Choose My Adventure: Tiny ship takes on big battles in Star Trek Online
I didn't have a whole heap of time to myself in Star Trek Online this week, but considering that I was basically told to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best fashion in 2024?
Fashion is the true endgame of MMORPGs, unless you've fully embraced your inner murderhobo. And personally, I have a very specific aesthetic in MMOs....
Wisdom of Nym: Good aim and bad for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail predictions
We're approaching the end of the year, and that means once again looking at my prediction history for the year, which remains at around...
Fight or Kite: IfSunSets tasks players with surviving the night on a zombie-filled island
We are rapidly approaching the end of the year, and my game time is getting especially sporadic. This time of year things is a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best graphics as of 2024?
So listen, I know that MMORPG graphics are in the eye of the beholder. I'm asking you to be the beholder today. Some people...
The Daily Grind: In which MMORPGs do you have the worst friend list cruft?
The opportunity cost for adding someone to your friend list in an MMORPG is pretty low. Like, it doesn't take a great deal of...
Casually Classic: Ranking WoW Classic’s six starting zones
Part of the sheer fun of fresh start servers and going through WoW Classic again is becoming reacquainted with that old and welcome friend,...
The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy, tolerate, or resent silliness in your MMOs?
One of my early favorite movies was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, so I guess you can say that I've long been a fan...
Design Mockument: In defense of visual ability customization in MMORPGs
I will never know who it was working behind the scenes at City of Heroes who first had the idea to let players customize...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best combat as of 2024?
Are you a tab-target person or an action-combat or somewhere in between? Maybe you're a rogue and you're about to chime in with turn-based...
Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024
I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....
Vague Patch Notes: Nostalgia isn’t the problem with pining for your MMO past
So it hasn't been long since World of Warcraft launched a new set of WoW Classic servers, except this time it's WoW Classic Classic,...
MMO Hype Train: My growing obsession with Stars Reach
As much as I respect Raph Koster for all of his passion and pioneering of MMORPGs, I've rarely crossed paths with his games, notably...
The Daily Grind: What retired content should a long-running MMORPG make available again?
Over time, every single long-running MMORPG has certain pieces of content that are no longer available. Lots of games do their best to keep...
The Stream Team: I put on my robe and wizard hat in Enshrouded…
Seriously! Look! There are robes and wizard hats! Massively OP's Larry has donned his hat. Now if he can just convince MJ and the...
MMORPG vet Rich Vogel says the games industry is recovering more slowly than he expected
Rich Vogel may not have a huge profile with MMO players, but he probably should: He's been involved with the business end of MMORPGs...
End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMORPGs going into 2025
One of the biggest factors when choosing a potential MMO to enjoy is how "healthy" it is. In other words, is the online game...
The Daily Grind: How would you have gamed differently in 2024?
Our MOP interns brought me my morning coffee and the dire news that this is, indeed, the last month of the year. For lo!...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 496: Go ahead Corepunk, make our day
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk's early access, Ubisoft's cozy MMO, and Throne and Liberty's spear, with adventures in WoW Retail and Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs we bounce off of and the allure of lifetime subs.
Not So Massively: ZeroSpace’s MMO-inspired Galactic War and other PvE modes
Welcome to part two of Not So Massively's in-depth impressions of the recent open beta of multiplayer RTS ZeroSpace. In my first piece, I...
