Halloween festivities across the MMO world, 2024 edition
It's weird we keep meeting like this every single year a week before October 31st, right? A strange and unusual coincidence, perhaps even a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 490: What’s old is new again
Justin and Bree discuss New World, Wayfinder, Pax Dei, Tarisland, DDO, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, New World, WoW, and LOTRO, with a mailbag topic on solo vs. group MMO play.
MMO Week in Review: New World’s promising Aeternum, Star Citizen’s big promises
New World was the big MMORPG story this week as Amazon officially brought the game to consoles under the Aeternum banner, though PC players...
WRUP: Serious version experiment two – factual animal science news
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our longest-run with a fandom.
Meta: MassivelyOP is now on Bluesky
Hello, folks! MassivelyOP is expanding its social media presence once again this week with the proper activation of our Bluesky account. Technically, we've had...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 489: A requiem for Cryptic
Carlo, Justin, and Bree discuss the launch of Throne and Liberty, the Cryptic layoffs and their effect on Neverwinter and Star Trek Online, the early access plan for Brighter Shores, and the New World Aeternum rollout.
MMO Week in Review: Pouring one out for Cryptic Studios
Embracer has apparently all but finished off the remains of Cryptic Studios: While Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, and Champions Online have been incrementally shipped...
WRUP: Serious version experiment one – Video Game News edition
Welcome back to What Are You Playing. As readers may well remember, the prior week saw a poll asking to determine the future of...
Legacy: Steel and Sorcery is an multiplayer co-op ARPG made by ex-WoW devs
If you, like us, make a hobby of following the various projects that former World of Warcraft devs are creating, then you might be...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 488: Amazon vs Amazon
Justin and Bree discuss Ultima Online New Legacy, New World Aeternum, Throne and Liberty, Lord of the Rings Online's Legacy of Morgoth, and fall expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in World of Warcraft, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on what we're willing to do for long-term MMO rewards.
MMO Week in Review: Throne & Liberty hits 336K
Throne & Liberty set another new Steam PC record this weekend after zooming on from its paid headstart into its free-to-play launch: 336,300 people...
WRUP: Deciding the future of What Are You Playing introductions edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 487: Give me Throne and Liberty
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's launch, the new book on Blizzard, ArcheAge 2's morph into ArcheAge Chronicles, and New World Aeternum's impending release, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on MMO history and games preservation.
MMO Week in Review: Throne & Liberty arrives, ArcheAge 2 reinvents
NCsoft and Amazon pushed Throne & Liberty into its paid headstart this week, ahead of the proper free-to-play launch next week - and it's...
WRUP: The final edition
All right, that's it, I'm done. We've run this joke as far as it possibly can in the headers of What Are You Playing....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 486: Amazon’s daring October gambits
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's early access, World of Warcraft's data loss fiasco, SWTOR's Mac client, Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Pantheon's December early access, and New World's Aeternum and season, with adventures in GW2, WoW, and LOTRO.
MMO Week in Review: The Throne & Liberty countdown
We're in the home stretch for Throne & Liberty now, as its early access is set to kick off this week. For context, we...
WRUP: The best movies of the 1990s recorded off television onto overused videocassette review edition
A League of Their Own: After 15 minutes of footage from Hard Copy discussing the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan incident, this movie begins with a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 485: EVE’s blockhead blockchain move
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, New World Aeternum, EVE Frontier, Nightingale, and Wayfinder, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs as spectator sports and the best MMO ambient soundtracks.
MMO Week in Review: Land of the Morning Light Seoul, Aeternum, and EVE Frontier
Black Desert officially launched an expansion this week, marking the fifth of the so-called Big Five MMORPGs to do so in 2024. Land of...
