates new labels with warnings about lootboxes, MTX, and online chat
The physical and digital packaging of video games in Germany is going to have a lot more granular detail thanks to updates being applied...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Best worst post
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards reach their epic conclusion today with our pick for best worst post. (We call these silly awards the Golden Yachties...
Square-Enix’s Yosuke Matsuda is still all-in on blockchain and NFTs even after 2022
You might think that after watching the steady erosion and collapse of blockchain and NFTs in general and in the gaming space after 2022,...
Documents outline a multi-million dollar US Army recruitment campaign using influencers and Call of Duty
Apparently, the United States Army is eager to find any number of "creative" ways to get younger people to enlist. Documents obtained by Vice...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2022: They’re using a wallpaper app for WHAT?
Today we're kicking off our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #5 on our list is…
Wallpaper Engine was...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Most inadvisable MMO name
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for most inadvisable MMO name. (We call these silly awards the Golden Yachties in honor...
Happy New Year to all the uplifting things in MMOs, 2022 edition
It's our tradition to bundle all the reasons we can't have nice things - all the worst things that happened to the MMORPG genre over...
Goodbye to all the reasons we can’t have nice things in MMOs, 2022 edition
A few years back, we started collecting our happiest stories under the "warm fuzzies" tag and our most unpleasant ones under "this is why...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Favorite MMO site even madder about the P2E invasion than we are
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for favorite MMO site even madder about the P2E invasion than we are. (We call these...
Albion Online looks back at an eventful 2022 before 2023 arrives
Ah, memories of 2022. Remember that time when Albion Online gave you a gigantic bunny mount if you put in the work required to...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: The ‘are we the baddies’ MMO award
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for the "are we the baddies" award for 2022. (We call these silly awards the...
Massively Overthinking: Our 2023 MMO resolutions
I know that not everyone does "resolutions," and that even most folks who make them don't actually stick with them. And when it comes...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Most impressive discovery in an MMO this year
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for most impressive discovery in an MMO this year. (We call these silly awards the...
A look back at the MMO and gaming science topics of 2022
It's hard to believe, but 2022 is actually the eighth year in a row we've been tracking science stories relevant to the MMO genre....
