Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Schlag meme of the year - Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards conclude today with our blooper award for Schlag meme of the year. This is one of my favorite awards of the year. As our our regulars surely…
One Shots: Dance like the moon is watching - As we digest all of those Christmas hams and cookies while replacing our bloodstream with eggnog, it's a good time of the year to give credit to others for their…
The Stream Team: Wakfu’s Kwismas event - Christmas Day may be over, but Kwismas is still in full swing! Wafu's holiday event runs until 4:00 a.m. EST on January 8th, 2019, so And Massively OP's MJ is getting…
The Stream Team: Enjoying Neverwinter’s Winter Festival of Simril - [AL:NW]It's past December 25th? Well, Christmas is not over, not as long as there are celebrations to attend! So says Massively OP's MJ as she delves into the holiday festivities…
The Stream Team: A snowball’s chance in ArcheAge - [AL:Arche]What is one way to get Massively OP's MJ into an ArcheAge PvP arena? Make it a snowball fight! She just has to see what this festive fight is, so…
Daybreak found another 6000 $300 lifetime subs to sell, somehow - A week before Christmas, Daybreak announced that it was selling a $300 lifetime sub for its current stable of MMORPGs: a new version of the all access pass that granted…
The Stream Team: Solving the second half of Secret World Legends’ Krampusnacht puzzle - [AL:SWL]What do you call an investigation mission that take time to suss out? Massively OP's MJ calls it awesome! Secret World Legend's 2018 Krampusnacht investigation mission took a big chunk…
Atlas struggles to right a ship that is carrying thousands of hopeful players as the global pirate war begins - If you predicted that Atlas' launch would be a hot mess, then give yourself a hearty pat on the back (and, really, join the crowd). Studio Wildcard's pirate MMO has…
The Stream Team: MapleStory 2 puts the cute in Christmas - After the hustle and bustle and stress of the season, who doesn't need a little injection of cuteness into their Christmas? Massively OP's Chris and MJ are getting a big…
The Stream Team: A first Fae Yule in RIFT - [AL:Rift]Massively OP's MJ is not exactly sure how it happened, but it appears that she has never experienced RIFT's Fae Yule celebration! She has only ever been to the Halloween…
The Stream Team: Celebrating Christmas with Trove’s Snowfest - Boxes and packages piled high... what does that make you think of? Trove! The voxel -based whimsical game is the perfect compliment to Christmas Day for Massively OP's MJ, and…
The Stream Team: Christmas Eve Grinchta hunting in Villagers and Heroes - It's Christmas Eve, and time is of the essence if Massively OP's MJ is going to help save Christmas! So MJ will return to the Grinchta's lair in Villagers &…
Jukebox Heroes: More MMO Christmas tunes - Merry Christmas everyone! As you hunker down for family time, presents, eggnog, or simply a quiet day off and some gaming time, chances are that you're putting on some seasonal…
The MOP Up: Hytale takes a deeper approach to the Minecraft genre - Have you heard of Hytale? If you're a fan of the Trove or Minecraft school of sandbox design, then it definitely bears further investigation. This game, which is currently in…
One Shots: Christmas delivery - We all know that Amazon delivers pretty much everywhere with its crazy two-day shipping, but did you realize that the company could do so in space? We have actual photographic…
The Daily Grind: What trivial MMO grievances will you air for Festivus? - Friends, it is December 23rd, and that means that it is the traditional date of Festivus! My wife and I celebrate Festivus every year, which includes the traditional meal of…
The Stream Team: Q is for Christmas in Star Trek Online - [AL:STO]Even after the last couple of years, Massively OP's MJ does not think she has managed to participate in everything Star Trek Online's Christmas event offers. Obviously, she needs to…
The Stream Team: Celebrating Christmas in ARK - Just because Massively OP's MJ needs to fight for her life amid monstrous corrupted dinos that want to tear her face off doesn't mean she won't celebrate that jolliest of…
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0 - While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them for a few reasons. One, personal…
World of Warships adds new campaigns and Belle Époque ships for Christmas - [AL:WoWS]Christmas has come to World of Warships with its latest update, which includes Belle Époque ships collection, the Mighty Prinz Campaign for folks who own the Prinz Eitel Friedrich battleship,…
The Stream Team: An Asmodian Aion Christmas - [AL:Aion]With the radically changed layout of Aion, Massively OP's MJ invited folks to jump in with her and start over on the new server. And what better time to get…
