Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks about the importance of consoles and story fatigue in new interview
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is bringing an end to the story of Hydaelyn and Zodiark, the central narrative that's run through the game from...
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic datamining reveals group finder and collector’s edition perks
Is the beta for the first WoW Classic expansion live yet? Yes! Really, people can log in and try out The Burning Crusade all over again....
SWTOR’s Dark Descent live on the PTS with its first galactic season – and it’s got a new companion
Last week, BioWare took the wraps off Star Wars The Old Republic's 6.3 update, The Dark Descent, which is slated for "spring 2021." And...
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you felt pleasantly lost in an MMO?
I've been reading a lot of player analysis about what WoW Classic offers that retail doesn't, and several times I've seen the sentiment that...
The Stream Team: Blasting to the past through EverQuest II’s Chronoportals
Sure sure, there's still an expansion to play through in EQII, but how is Massively OP's MJ supposed to pull herself away from all...
Nintendo taps Niantic for more mobile MMOARGs, starting with Pikmin
Niantic's best-performing AR game is based on a game IP, so it won't surprise you that Nintendo's tapped Niantic specifically to make more mobile...
WoW Classic’s Burning Crusade beta has finally begun
After a false start yesterday, it's finally go time for World of Warcraft Classic's march to The Burning Crusade. Blizzard opened the doors for...
Five pioneering game titles that laid the groundwork for MMORPGs
The easy (and tired) joke to make is that WoW was the first MMO, but there were plenty of ambitious multiplayer games that predate...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 314: Blizzard’s a hot mess
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Wildwood, Astellia, SWTOR's next big thing, Magic Legends, and the Activision-Blizzard layoffs, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on the hot mess known as Blizzard.
TERA’s console version is adding the Elin Valkyrie on March 25
The next patch for the console version of TERA is only a couple of days away, and it brings with it the option to make...
New World alpha teases its overhauled quest design as AGS expands to Canada
When New World shifted its design balance from being less about PvP to more about PvE last year, many MMO gamers worried about the...
Magic Legends has soft launched into open beta, bringing Magic the Gathering to PC fans
PWE and Cryptic's Magic the Gathering game has been delayed and demoted from its original MMORPG status over the years, but now it's finally...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Lessons Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons can learn from previous expansions
Any expansion announcement for any MMO is always a cause for excitement, but it's been four years since Guild Wars 2 shipped a new...
Ship of Heroes talks up new missions and locations, plans its next open beta event for April or May
The next couple of months could potentially be very interesting ones for followers of the in-development superheroic MMORPG Ship of Heroes. The devs at...
Casually Classic: How World of Warcraft made bad graphics look good
When I returned to World of Warcraft Classic in 2019, I steeled myself to be vastly underwhelmed by the visuals. I'm not a graphics...
Guild Wars 2 nerfs meta-achievement requirements, calling it ‘prohibitively costly’
Good news to those of you who have been beating your head against the meta-achievement grind for the Icebrood Saga's Champions chapter in Guild...
Nexon and Square canceled the Final Fantasy XI R mobile MMO, citing an insufficient ‘level of creative differentiation’
Last fall, we poked around trying to figure out what happened to the Final Fantasy XI Remake, the mobile game that was originally announced...
No, the Burning Crusade Classic beta has not (yet) begun
Last night it looked as though the highly anticipated closed beta test for World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic had started -- but that...
The Daily Grind: Do MMOs need ‘friction’ for social bonding?
Not quite a year ago, World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas sat for a Wired interview in which he discusses social bonding in...
The Stream Team: Seeking side quests in Elder Scrolls Online
Massively OP's MJ has finished the main story of ESO's Greymoor, but she missed quite a few side quests along the way. Not only...
