Final Fantasy XIV details the rewards from its clown-filled Halloween event for January - We've never been given an explanation for why, exactly, Final Fantasy XIV has delayed its Halloween event this year until... well, very shortly now. The event kicks off on January…
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off All Saints’ Wake on January 20 - After many delays and endless speculation, the Halloween event for Final Fantasy XIV is finally arriving on January 20th. What an absolute clown show. No, that's not referring to the delays or…
SWG Legends rogue server added 15K new players in 2021, plans Bespin apartments for early 2022 - So here's something I've never seen an MMO dev do before: The player-led Star Wars Galaxies rogue server known as SWG Legends just released player data for every single event…
Final Fantasy XIV prepares Heavensturn for January 5 - It's almost time for a new year to arrive in Final Fantasy XIV (also, the real world) once again. The key difference is that while the new year starts at…
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v5.0 - It has been another thrilling year of exploring the relatively unknown or forgotten lands of MMORPG history here in The Game Archaeologist. From projects that never saw the light of…
City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server kicks off the Fright Before Christmas event, adds ice power changes and new customizations - While the Rebirth rogue servers for City of Heroes might not garner all of the attention, they're still no less busy in terms of content updates. Case in point: the…
Conan Exiles’ latest update stops indoor rain, adds point of interest protection, and starts the Grave Matters event - The point of having four walls and a roof in a survival game is to keep the rain outdoors, but players of Conan Exiles have apparently been dealing with extremely…
Fallout 76 shows off the Night of the Moth gameplay - We hate to break it to the Fallout 76 devs, but Halloween 2021 is kind of done and over at this point. So it feels a little weird that the…
The Stream Team: Securing spooky space squash in Astroneer - Fall fun isn't only for terrestrials! There's plenty about the season to enjoy in space, especially when EXO Dynamics is involved. Massively OP's MJ will be searching for Wild Sturdysquash…
The Daily Grind: What do you think about MMO festival reprises? - One habit that Lord of the Rings Online likes to do is bring back its festivals out of season for a "reprise" -- a one-week return of the event so…
Villagers and Heroes looks at a level cap increase and home decoration - This past year, we've been a little concerned about Villagers and Heroes. The cross-platform MMO, which boasts a lot of fun features, has gone through periods of unsettling silence --…
Final Fantasy XIV clarifies the timetable for events in the wake of the Endwalker delay - The events taking place in Final Fantasy XIV right now were kind of predicated on the belief that the game's next expansion would be released in just a few days, but…
Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott and Starr Long grant community awards and show off decor items - Recently the devs of Shroud of the Avatar came together in a livestream to talk up the game, give away prizes, and more importantly commemorate several members of the MMORPG's…
One Shots: Double double the firepower - As we all know, while one weapon is good, it's never as good as two. Preferably you'd want to have three or four going, if you can train your feet…
The Stream Team: More Mad King in Guild Wars 2 - [AL:GW2]It's November you say? Well the Mad King cares not about your calendar! He's still on hand for the seasonal fun in GW2. That gives Massively OP's MJ time to…
The Stream Team: Mogloween and a masquerade ball in AdventureQuest 3D - It has been far too long since Massively OP's MJ has been able to enjoy some AQ3D. But no matter what is going on, she's just can't miss out on…
The Stream Team: Haunted Halloween Hobbits in LOTRO - [AL:LOTRO]Two great things that go great together: Hobbits and Halloween! Both are already awesome, and they go even better together. Massively OP's MJ is ready to enjoy the haunting happenings…
The Daily Grind: How often do you make it through the first month of a new MMO? - If you don't read MMO-related subreddits, you might not be aware that the folks coming in on the daily to insist that New World is nearly dead because it didn't…
