Black Desert rolls out egg hunt, April Fools’ Day event, and new food
Did I not say MMO April Fools' Day was starting early because of the holiday's rude and inconvenient weekend timing this year? Black Desert's...
Crowfall gives players better tools to build bigger castles
Before you can storm the castle, you must build the castle. And when it comes to Crowfall, that will be a pretty fun part...
Guild Wars 2 takes action against PvP match manipulation
Even if you're a winner you could be still be a loser in Guild Wars 2 -- if you cheat. ArenaNet announced that it...
Perfect Ten: More anthropomorphic MMO studio conversations
A while back, you may recall that I posted some of my conversations with anthropomorphized concepts of MMO studios. If you don't remember this,...
Entropia Universe kicks off an event inspired by Ready Player One
The plot of the novel and upcoming film Ready Player One is that you can win total control of a virtual world by having...
Twitch Prime members get tons of TERA console freebies
With the headstart live for its console edition, TERA is drawing all sorts of attention to its big monsters and bigger action. So how...
GDC 2018: Ultima Online post-mortem with Richard Garriott, Starr Long, Raph Koster, and Rich Vogel
Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...
RIFT is tweaking ability performance to address area impact
There's a bit of a problem that's turning up on RIFT, both the Prime server and the live servers. That problem? Some abilities just...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth adds new Blood Elf eyes and new models with its latest build
Blood Elf Paladins in World of Warcraft are drawing upon the power of the Sunwell, but they still have the same fel-green eyes as...
The Daily Grind: Are blacklists, quizzes, and threats effective at reducing text toxicity in MMOs?
Toxicity in online gaming just keeps popping up - specifically as it pertains to chat and commenting.
MOP reader Tanek pointed us to a thread about...
The Stream Team: Shroud of the Avatar has launched
And we have liftoff! SOTA has now officially launched and is a live game. That means nothing is holding Massively OP's MJ back from...
Albion Online finally makes plans to launch on Steam
Crowdfunded indie PvP sandbox Albion Online technically launched last summer, finding so much initial success that its servers were hammered and it even suffered...
Closers announces Tina as the winner of its next playable character contest
Remember when Closers asked players to decide on its next playable character? The votes were tallied, and Tina is joining the roster on April...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 163: Expansions ‘Я’ Us
Justin and Bree talk expansions for Elder Scrolls Online, Star Trek Online, and Skyforge, with news on Bless, GDC, Ship of Heroes, SWTOR, a new Star Wars title, Project Gorgon, RIFT, WoW, and Trove, with mailbag questions on whether Gorgon vs EverQuest and our Steam Team.
The Stream Team: Super Trove Hero adventures!
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's the Vanguardian! Trove's superhero expansion has just landed, and Massively OP's MJ is torn between playing...
Trove’s Heroes expansion is live today with superheroes and a new biome
Trion's blocky sandpark Trove is patching up any minute now with Heroes, a brand-new superhero-themed expansion - all live today for PC, PS4, and...
Over 2,000,000 people have now registered accounts for Star Citizen
Star Citizen hit another milestone this week: It's reached 2,000,000 citizens. Accounts, specifically.
The game has been in production since before its Kickstarter launched almost...
Guild Wars 2 preps Super Adventure Box, patches in direct-buy mounts and CHAIRS
If you try to zoom into Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box today, you're... going to be wholly disappointed. That's because while the patch...
Elder Scrolls Online’s April Fools’ Day event begins Thursday, involves pie
Fair warning: It's almost April Fools' Day, which means lots of game studios are going to start pranks and silly-themed events, and they're going...
Elite: Dangerous goes soft on crime (and that’s a good thing)
Elite: Dangerous made a wonderful and awe-inspiring discovery yesterday in a remote star system: Update 3.0.4 was found floating in orbit around a dead...
