Interviews

We ask tough questions. Whether the devs answer them truthfully — or at all — is on them! [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Interview: Everything we know about Elder Scrolls Online’s player housing

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The Elder Scrolls Online plans to release its next big update in February 2017. No solid date has been revealed, but we do have a name...

The Game Archaeologist: A talk with the man behind EQOA’s revival project

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This past week we reported on an ongoing attempt by a small group of faithful EverQuest Online Adventure fans to bring back the MMO...

SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne launches today; we chat with BioWare

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Last year, the developers of Star Wars the Old Republic changed the focus of the game. Instead of continuing to make Knights of the Old...

Nature cops who punch kraken: Catching up with Project Gorgon’s Eric Heimburg

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As many of you are well aware, we here at Massively OP are pretty fascinated with the work being done by MMO industry veterans...

The Daily Grind: Are you a consumables hoarder in MMORPGs?

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This weekend of all weekends, it only seems right to ask you about hoarding, although I don't mean just getting stuff to have it...

Three-year-old Warframe broke its concurrency record after The War Within

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GIbiz has an interview out with Digital Extremes VP of Publishing Meridith Braun today, who sheds light on how Warframe is doing. It turns...

The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 2

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We're back with our second part of an interview retrospective of Mythic Entertainment's early online games with CSE's Mark Jacobs. Last week, we talked...

Enter the Breach in Path of Exiles’ next league, launching December 2

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If you've ever wanted to call out "Once more unto the Breach!" as a battle cry, Path of Exile offers you just that chance...

World of Warcraft’s post-BlizzCon debrief

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It's safe to say that Ion Hazzikostas has emerged as the face of World of Warcraft's development team, particularly following his rundown of all...

Sit down for an hour with the LOTRO devs

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There doesn't need to be a major release on the horizon to create an excuse to interview MMO devs, are we right? The crew...

The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 1

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When you bring up the name "Mythic Entertainment," chances are that most gamers are going to immediately think of the studio's two major MMOs,...

Dark and Light may be a smaller MMO than its previous version

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Snail Games' Dark and Light revival project might not be as massive as its earlier incarnation, according to a new interview. "We’re not quite ready...
Bah, it was just a bird.

Niantic on Pokemon Go’s community struggles and WoW-like MMO nature

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It's no secret that the Pokemon Go playerbase has been falling off since its summer pinnacle, and if you dig around on Reddit or...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online roleplay with the Human Floyd

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Those who follow my columns here know that I'm a big roleplayer, but I don't exactly roleplay in the Elder Scrolls Online. I love...

Trion’s Scott Hartsman: The MMO market is ‘in very good health’

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In a new interview on MCVUK this week, Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman dishes on the state of the MMO industry and making inroads...

Lord of the Rings Online slightly delays Update 19, and here are four ways to pass the time

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While Lord of the Rings Online's Update 19 was originally scheduled to be released today, Turbine made the decision to delay it while the...

Smed adds family inheritance to Hero’s Song’s to-do list

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If you missed our live Hero’s Song interview with John Smedley on OPTV, you missed a couple of tantalizing tidbits. One involved family ties...

LOTRO’s lore dev to talk with the Tolkien Professor

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Lord of the Rings Online is nothing if not steeped in a vast body of lore, and the game's main keeper of that knowledge is...

The Stream Team: Our second live interview with Hero’s Song’s John Smedley

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You asked for it, and we've got it!  John Smedley is joining Massively OP's MJ for a second interview about Hero's Song. He'll be...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs do you play to reduce stress?

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If you follow gaming research at all, you've probably heard of Dr Jane McGonigal, a professor, gamer designer, author, and pro-gaming think tank researcher....

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