Take home a Hand of the Gods Medusa key in honor of the console closed beta launch
Hi-Rez's turn-based strategy card game Hand of the Gods -- you might recall it better as SMITE Tactics or even its internal name, Hotgods...
The Daily Grind: Is PUBG finally the ‘WoW killer killer’ we’ve been waiting for?
Say the words "WoW killer" to a bunch of MMORPG players in 2017 and you're bound to get eyerolls, for good reason: Even though...
Enter to win a Skyforge PS4 Revenant Quickplay Pack from My.com and MOP!
Hey, Skyforge players! Are you having fun with the newly launched Revenant class? You know, that "mighty warlord, appropriately adorned with impressive armor and wielding...
WRUP: Names I have used for MMO zones other than their proper names edition
Boregrimmar. Dorkshore. Strangle-me Vale. Dun Moron. Ironfudge. The Kvetchlands. Hillsbad Footfails. Poorgrimmar. Zangrymarsh. More Donuts. Fishguard. Palaran. Nar Shady. Lomsa Lemonsa. L.A. Nausea. Goopstaberg....
Betawatch: Wild West Online’s alpha just isn’t ready (October 13, 2017)
It's not high noon in Wild West Online. It's not any time at all, in fact. The game's early access alpha would have established...
Massively Overthinking: Three-way RvR and ‘fair’ PvP in modern MMOs
MOP reader Sally Bowls is on a roll with the good questions lately! She lobbed us one this past weekend that seems a good...
Video game journalist infects hundreds of EVE nerds with insidious virus
A gaming convention turned into the banal opening scene of a zombie outbreak movie this week as a number of players who attended EVE...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online T6 Tzenkethi Shuk-din Escort or Accelerated Officer Training Pack from PWE and MOP
In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online Season 14: Emergence on PC last week, PWE has granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to raffle...
The Daily Grind: Why does EVE survive where other PvP sandboxes stumble?
MOP reader Tobasco da Gama pointed us to a recent Reddit thread about why EVE Online persists, even in a weakened state, where other...
Leaderboard: Are you one of the 2M people playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds today?
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds just keeps on growing globally: It's completely outstripped every other game on Steam in terms of concurrency, having now set a new...
Guild Chat: Coming back to an MMORPG guild after a long hiatus
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which readers in need can source some solid advice to help them solve their guild-related issues....
The Daily Grind: Is there MMORPG lingo that you just cannot stand?
In past articles, we've coined some MMO terminology neologisms and expressed confusion over obscure MMO slang, but it's been a while since we talked...
WRUP: Pacing issues edition
The series is 52 episodes long, and it promises to be the world-shattering story of giant robots fueled by ghosts. The first nine episodes...
Betawatch: Wild Buster has opened a limited alpha (October 6, 2017)
Is this a real game? Did this happen again? Wild Buster added Serious Sam alongside Duke Nukem. We must acquiesce, neither is in the...
Grab a Kritika Online Steam launch package from En Masse and MOP
In celebration of Kritika Online's launch on Steam last week, En Masse is stepping up its game! The studio's granted Massively OP half a bajillion...
Enter to win a Steam Hammer early access Steam key from SF Team and MOP
Since last spring, we've been covering the early access of Steam Hammer, a steampunk multiplayer OARPG with some decidedly hardcore sandbox leanings. And dirigibles,...
The Daily Grind: Do MMORPGs still need traditional guilds?
In the game's design docs and our interviews, Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs is positively adamant that multiguilding (that is, being able to join more than...
Massively Overthinking: Epic Tavern-style player-generated content in MMORPGs
Ever played Epic Tavern? Massively OP reader Uli though it would make an interesting point of comparison for MMO content. "Epic Tavern is a...
Grab a Total War: ARENA closed beta key from Wargaming and MOP
At the tail end of last year, Wargaming's then-new publishing label, Wargaming Alliance, announced it was picking up SEGA's Total War: ARENA, a "free-to-play,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 138: Mystery MMOs and the mobile revolution
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, the mobile MMO avalanche, in-development MMOs from AAA studios, Black Desert's Kamasylvia, and Camelot Unchained, with mailbag questions on the MMO industry going backwards and the small touches in MMOs.