The Daily Grind: What’s the prettiest MMO?
Judging video game eye candy is one of the most subjective activities in our hobby, is it not? Everyone has a different standard (and tolerance) for beauty, which can extend to art style, palettes, locales, animation, and lens flares. We know which way J.J. Abrams will vote whenever he sees that last one.
There are a lot of good-looking MMOs...
The Stream Team: Ode to EverQuest II’s past and future
Even though MassivelyOP's MJ adores EverQuest II now, she's looking forward to jumping into the upcoming progression servers herself and starting life over from scratch. After all, she occasionally gets paralyzed by how much there is to do after 10 years, so going back to a simpler time will be liberating! And although she can't yet divulge them yet, she...
The Stream Team: Forging ahead in Skyforge’s CBT4 and giving away keys
What? Massively OP's MJ has more Skyforge beta keys to give away? Yes she does! And now that the fourth closed beta test has opened its doors, she can invite you along as she finally continues her sci-fi adventure there. It's not as if she needs any special reason to jump back in and show off games -- she'll...
Latest World of Warships vid shows off US, Japanese battleships
Did you catch the latest World of Warships Naval Academy video that came out this week? If not, we've got it for you after the break below. It focuses on American and Japanese battleships in Wargaming's upcoming World War II action title.
The eight-minute clip gives you a history lesson in terms of real battleship construction and usage, as well...
Toram Online offers a class-free mobile experience
The studio behind Izanagi Online is hard at work at another mobile fantasy title that could well be making its way to the west before too long. Japan's Asobimo is developing Toram Online, which is currently in beta in the region.
While it looks to be a your standard cute anime title, Toram at least is getting out of the...
Crowfall tweaks armor design, releases Knight modeling vid
ArtCraft is changing how Crowfall's armor system works. The crowdfunded "throne war simulator" originally featured a series of character-based armor tiers that allowed for gauging power level by itemization (tier 3 was better than tier 2, etc.).
The dev team now feels like this system is too simplistic, and is now aiming for a "horizontal array" of armor types that...
EverQuest II adds fabled Echoes of Faydwer zones, talks expansion servers
EverQuest 2 is releasing a handful of Fabled Echoes of Faydwer zones today. The Acadechism, The Court of Innovation, and the Crypt of Valdoon are now available in both heroic and advanced solo modes, and the Fabled Freethinker Hideout raid zone has been released in both normal and challenge flavors.
Daybreak is adding new collections for the new fabled zones,...
E3 2015: PlanetSide 2 launches on PS4 today with a better build than beta
Console fans rejoice: After a lenthy beta-testing period, PlanetSide 2 finally launched on the PlayStation 4 in both North America and Europe today. Now folks who don't want to want to sit at their monitors to play this MMOFPS can hunker down with their PS4s and televisions to join the ongoing war that their PC counterparts have been participating...
Elder Scrolls Online releases notes for first big XBO patch
Elder Scrolls Online has gotten its first incremental patch on the Xbox One. The patch notes, posted today on the game's official forums, include tweaks to art, quests, gameplay, the UI, and more. ZeniMax says that it has also improved the queue system screen and eliminated some of the more common in-game crashes.
Finally, the firm mentions that console players...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 19
Justin and MJ discuss Marvel Heroes, The Secret World, Ark: Survival Evolved, ArcheAge, and tons of news from E3 on Guild Wars 2's expansion, FFXIV's Heavensward, SWTOR's expansion, Shroud of the Avatar, Torchlight Mobile, and more.