Battle Bards Episode 134: Halloween and Christmas - It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! And, er, Halloween! Well, the Battle Bards were never much for subtlety, so you must excuse their efforts to sandwich two holidays…
Gloria Victis updates to be more festive amidst the clanging of steel - Amidst the devastation and frenzy of combat in the hardscrabble world of Gloria Victis, you can unlock the greatest reward by having a festive-looking campfire. That's the true meaning of Christmas.…
The Stream Team: Happy 7th birthday SWTOR! - [AL:TOR]Massively OP's Larry and MJ are taking a break from Choose My Alignment to bring you a SWTOR anniversary stream! The game from a galaxy far, far away turned seven…
The Stream Team: Getting the jump on Guild Wars 2’s Wintersday - [AL:GW2]What is a Christmas season without the torture of a a peppermint-filled jumping puzzle? That's the premise of Guild Wars 2's Wintersday celebration! Oh sure, there are plenty more festivities,…
Fallout 76 previews upcoming features and updates of 2019 - Today's Fallout 76 hotfix is officially the game's last update of 2018, but the folks at Bethesda are already looking ahead to 2019 in the latest Inside the Vault, which…
The Massively Overpowered 2018 winter holiday roundup - It's that time again, the time for a roundup of all the winter holiday events going on in the MMO universe! The nice thing about this particular holiday is that…
Black Desert: The Archer awakens, Grandpa Cron arrives, and Xbox One preorders are set for January 7 - Life is moving fast for the new archer of Black Desert Online. It feels like only yesterday that the new class was sniping its way into the game, and now it's…
The day twinkle trees killed Ultima Online’s Christmas - In a pretty amusing Twitter thread in which game designers admit to goofy and horrible mistakes, Ultima Online creator Raph Koster owned up to a silly error that managed to…
The Stream Team: Fun in AdventureQuest 3D’s Frostval - Massively OP's MJ was surprised to learn that AQ3D's Frostval had already started when she was off playing with here little werewolf friends. Since then, it's been really hard to…
Fallen Earth’s Grunch event gives way to the First Night event - Events! Fallen Earth is actually getting events! That alone is a good thing when the game has sadly quietly languished for years; it's almost like the new owners promised to really…
Massively OP Podcast Episode 201: Under siege from new content - Justin and Bree discuss holiday events across the MMO world, PlanetSide Arena, SWTOR's Jedi Under Siege, Elite Dangerous, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Pantheon, with mailbag questions on MMO-like communities and ditching…
Fortnite brings a fortnight of holiday cheer with new event - Step back, twelve days of Christmas -- it's time for the fourteen days of Fortnite, which will kick off in earnest tomorrow, December 19th. Each day of the event will…
Star Wars Galaxies’ Wookiee Life Day returns on the Legends emu – nobody can sunset the Holiday Special - If for some reason you're angling to check out an MMO holiday inspired by a television special so terrible that George Lucas has spent 40 years pretending it doesn't exist…
Warframe gets into the holiday spirit with greeting card contest and Tennobaum 2018 - Tenno, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to spread holiday cheer throughout the universe by taking part in Warframe's holiday greeting card contest. Players who want to…
Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends has a Krampusnacht content gift – here’s your guide - Whoot! Secret World Legends delivered a nice surprise gift for Krampusnacht 2018: new content! As in, new new, not returning-from-TSW new. Not just "stuff" either, but missions. Missions -- not…
Gamigo plans holiday events for ArcheAge, RIFT, Trove, and Atlas Reactor too - Yesterday, Gamigo posted up just what Defiance and Defiance 2050 are doing for Christmas, but as its press release today suggests, Gamigo is in fact doing a winter event for…
LOTRO loses its lead designer, starts Yuletide with two new instances - Santa's bringing both coal and presents to Lord of the Rings Online players this Christmas. First, the coal. Long-time Lead Designer Ben "Dr Octothorpe" Schneider announced on Twitter that he…
Defiance 2050 and Defiance brings the Solstice Strike on December 17 - Even in the ruined world of Defiance 2050, people are still gathering around to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. What would that be? Guns that shoot snowballs, obviously. Special snowballs that…