The Stream Team: Plucking the Crow in Elder Scrolls Online’s Witches Festival - [AL:ESO]What the pluck? We're going to be plucking crows? Well alrighty then! This year's Witches Festival in ESO includes a new daily quest, Plucking the Crow. Massively OP's MJ is…
The Stream Team: Black cats and witches in Star Trek Online - [AL:STO]Black cats and Halloween are two of Massively OP's MJ's favorite things! And now STO has joined them together in a new holiday TFO for 2021. Of course, there are…
One Shots: The mysterious allure of fire - I've often been in awe of the simple power of a fireplace or bonfire in how it fascinates everyone who comes near it. We, who have to be bombarded with…
Ship of Heroes showcases trick or treat event ahead of December beta - As the Halloween season draws to a close in MMO land, the devs working on Ship of Heroes would like to take followers out trick or treating. Specifically, they'd like…
Fallout 76 takes pity on desperate trick-or-treaters and extends Halloween event - Instead of being a fun time of consuming questionably out-of-date candy in the wasteland, Fallout 76's Halloween event has proven to be more challenging than chilling. Bethesda announced this week…
New World gets into the Halloween spirit with a new video series as server transfer and the trading post bugs arise - If you thought that free decor was the extent of the Halloween fun that New World was going to be having, then you're wrong. The game is also getting into…
EVE Online celebrates Halloween with extra PvP drops, a new Proving Ground, and the return of Crimson Harvest - There's plenty of things to be scared of in the universe of EVE Online, but things are about to get spookier for the Halloween season thanks to a number of…
Halloween fun across the MMORPG genre, 2021 edition - Over the last couple of weeks, we've been rounding up all the Halloween events descending upon our favorite MMORPGs and MMO-adjacent titles, and there are a lot - more than…
Albion Online’s Halloween offers dungeons and mount skins for Allhallows - Halloween has returned to the MMOPVP lands of Albion Online for the Allhallows season. Sandbox Interactive has decorated the towns and opened the gates of the Hallowed Ground dungeons in…
City of Heroes Homecoming gets all Halloween happy - The other day on the podcast, we were trying to recall what the name of City of Heroes' haunted house was. That served as a cue for the Homecoming rogue…
Dauntless releases the Bloodshot Shrowd and a new omnicell in latest Halloween-flavored patch - [AL:DNT]Last week, Dauntless put out a Halloween-centric update that, among other things, added a new fight against a brazier-powered Shrowd, a fight that we found to be... less than fun.…
NCsoft and World Makers talk up various Halloween events for Aion, Lineage II, and Deceit - NCSoft and World Makers would like to invite players into the Halloween haunts that are spooking about several of their games. If you're among those playing NCSoft's retail and classic…
Black Desert unleashes a giant robot fight on PC and various Halloween events for mobile and console - Do you dig giant robots? Then you're probably going to dig on Black Desert's latest event, which features a battle against Marni's latest creation, the Innocence Mk XII, where players…
ARK Survival Evolved’s Fear Evolved triples harvesting, taming rates through November 9 - ARK Survival Evolved may be in de facto maintenance mode thanks to developer Studio Wildcard's efforts on a sequel, but that doesn't mean it's forgotten the spoopy season: The studio…
Swords of Legends Online carves out a pumpkin-themed hide-and-seek event for Halloween - We're coming up on Halloween, and friends, if you don't have your MMO Halloween event out yet, this is it - what are you waiting for? Swords of Legends Online…
Elyon’s weekly patch adds closed beta rewards, Halloween deco and furniture - Elyon is just a week out of the gate and still trucking along, as evidenced by today's patch. Kakao has fixed mana awakening nodes, icons, multiple items in the cash…
Meridian 59 unleashes blood red skies and utter chaos for Halloween - If you're looking for a calm and sedate Halloween experience in an MMORPG this year, we would not advise a trip over to Meridian 59. That's because this classic MMO…
Revelation Online rolls out Demonic War update (with some trick-or-treating on the side) - Hey, look who's come alive this month! It's Revelation Online, that's who! Please stop saying, "What's a Revelation Online?" because you sound like a doofus. You know what it is.…
