Warframe shares how its business model keeps players happy and giving
One of the reasons we and our readers admire Warframe is that this title hasn't descended into the questionable, aggressive, and despised business tactics...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor says ZeniMax has least ‘two years’ of additional content planned
With over 10 million players (2.5M monthly active users) having come through its doors since 2014, Elder Scrolls Online is one of the stronger success...
Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss on feedback, cadence, and avoiding ‘aggressive’ business models
Pearl Abyss' Dae Il Kim sat for an interview with InvenGlobal earlier this fall that's just gone live, and while it might be a...
Interview: ArcheAge’s 4.0 Maelstrom launches December 13 with changes to lunagems, raid finder, and more
Batten down the hatches because a big storm hits tomorrow! ArcheAge's Maelstrom, with its cross-server navel arena, launches on December 13th. We got to...
EVE Online uses city urban planning in its design
Who would have ever thought that something so mundane and everyday as city urban planning would be of immense inspiration to a game like...
Warframe on how studios should ‘learn to fight superficial microtransaction integration’
Warframe has become aggressively popular according to Digital Extremes' own metrics, and our own readers back that up. Part of the reason is the...
Bluehole’s CEO on how Ascent: Infinite Realm (A:IR) will breathe life into a stagnating MMORPG genre
Ready for some harsh truths, MMO players? Bluehole CEO Hyo-Seob Kim recently told GIbiz that he wasn't expecting PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to do so well globally,...
Are rank-and-file devs benefiting from MMO publisher ‘money-grabs’? Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs weighs in
Last week, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote a (fantastic) Soapbox editorial arguing that Star Wars Battlefront II (and its concomitant monetization dust-up) is merely...
Marvel Heroes: Former dev says Disney’s not the bad guy, Xbox One grants automatic refunds
Still reeling from the abrupt early sunset of Marvel Heroes yesterday? Same here. If you want a little closure, maybe check out Kinda Funny...
Path of Exile’s War for the Atlas expansion opens December 8
It may feel as if Path of Exile just came out with its The Fall of Oriath expansion, but that was last August. The time...
Going clubbing with Trion in Trove’s new update
When you are invited to go to a club with Trove's devs, you'd best get ready for fun time! Of course, I mean a...
Hands on: Having a blast in SMITE’s new adventure, Shadows Over Hercopolis
Although I have tried, the MOBA side of SMITE isn't quite for me (yet). I'm just not terribly comfortable in the various lane modes...
BlizzCon gamers react to, reflect on Overwatch toxicity
Toxicity in online gaming is easily one of the biggest stories of the year, particularly in Overwatch, where Blizzard has been focusing its anti-toxicity...
BlizzCon 2017: World of Warcraft’s classic server will be a ‘massive effort’
In the process of picking yourself up off of the floor following Friday's announcement of World of Warcraft Classic at BlizzCon 2017? As your...
Secret World Legends teases season two, participates in Extra Life
Saying that revenue from Secret World Legends has "exceeded expectations," Funcom opened up to Venture Beat about what's coming next for the supernatural MMO.
"Season...
Brian Green on Meridian 59: ‘It was its own special thing for the time’
Veteran MMO developer Brian Green is perhaps best known for his stewardship over Meridian 59, one of the oldest and long-running online RPGs in...
Chronicles of Elyria picks up former Revival lead developer
Has enough time gone by to start erasing memories of Revival, that ambitious but troubled horror MMO that was canceled back in March 2016?...
Frontier Expo 2017: Science, history, and gaming make for a great first con
This past weekend was not the first time I have attended a developer's convention, but Frontier Expo 2017Â was one of only a very few...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.
Frontier Expo 2017: Elite Dangerous goes ‘Beyond’ with big plans for 2018
When I spoke to Elite Dangerous' devs at this year's Frontier Expo 2017, the company's first fan expo, they admitted that communication went dark...