Runes of Magic unleashes the Snowflake Festival, new zone, and new multi-mode instance - Yes, Runes of Magic is still around, and in fact, it's still getting updates, including the one that's rolled out this week. The star of the update is a new zone…
EverQuesting: It’s a cash shop Christmas in EverQuest II’s Frostfell - Abandon hope all ye who log in here. That is how I felt at the start of EverQuest II's Frostfell this past Tuesday. As of stream time that night, there…
Black Desert’s new Archer and tree decorating events are live as Pearl Abyss sets up shop in California - Hope you got your proto Archer rolled in Black Desert because he's live as of today and you can actually log him in and get to playing. "The Archer uses…
Elder Scrolls Online’s winter holiday festival arrives Thursday - Tamriel is cozying up this winter with the return of The New Life Festival in The Elder Scrolls Online. The fun kicks off on December 13th and runs through the…
Final Fantasy XIV’s Starlight Celebration kicks off on December 17 - Most Final Fantasy XIV holidays have certain unifying characteristics. Not just the fact that the holiday events are always new stories and minigames mirroring real-life holidays not exactly but closely,…
Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, Champions Online, and more PWE MMOs outline their Christmas events - PWE is dropping festive sprinkles of snow all over its MMORPGs for Christmas this year. In Star Trek Online, Q's Winter Wonderland is already live, complete with ugly sweaters and…
Winter festivities descend on both classic EverQuest and EverQuest II - Daybreak is rolling Christmas out to its classic MMORPGs this week - yes, we call EverQuest I a classic, but really, EverQuest II, which launched in 2004, is in the…
Planetside 2 is celebrating Christmas with an array of high-powered festive weapons - It's time once more for Planetside 2 players to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas by engaging in an endless three-way factional war while wearing festive hats. Or is that the…
Dauntless’s Frostfall content update introduces the Hunt Pass, a new behemoth, and new in-game events - The seasonal celebration of Frostfall has arrived in Dauntless, bringing with it a new in-game event, a new behemoth, and the inaugural season of the game's Hunt Pass. Over the…
Star Stable is not horsing around with its Winter Village update - On this week's MOP Podcast, Justin and I fielded a great question from a reader about non-combat MMOs. On our (depressingly short) list was Star Stable, the adorable horse-raising/horse-riding social…
Ultima Online patches in its new Krampus battle - The Krampus, once an obscure bit of Christmas trivia, has become a blessing for MMOs eager to let you fight something for the holiday. Now you can fight it in Ultima…
RIFT opens up the game’s Fae Yule event on its test servers - It's not exactly a fun time to be a RIFT fan. The team reduction and ambiguity about the game's future following the unexpected Gamigo buyout of Trion certainly doesn't settle any…
Overwatch’s Winter Wonderland will return on December 11 - The true meaning of Christmas is something you can use for any number of jokes, but the true meaning of winter is hunting yetis with superheroes who also have guns. Overwatch…
Monster Hunter World prepares to celebrate the winter holidays with the Winter Star Fest - There's no place like hunts for the holidays. That one is free; Monster Hunter World players can use that for promotions if they so desire. It's also appropriate, given that…
DC Universe Online kicks off its seasonal event with a celebration of greed - It's the holiday season, and DC Universe Online wants to celebrate the true meaning of the season: getting stuff. That might sound wrong, but we all know that your primary interest…
RuneScape decks the halls for its Winter Weekends holiday event - It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas, at least in the world of Jagex's popular free-to-play MMO RuneScape, which this week announced that its holiday festivities will be kicking…
Bless Online brings back the Rift of Time and Space and kicks off the Winter Festival next week - It's beginning to look a lot like... actually, I don't know any version of Christmas with this creepy snowman, and that lady's legs look positively chilly, but OK, Bless Online,…
Ultima Online is adding whips and Krampus for Christmas - Thanksgiving? Pff. Broadsword's already gearing up to launch Christmas in Ultima Online. Publish 103 with the winter festivities hit the test server last week and should roll out for everyone…
DC Universe Online’s holiday content involves wonderfully awful puns and seahorse races - Enough with that whole Thanksgiving thing - DC Universe Online is already moving on to Christmas! Daybreak began testing its holiday content in the superhero MMORPG this week, and players,…
