Hyperspace Beacon: An open letter to the creators of the SWTOR Cartel Packs
Dear BioWare,
First off, it might be unfair that I’m addressing this open letter to the whole staff of BioWare when I really should center...
The Daily Grind: What’s the greatest MMO innovation of the last few years?
Last week on the Massively OP Podcast, we tried to answer a question from long-time listener Spagomat, who told us he keeps going back...
Beta impressions of Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic
About a week ago, I got an e-mail granting me access to the closed beta test of Motiga's in-development MOBA title, Gigantic. Now, most...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2 notes
It's patch day, ladies and gentlemen! All right, so it's the day before patch day. It's close to patch day. It's patch day adjacent....
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMORPG boss fight?
World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade was very definitely not my favorite WoW expansion, but it had some fantastic dungeons. Karazhan leaps to mind as...
EVE Evolved: Citadel stats revealed, theorycrafting begins
EVE Online's Citadel expansion is due to launch this spring, transforming the way many of us play the game through the introduction of player-owned...
The Daily Grind: Would you be into an MMO with constant reboots?
As much as I love the current version of Final Fantasy XIV and want the programmers to be able to visit their families, part...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most and least favorite MMO biomes?
While developers are, by virtue of the job, very creative folks, there are only so many types of environments that seem to crop up...
Perfect Ten: What you need to know before you play an older MMORPG
I cut my teeth on MMOs with the launch of Final Fantasy XI in America. My roommate in college was interested in the game,...
The Daily Grind: How do you plot your gameplay in an open-world sandbox?
Quantic Foundry's series of blog posts in support of its Gamer Motivation Model continue with its most recent piece on open world games, which...
Massively Overthinking: The Star Citizen money machine
Massively OP reader Ichi has posed us an interesting question. At the end of 2015, a lot of gamers, including some of our own...
Choose My Adventure: Blade & Soul’s questing, PvP, combat, and impractically revealing outfits
Hello friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure, where I'm in my third week of exploring NCSoft's martial-arts MMORPG, Blade & Soul. Last...
Exclusive: Crowfall’s world building pipeline video and interview
Are you a fan of Tetris but wish it were more free-form and connected to an MMO's world building tool kit? Yeah, neither am I,...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs have unexpectedly hooked you?
My roommate expected to like Star Trek Online because, well, she likes Star Trek. That was a given. What she didn't expect was to...
Jukebox Heroes: Six forgettable MMOs with unforgettable soundtracks
I have often thought it grossly unfair that a video game soundtrack is linked, for better and for worse, with the popularity of the...
Previewing Chronicle: RuneScape Legends ahead of its March 23 beta
If you haven't heard of RuneScape's upcoming card game, you're not alone. Even when it skittered across my desk last fall, it largely escaped...
The Daily Grind: How do you handle MMO burnout?
We've all been there: You're playing your favorite MMO(s) continually until you log in one day and find that the joy of the game has...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 51: Unsavory deeds
Justin and Bree discuss V-Day, MMO finances, Blade & Soul, The Division, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, The Secret World, Ultima Online, and Devilian, with mailbag questions on IP blocking frustrations and MMO innovation.
Hyperspace Beacon: What SWTOR’s latest chapter, Anarchy in Paradise, is really about
If you think that SWTOR’s chapter 10 Anarchy in Paradise is about Kaliyo Djannis, you’re wrong. Kaliyo stars in the chapter, and she can...
The Daily Grind: Do cutscenes in MMORPGs annoy you?
The last few months, I've been playing a lot of Diablo III, and last week I jumped into Devilian. One thing both games do...
