Massively OP Podcast Episode 477: The lineage of Lineage
Justin and Bree discuss Throne and Liberty's beta, Ultima Online's New Legacy, New World, Spellfarers, TennoCon, and Soulforge, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, No Man's Sky, and T&L, plus a mailbag topic on the usefulness of MMO mobile apps.
MMO Week in Review: Worlds, Solisium, and TennoCon
Lumpy Spacesuit Couture or not, Hello Games' No Man's Sky dropped a massive revamp-centric patch meant to enliven the MMO's environments, among other things....
Grab a New World Aeternum PS5 console beta key from MOP and Amazon – EU version
After a brief delay, MMORPG players - and non-MMORPG players, as Amazon hopes - will finally be getting their first look at New World's...
Grab a New World Aeternum PS5 console beta key from MOP and Amazon – NA version
After a brief delay, MMORPG players - and non-MMORPG players, as Amazon hopes - will finally be getting their first look at New World's...
TennoCon 2024: The terrific twos of TennoCon charities and Make-A-Wish
Good things come in twos at TennoCon 2024. Even the year itself is beautifully divisible by twos. But the best of the twos isn't...
WRUP: Completely normal text about pears edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about headaches (seriously).
Massively OP Podcast Episode 476: Corepunk and Pantheon race to early access
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Pantheon, Zenith, World of Warcraft, and Once Human, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on evolving FFXIV Dawntrail's storytelling.
MMO Week in Review: Early access windows for Corepunk and Pantheon
Two different MMORPGs announced early access this week, both planned for the end of the year: the long-awaited Corepunk, and the Kickstarted Pantheon. Something...
WRUP: A list of places where I have not kissed David Duchovny with tongue edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about the oldest albums we owned.
Here’s how to access Pantheon’s July beta test for free, courtesy of Visionary Realms
Pantheon's big announcement this week - that it's officially launching into early access in December after years of testing and crowdfunding - was accompanied...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 475: The Legend of Ralph Lobster
Justin and Bree discuss Raph Koster's Stars Reach, Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, Daybreak's purchase of Singularity 6 and Palia, Nexon's The First Descendant, and Guild Wars 2's housing, with a mailbag topic on the legend of Ralph Lobster.
MMO Week in Review: Daybreak’s Palia buyout, Dawntrail’s peak concurrency
Even in a holiday week, the MMO news just kept coming: Daybreak startled nearly everyone by buying out Palia studio Singularity 6, Final Fantasy...
WRUP: What I think I could realistically accomplish in various musical genres edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about what time we'd prefer to wake up.
MMO Week in Review: Stars (Wars Galaxies 2) Reach
In my MMO guild, whenever somebody mentions a new game, it's tradition to absurdly announced that we're all moving to whatever it is, and...
WRUP: Jim stole your popsicles edition
It's time for our weekly open column about what you're playing, which is not about Jim or popsicles.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 474: Taking Tarisland to task
Justin and Bree discuss Tarisland's launch, Pax Dei's early access, Throne and Liberty's launch plans, LOTRO's new legendary servers, Raph Koster's mystery MMORPG, and Black Desert's Heidel Ball, with a mailbag topic on goofy cross-promos in MMORPGs.
MMO Week in Review: Tarisland, Pax Dei, and Black Desert’s Heidel Ball
Tarisland officially launched this week, treating global players to Tencent's WoW clone that looks... kinda less and less like a WoW clone as you...
WRUP: Things I do and do not remember without the internet edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our latest in-game MMO projects.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 473: How do you define an MMO?
Justin and Bree discuss EVE Online Equinox, EverQuest and EverQuest II expansions and progression servers, New World Aeternum, and Wayfinder's relaunch, with adventures in Project Gorgon, LOTRO, WoW, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on balancing news coverage, Once Human, and defining MMOs.
MMO Week in Review: Aeternum, Fippyfest, and Equinox
New World has continued to dominate the MMORPG genre conversation all week as Amazon doubled down on insisting it's now an ARPG and annoying...