Choose My Adventure: LOTRO’s fall festival rekindled my love for all things Tolkien - All right, that was a nice detour. It was going to be a long run in Lord of the Rings Online, so it was pretty nice to have something of…
Closers throws a Halloween Party full of costumes and consumables - Closers definitely has the basic Halloween spirit - a holiday that's full of costumes and candy - down pat if the game's Halloween Party event is anything to go by.…
The Stream Team: Celebrating the Dark Harvest by beating up the Shrowd in Dauntless - That big spooky bird beastie is at it again. Dauntless' Shrowd Behemoth is stirring up trouble as part of the game's Halloween-themed Dark Harvest, and MOP's Chris is on the…
One Shots: Marinating in Halloween - Yes, yes, I know you saw the headline and can't wait for some tricks and treats, but we have some business to take care of before seasonal fun. And that…
Sea of Thieves hands out free currency for hitting 25M players as its Halloween event rolls on - How does a game like Sea of Thieves celebrate a milestone like hitting over 25 million players? By handing out a huge pile of booty, that's how. As a way…
Guild Wars 2 hosts community-led Halloween and cancer fundraising events - While there are certainly events that happen in Guild Wars 2 in an official capacity, there's also no shortage of events spearheaded by the game's community, and ArenaNet is taking…
Dauntless’ Dark Harvest Halloween event brings cosmetics, contests, and a souped-up Shrowd - The Unseen are at it again in the world of Dauntless as the game's Halloween-themed Dark Harvest event is back for another year. Just as they could last year, players…
SoulWorker hands out XP buffs, holds giveaways, and opens mazes to celebrate Halloween - There are a few fun and expected activities when it comes to the Halloween season: ghostly decorations, lots of costumes, and maybe a spooky maze or two. SoulWorker is going…
ArcheAge and RIFT kick off their respective Halloween events - There's plenty of Halloween fun to be had in Gamigo's other MMORPGs. For example, both ArcheAge and RIFT are kicking off their own returning seasonal events.[AL:Arche] In ArcheAge, players can…
Fallout 76 is free to all this week — and can be bought for ten bucks - Are you among those who have been resisting the call to buy Fallout 76, yet you harbor a curiosity at what wonders and horrors the apocalypse holds? This is your…
Trove’s Shadow’s Eve Halloween event returns with new cosmetics, styles, and decorations - The spooktastic season has arrived to the voxel world of Trove as the game's Shadow's Eve event has kicked off for 2021. Players can head to the Hub and speak…
Skyforge starts a Halloween celebration with broom racing and candy bandits - Bad news, deities of Skyforge: The game world is under attack once again. "What is it this time?" you ask as you slowly, wearily reach for your weapon of choice and…
No Man’s Sky’s Halloween expedition, Emergence, could not be more Dune-inspired - No Man's Sky is doing something a little different with today's release. "As the end of October approaches, we are thrilled to announce a new seasonal event for No Man’s…
Pokemon Unite offers Halloween treats as players fret over tricky prices - Trick or treat, Pokemon Unite fans! Starting October 20th, TiMi Studio Group's crossplay MOBA will have a plethora of new additions for players, many of which address certain pokemon having little…
Massively OP Podcast Episode 343: Mysterious and spoopy - Justin and Bree discuss Halloween MMOs, Path of Exile, Star Trek Online, Book of Travels' early access, DDO's freebies, LOTRO's latest patch, and the FFXIV Endwalker media tour, with adventures…
Neverwinter brings around its Masquerade of Liars for more Halloween fun this year - In a world filled with polymorph spells, costume contests probably have a very different feel. Neverwinter is not going to explore that possibility, however. It's going to instead focus on giving…
Fortnite leaks reveal an incoming Dune crossover as Fortnitemares Halloween event unleashes the Cube Queen - You got Dune in my Fortnite! At least, there will be Dune in the game according to some leaks that have sprung from the battle royale shooter, which have pulled…
