The Daily Grind: What’s the hardest-working MMO team out there right now?
The other day we ran a story on Villagers and Heroes' plans for 2017, and those of us in the Massively OP office were...
Tibia celebrates its 20th birthday
One of the longest-running MMORPGs in the world is celebrating its 20th birthday this week. German MMO Tibia launched back in January 1997 and...
Jukebox Heroes: Six MMOs that need official soundtrack releases
For an avid fan of video game soundtracks, and of MMO soundtracks in particular, the most frustrating aspect of collecting and listening to these...
Final Fantasy XI updates monthly content and powers up alter egos
Do you feel like your alter egos are moving a bit too slowly in Final Fantasy XI? The most recent monthly update will help...
Star Trek Online details the vessels of the Tzenkethi
As cool as the troops of the Tzenkethi look, the race would not be a plausible threat in Star Trek Online without starships. It'd...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 99: Landmark goes into the dark
Justin and Bree discuss Landmark, Trove, Asheron's Call, WoW, FFXIV, WildStar, Hi-Rez, and Ashes of Creation before dipping into the mailbag to speculate on Daybreak's future.
Frontier sues Atari over Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 profits
We may associate Frontier with Elite Dangerous these days, but there was a time in the early 2000s when the studio was widely greatly...
Worlds Adrift turns on global illumination
What would you think is one of the biggest challenges for the budding Worlds Adrift? Surprisingly enough, the devs say that it's lighting due...
MMOs Chronicles of Elyria, Dual Universe, and AQ3D were among top crowdfunded games of 2016
Fig, the gaming crowdfunding platform that surged in popularity in 2016 thanks to successful Wasteland 3 and Psychonauts 2 campaigns, has released a list of...
EVE Online delays, rolls back today’s patch
CCP took EVE Online's core server, Tranquility, offline this morning for a rare unscheduled downtime and rollback, the apparent result of "several issues that...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Ten things I’d forgotten from Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 1
I spent quite a while poring over a recent gem of a video that served as a fantastically nostalgic trip down memory lane through its...
Pokemon Go: Increasing physical activity in the US, blockaded in China
Is Pokemon Go making you healthier? Maybe not yet, but researchers from a Stanford/Microsoft team have determined that Pokemon Go play correlates with increased physical...
World of Warcraft patch 7.1.5 launches today
If you're hoping for new content in today's World of Warcraft patch, you will be largely disappointed. Not entirely disappointed, perhaps, since the patch...
The struggles and successes of SWTOR
There's a new op-ed piece over at Gamasutra in which the author -- an occasional MMO player -- takes a critical look at Star...
ArcheAge suffers lengthy downtime over vanishing NPCs
ArcheAge just cannot catch a break. Disappearing NPCs prompted another complete restart of the North American servers yesterday, which didn't solve the problem. Trion...
Revelation Online plots third closed beta, offers new trailer
My.com has announced a third round of western beta for Revelation Online. CBT3 will begin January 19th and run until the wee hours of...
The Daily Grind: How often do you claim refunds on MMOs?
Chargebacks were a big deal in 2016: Black Desert, ArcheAge, and No Man Sky were all embroiled in community drama thanks to perceived chargeback...
Guild Wars 2 player assembles massive season one movie
While Guild Wars 2 is right now in the middle of its third season of the living world campaign, there's always a chance that...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is now four months away from launch
"We are roughly four months away from the official launch of the game."
Darkfall: Rise of Agon laid out its 2017 roadmap this past weekend...
Shroud of the Avatar previews the visuals of release 38
If there were an award for most consistent game that is sorta launched but not totally launched, Shroud of the Avatar would totally win...
