Final Fantasy XI launches the January version update in all its debatable dog glory
Is Carbuncle a dog in Final Fantasy XI? What does it even mean if Carbuncle is a dog? Maybe it's a sort of fox?...
CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 shows signs of life
It was the beep heard 'round the world.
Cyberpunk 2077's Twitter account, which has laid dormant since December 2013, suddenly came alive today with a...
Albion Online’s Christmas event is better late than never
Hey, why are you taking down those Christmas lights and hauling your browning tree to the curb? There's still some life left in this...
Saga of Lucimia widens its testing pool while hoping that its community will ‘play nice’
Fresh off of its "largest" alpha test to date, Saga of Lucimia and its team are gearing up for a busy 2018. In a...
Black Desert kicks off New Year’s event, adds outfit mixing feature
Move over, winter - Black Desert is done with you. But the New Year's festivities are just getting started! As part of today's patch,...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Hi-Rez’s new game Bot Smashers isn’t an MMO, but it’s fun
After a few days of playing Bot Smashers at Hi-Rez Expo 2018 this past weekend, I sat down and talked shop with Rory Newbrough, Bot...
Otherland previews a big upcoming UI redesign
Here's the short rundown on Otherland's UI: It's terrible and the developers know it. Unfortunately, for a long stretch of the game's current management,...
Overwatch’s Mercy is shown none by Blizzard, plus news on Overwatch League
Mercy just can't catch a break.
The Overwatch healer is due for another round of brutal nerfs, the latest in a long, long line of...
Why developers believe abusive vitriol is the cost of doing business with games
When is it appropriate to send verbal abuse to someone you don't know personally? When is it appropriate to tell someone that you hope...
Here’s how one high school teacher uses Lord of the Rings Online in her English class
What do you say that we all go and enroll at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics?
Hear me out here: It's at this...
Check out the dubbed cinematic for Ascent: Infinite Realm
If you're looking forward to Ascent: Infinite Realm when it arrives on these shores, you're probably also looking forward to learning about the world...
Elder Scrolls Online datamining reveals possible expansion prologue
Ready to head to new lands in Tamriel?
A dataminer discovered some evidence that seems to confirm the long-running rumor about the location of the...
Smed’s secret Amazon game is hiring a level designer
It looks as if John Smedley's new game is about to begin hiring in earnest. "We are going to be looking for an experienced...
Lineage 2 Revolution counts 5 million players in 2 months
Still scoffing at the idea of mobile MMOs? They're catching on anyway. Netmarble announced this week that five million people globally have signed up...
Blade & Soul improves items with its anniversary update
The anniversary update for Blade & Soul brings with it, well, an anniversary event. But it also brings a number of other system changes...
OrbusVR passes 8,000 total players
Good news for OrbusVR: It might not be doing great numbers for "not a VR game," but it's doing very well for a game...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 152: Allied races and superhero sprints
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, ARK, Portal Knights, World of Warcraft, Champions Online, Fractured, Ship of Heroes, Black Desert, Elder Scrolls Online, and Life is Feudal, with mailbag questions on teaching MMO teamwork to kids and lockboxes vs. advertising.
Closers rings in the new year with the Rampage Cube
Welcome to the new year, Closers fans! Have a Rampage Cube! What's a Rampage Cube? It's a big challenging... cube. Full of rampages. Look,...
‘X’ marks Sea of Thieves’ closed beta on January 24
A bottle just washed up on the shore of Massively OP's treasure island, and tucked inside of it was a note that informed us...
Creditors lay claim to nearly $700,000 in Gazillion assets in bankruptcy case
We named the sad death of Marvel Heroes the greatest MMO disappointment of 2017, and it appears it's not even over yet. Redditors noticed that on...