Interviews

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Hands-on with En Masse action MMO Kritika Online ahead of closed beta

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If you are a fan of action and anime, you might want to keep your eye on Kritika Online. Although this game has been...

Dean Hall on his third attempt to build a space station sim with Stationeers

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Stationeers, an upcoming multiplayer survival sim, marks Dean Hall's (DayZ) third attempt to create a space station title. In a recent interview with PC...

Destiny dev admits to drawing dungeon inspiration from World of Warcraft

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For all the allergies Bungie has to admitting the Destiny games are MMOs, the dev team is not shy about admitting that it drew inspiration...

The Survivalist: ARK Survival Evolved discusses early access, launch, and wipes

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Could ARK: Survival Evolved finally be launching? That's a question many survivors would love to see answered soon. Unfortunately, we can't provide you with...

Exclusive Wild West Online interview on PvE servers, budget, and Red Dead Redemption 2

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Here at Massively OP, there's nothing we like to hear more than word that new, bold, and big MMORPGs are in development. Over the...

The Stream Team: Live Ashes of Creation interview

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The Ashes of Creation Kickstarter is in full swing, steam rolling ahead with new stretch goals reached again and again. And there's new news...

Massively OP Exclusive: Hard questions about Secret World Legends

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We sat down with Funcom to ask tough questions on The Secret World / Secret World Legends transition. (Video interview.)
This is really World of Warcraft's fault, but I have to be comprehensive here.

Star Trek Online talks about Season 13 combat balance, triggers console event

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If you didn't catch it, Star Trek Online's recent Season 13 update contained more than just another fancy featured episode. The systems team used...

Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif on his business history, $30M funding goal, and PvP

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As I put this piece together Thursday morning, Ashes of Creation's Kickstarter has far exceeded its $750,000 goal, surging along toward stretch goals with...

Massively OP Interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO

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Today, Ashes of Creation takes a big plunge into an all-or-nothing Kickstarter campaign. Over the past few months, the MMO seemed to come out...

LOTRO Legendarium: 10th anniversary interview with Standing Stone’s Rob Ciccolini

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As Lord of the Rings Online players revel in the varied activities of this year's 10th anniversary celebration, the crew at the newly formed...

World of Warcraft walks back claim that 7.2 is the ‘biggest patch ever’

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In a livestream Q&A session, World of Warcraft's Ion Hazzikostas admitted that the studio probably shouldn't have slapped the label of "biggest patch ever" on...

World of Warcraft’s Hazzikostas on content creep and the future of the game

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Hey, it turns out that designing long-term MMORPGs that aren't pump-and-dump schemes is hard! That's the takeaway from a new PC Gamer interview with Blizzard's...

RuneScape’s Jagex flourishes under Chinese ownership

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Following Jagex's sale to China's Fukong Interactive Entertainment back in 2016, there's been some concern and curiosity over the fate of the studio and...

Academics and addiction experts weigh in on ‘pay-to-loot’ gambleboxes and lockboxes

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"Pay-to-win" is old news now -- game designers' new plan for hoovering all the cash out of our wallets is "pay-to-loot." According to IGN's Nathan...

Guild Wars 2’s new art director talks about continuing the legacy of his father

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As we reported back in February, long-time ArenaNet artist Daniel Dociu left the studio after many years of helping to shape the distinctive visual...

Funcom’s Joel Bylos on the difference between MMOs and survival sandboxes

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Funcom's Joel Bylos features in a Twitch interview on Gamasutra this week talking up Conan Exiles and explaining the core difference between server-based survival...

Maclaine Diemer opens up about composing Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

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Today we are sitting down with ArenaNet Lead Composer Maclaine Diemer, who players might best know from his work on Guild Wars 2: Heart...

Video: Everything you need to know about Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 5.2 War for Iokath, live today

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After a week-long delay, Star Wars: The Old Republic launches its first major patch to the Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion as Update...

Pokemon Go interview appears to confirm gym raids this summer

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Just a week ago, Niantic told Pokemon Go players that "all new cooperative social gameplay experiences" were on the way, which led to speculation...