Massively OP Podcast Episode 306: Money makes the MMOs go ’round
Justin and Bree discuss Pantheon, the KingsIsle and Jagex buyouts, World of Warcraft, Star Trek Online, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and SWG Legends, plus mailbox topics on underwater combat and choosing between MMO subs.
Changyou’s World of Shadowbane opens its Steam page, lists a February release window
Back in December, we caught wind of the 2003 MMORPG Shadowbane preparing for a return on Steam after publisher Changyou snapped up the rights...
Phantasy Star Online 2 outlines more details on what items transfer over to New Genesis
By now we all appreciate that a variety of character goodies can be transferred between Phantasy Star Online 2 and its reboot-cum-sequel New Genesis...
Choose My Adventure: My post-level 30 life in ArcheAge
Well, this final week of my time in ArcheAge was indeed challenging, but not perhaps in the ways that were expected.
Almost overwhelmingly it was...
EVE Online player’s ashes take last voyage into space as CCP Games adopts ‘gaming genius’ label
Members of the EVE Online community were saddened back in 2019 as they lost one of their own: Bruce R. "Spike" MacPhee aka Paradox...
Final Fantasy XIV updates Blue Mage and Bozja in patch 5.45 on February 2
Hey, rebuilding Ishgard is all well and good, but you know what's even better? Killing stuff in Final Fantasy XIV. And the next patch for the...
Star Trek Online patches in its 11th Anniversary celebration and starts its Klingon Recruitment
The time has arrived to celebrate more than a decade of operation for Star Trek Online. The game's latest patch is here, and it kicks...
World of Warcraft hits numerous dungeons and the Castle Nathria raid with the nerf stick
Whether or not you enjoy the expectations regarding how often dungeons and raids should be run for loot in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, you will...
Star Wars: The Old Republic starts to wrap up PvP Season 13
The current ranked PvP season for Star Wars: The Old Republic is due to wrap up by the end of February, which means that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you wish were more transparent about its metrics?
Numbers numbers numbers: I wish we could have more. No, let me amend that. I wish we had fewer numerical representations inside MMOs. I'd much...
Atlantica Online celebrates its 13th anniversary with giveaways and events
Here's another MMO that just keeps on keepin' on and has been doing so for 13 years now. It's Atlantica Online, the turn-based tactical...
Wild Terra 2 improves chat and makes player characters into feudal lords
It must be nice to be a feudal lord. You get a starting set of quests, for example, and you begin on the beginner...
Blue Protocol shows off the quick-access shortcut bar in another Twitter tease
When will Blue Protocol be released over here? We have no idea, it's not even released yet in its native Japan. But the team continues...
Book of Travels’ soundtrack aims to take you to a whole new world
For an MMO that will be all about the journey, getting the music right for your road trip is an important task for the...
Albion Online’s next major patch delivers the Use All button
Hearken ye, people, to a tale of Albion Online and the quest to deliver a most powerful artifact unto those who might make use of...
Shroud of the Avatar announces plans to make public cache chests bigger and fancier
Have you really had a good, long, hard think about what your Shroud of the Avatar public cache chest says about your player-owned town...
Profane maps out alpha updates and testing plans for the first half of the year
Profane, the self-described open PvP sandbox MMO of "territorial domination," has arrived to Reddit with a roadmap for alpha, offering details on update plans...
TitanReach shows off more character and weapon models, shares new music, and crafts an account system
What's one of the most important features in an MMO? Is it the combat? The leveling experience? How classes interplay with one another in...
Fight or Kite: Sea of Thieves made me feel like a pirate
In the long running debate between who would win in a fight between pirates and ninjas, I’ve always fallen on the side of the...
Wisdom of Nym: Oh, the places left to go in Final Fantasy XIV
There's a lot of stuff on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. (It feels faintly wrong to call the place Hydaelyn now, for reasons that should...
