Valorant’s game director moves to secret project at Riot
The status quo at Riot Games' Valorant was upended this past weekend when Game Director Joe Ziegler announced that he's leaving the online shooter to...
Rumor: Hi-Rez is working on a new blockchain-based game from the SMITE IP called Cluckers
Yes, it's another story about blockchain in gaming, and this time the focus is on Hi-Rez studios and the SMITE IP, though this one...
Guild Wars 2’s senior narrative director leaves ArenaNet to work for Bungie
This shouldn't be a particularly alarming bit of news for Guild Wars 2 fans, but the movement of one of the game's major narrative...
Square Enix president lauds blockchain for play-to-earn and ‘self-sustaining game growth’ potential
If you've been anywhere near gaming social media or news feeds, you've no doubt been exposed to the loud, trumpety fart of a letter...
The Massively OP Podcast in review, 2021 edition
Recap of all shows released over the course of 2021.
Happy New Year to all the uplifting things in MMOs, 2021 edition for 2022
Every year on New Year's Eve, we collect all the reasons we can't have nice things - all the worst things that happened to...
Goodbye to all the reasons we can’t have nice things in MMOs, 2021 edition
Years ago, we started binning all our positive stories under the "warm fuzzies" tag and our uggggg stories under "this is why we can't...
Massively Overthinking: Our 2022 MMO resolutions
Even if you're the kind of person who is deeply opposed to the idea of resolutions - or your typical resolution fizzles out by...
Remedy and Tencent team up on co-op PvE shooter codenamed Vanguard
Remedy Entertainment isn't a particularly well-known studio around our corner of the gaming world, as the studio is more well-known for single-player games such...
Massively on the Go: How to fix Pokemon Go’s longstanding player safety failures
This article is part four of a four-piece series on safety in Pokemon Go as well as other Niantic games. You can read all...
Albion Online recaps its huge 2021, mobile launch, and massive population spike
Albion Online is a sandbox MMORPG that has, let's be honest, done rather well for itself all things considered. If you don't believe that...
Roblox’s CEO has apparently dodged millions in taxes using a ‘small business’ exemption loophole
In case you somehow still thought Roblox was one of the good ones after all those pieces about its exploitation of child labor, or...
Steam’s annual best-sellers and most played roundup features several MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer titles
As the new year inches closer to our proverbial doorstep, the gaming world takes a moment to look back at past events (ourselves included)....
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go actually nerfed its own support rather than help players
This article is part three of a four-piece series on safety in Pokemon Go as well as other Niantic games. You can read all...
End-of-year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures going into 2022
All right, so let's start with the disclaimer that I put right at the start of this article every single year, which at least...
New World continues to work on regional transfers, makes Steam’s top-selling list
Months after New World's launch, Amazon is still struggling to solve the issue of cross-region server transfers. The studio's been talking about it for...
Massively on the Go: How Pokemon Go support fails MMOARG stalking victims
This article is part two of a four-piece series on safety in Pokemon Go as well as other Niantic games. You can read all...
Fight or Kite: Was 2021 the death of large-scale group PvP MMOs?
Here we are on the cusp of the end to another year: 2021 is almost completely in the rear-view mirror. As I look back...
Riot Games will settle sexual discrimination lawsuit for $100M and then some
We’ve been poking at the dumpster fire inside League of Legends company Riot Games ever since 2018, when Kotaku’s expose of workplace conditions was...
Massively on the Go: How Niantic evades handling stalking and harassment in Pokemon Go and other ARGs
This article is part one of a four-piece series on safety in Pokemon Go as well as other Niantic games. You can read all...
