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In January of last year, Funcom was subject to a raid by Økokrim, the Norwegian agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting financial crimes. The company complied with the investigation, and the long-delayed penalty of that particular incident has come to light, with the beleaguered company ordered to pay a fine of 1,500,000 kroner due to promises and statements made...

Even at a site like Massively OP, we still run across MMOs we've never, ever heard of, obscure little gems (or trainwrecks, depending) that just never got the attention or acclaim they deserved. In the hopes of hearing about more today, I'm hopping aboard /r/MMORPG for our Daily Grind. Redditor Cicero asked fellow MMO fans, What is your favorite obscure MMORPG? And by...

ArenaNet is up at the crack of dawn to officially announce that Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion is now live and available at digital and retail locations throughout Europe and North America. A company press release also says that the game has topped 7 million global player accounts, and to celebrate, ArenaNet has published one of those lengthy infographic...

When you are in the mood for Halloween, where do you go? To The Secret World, of course! Because every day is Halloween there. And while MassivelyOP's MJ is anxiously awaiting the start of this year's Samhain event, she has plenty of spooky stuff she can experience. Join us live at 9:00 p.m. as MJ skulks about the best...

Here we are in October, sandwiched between WildStar's F2P conversion and Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns launch, and it seems as if we're getting some very mixed messages from the MMO industry with these titles. WildStar went F2P as a result of flagging sales and plummeting subscriptions, brought on -- if you ask the commentariat -- by the game's...

Steparu camped a Black Desert world boss for 10 hours so that he could record a gameplay video of it, and the results have been posted on his website for all to see. Pearl Abyss recently added Karanda the Harpy Queen to its open world fantasy sandbox, and unless you're in the game's Korean beta and you have quite...

A new Tribes: Ascend public test server 2.1 patch is incoming today or tomorrow with a new map, Perdition. Perdition is a small capture-the-flag zone that's based on Tribes 2's Damnation map. The test center patch is also attempting to balance its arsenal of weapons. "Feedback on equal damage across classes was mixed," the developers noted. "The majority (only by...

Descent: Underground, an officially licensed prequel to 1994's Descent vehicular shooter, is now available to the general public as well as all of its crowdfunding supporters. The early access version of D:A boasts three ship classes, five map and game mode combos, and several weapon choices. Descendant Studios is encouraging players to record and share their sessions as development moves forward....

Have you tricked out your lowrider after this week's Grand Theft Auto Online patch? Either way, Rockstar is hyping a lowrider event weekend that starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday, October 25th. You can get a new hat each day just for logging in, and there's a SnapMatic contest that will reward five of the best photographers with $1...

Dark and goofy times are upon the population of Skyforge, as the season of the Evil Pumpkin Festival is now live. The Halloween celebration, which lasts until November 4th, introduces new challenges for players to tackle in exchange for sweet, sweet candy. But wait, you can't taste video game candy, can you? No, my child, you can't, but you can turn...