Amazon’s New World character progression will seem comfortably familiar to MMO fans
Listen up, all you bad boys and rude girls: Amazon Games' New World is seriously still slated for launch on August 25th, and if...
Neverwinter will improve its player scaling tech with the Avernus module
When it comes to scaling tech in MMOs -- of artificially adjusting a player's levels and stats to fit a zone's level range --...
See where you fall in the obscure World of Warcraft iceberg of knowledge
Oh, you know about obscure World of Warcraft things? That's great. But do you really know about it? Sure, you might think you know lots of...
TERA launches the Awakening update on consoles June 30
It's a big wake-up call for players in TERA on the game's console version, as both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will get...
Choose My Adventure: EVE Online is already a bad time
I knew there was a reason I wasn't looking forward to this one.
I've dipped my toes into this piranha pool before. I first played...
Elite Dangerous’ Fleet Carriers update is live today on PC and console
It didn't quite make its original launch time this morning, but it is nevertheless patch day for Frontier's Elite Dangerous, as the long-awaited Fleet...
The first esports tournament in World of Warcraft: Classic is the new Summer Bowl
Now that there's a second form of World of Warcraft out and playable, don't you want to know who's the best player in WoW...
Enter to win an ArcheAge Unchained Garden of the Gods Archeum pack courtesy of Gamigo and MOP
It's unlikely that anybody reading Massively OP is unaware that ArcheAge's Garden of the Gods update has been controversial, thanks to Gamigo’s belatedly announced decision to...
The Daily Grind: Do you bother reporting miscreants in MMORPGs?
Retired MOP writer and all around epic human Mike Foster (yo Mike!) recently tweeted about his days working as a GM for World of...
The Stream Team: Elder Scrolls Online adventures with a vampire sidekick
Massively OP's MJ is still in pursuit of the coven in ESO before it destroys the king like it just did the temple of...
EVE Online pirate pillages $60K worth of items from a shutdown Citadel
Last week we reported on a new kind of thievery happening in EVE Online thanks to a recent update which causes unpowered Citadels to...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Vault cash shop is getting an upgrade to… auto-rotate what’s for sale
Shroud of the Avatar once more has another newsletter, and once again it's about its cash shop. Specifically, it's about changes to the Vault...
Open PvP sandbox Profane shows off its procedural map tech
The open PvP sandbox title Profane has shared yet another development update on its official subreddit. This time, it's all about the game's procedural...
Tree of Savior promises class remakes, more server stability, and more social features
The developers of Tree of Savior have outlined a general roadmap for 2020, which will focus on several different pain points of the game...
EverQuest’s Aradune progression server reportedly begins to stabilize
Last week we chronicled the issues of the Aradune progression server, which faced some massive queue problems at launch. About a week's worth of...
Star Wars Galaxies fans debate Legends, PvP, the economy, and more on community podcast
When fellow Star Wars Galaxies Legends player, YouTuber, and friend of MOP Napyet asked me to join him for a podcast last week, I...
Raph Koster will give more insight on Playable Worlds’ in-development MMO next year
We've been wondering just what Playable Worlds, the dev studio headed by Raph Koster, has cooking for the MMORPG world. During a an "MMO...
Wisdom of Nym: The ‘problem jobs’ of Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers
When Final Fantasy XIV launched Shadowbringers, every job had issues, but most of them were fairly minor. That was not universally the case, to...
English lawmakers may classify lockboxes as straight-up gambling
Video game studios that feature lockboxes in their titles are sitting very uncomfortably this week as England decides whether or not to make their...
ArcheAge Unchained’s new Fresh Start servers roll out on June 11
Let's be honest, if any MMO would want to hit a reset button for itself, it'd be ArcheAge Unchained. While the game's entire rocky...