World of Warcraft brings round the Hallow’s End event once more - What's the true meaning of Halloween? In World of Warcraft, the true meaning is hats. Yes, hats. There's the hat you can get from the Horseman riding around in Hallow's End. There…
Final Fantasy XI brings its Harvest Festival around once more on October 25 - October is the month to be spooky, but the bright side of Final Fantasy XI's long existence is that it has had plenty of time to already refine and perfect its…
Minecraft Dungeons announces seasonal content, a battle pass, and Halloween - It's maybe not the biggest update that the multiplayer ARPG Minecraft Dungeons is going to ever see, but it is an update all the same, and it's bringing regular updates…
EverQuest II’s Nights of the Dead Halloween event is officially live - The time for PTS testing is over and the Halloween season is now descending upon players of EverQuest II. The Nights of the Dead event has officially gone live, bringing…
Fallout 76 gets players in on the trick-or-treat action - Halloween in the wasteland is set to arrive next week, as Fallout 76 activates its spoopy activities on October 19th through November 2nd. During the event, players can take down…
Atlas brings its MMO to port for Halloween activities - Halloween, ho! Atlas' motley crew of pirates, scallywags, and scum of the earth are taking a break in their routine of pillaging and terrorizing to go trick-or-treating. Guess what they're…
Dark Age of Camelot adds pumpkin patches, ghostly quests, and more for Halloween - The Halloween season has arrived to the world of Dark Age of Camelot, bringing with it all sorts of seasonally spooky goodies for players of the MMORPG in terms of…
Elder Scrolls Online throws a ghoulish gala for Halloween - Ready to go trick-or-treating in Tamriel? Instead of holding out your candy sack to NPCs in Elder Scrolls Online, you're going to have to earn your goodies the hard way…
World of Warcraft updates players on the latest development business, and it’s all Season of Mastery and Halloween - So, what's happening next in World of Warcraft? Hallow's End, that's what. That starts up on October 18th and runs until November 1st in retail and all versions of WoW Classic. And…
Dungeons and Dragons Online gives away 48 quest packs, puts expansions on sale - What's better than 47 free quest packs handed to you with no strings attached? That's obvious: 48 free quest packs. Believe it or not, that's exactly what's happening right now…
Dauntless starts its Halloween event, launches a new hunt pass, and adds XP banking for max level weapons - The Dark Harvest looms overhead in Dauntless. As in it's nearly arriving to the multiplayer monster slaying RPG as part of the game's latest patch, with each week adding two…
Path of Exile’s spooky Scourge league offers tricks and treats starting October 22 - Path of Exile's new leagues and updates come like clockwork every three months, just like seasons of the year. But it isn't often that one fits so well in the…
EverQuest and more Daybreak MMOs roll out Halloween 2021 - EverQuest is having a good week: First Daybreak announced the game's next expansion, Terror of Luclin, and now it's rolled out the annual Halloween event, Nights of the Dead. "As…
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis adds Halloween fun and the Bouncer with its latest patch - It's time to celebrate Halloween in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis! You might be wondering what the actual lore reasons are for the game having a whole set of Halloween…
Black Desert Mobile adds a powerful new totem and Black Desert PC kicks off multiple Halloween events - If it's Thursday, it's another bundle of Black Desert news. We'll begin with the latest update to Black Desert Mobile, which added the Primal Rift Totem, the most powerful totem…
Star Trek Online kicks off a new Halloween event as its players raise over $75K for charity - The final frontier of Star Trek Online is not about to skip the spooky season, as the game has unveiled an all-new Halloween event. This event, known as Fall of…
Dungeons and Dragons Online changes up its Halloween event to make it more flexible - Dungeons and Dragons Online's popular Halloween event, the Night Revels, made a return with this week's Update 50.4. But it's not the same-old Night Revels that you think you know…
Secret World Legends celebrates Samhain with free gifts and raids - Is there any better appropriate setting to enjoy Halloween festivities than Secret World Legends? Particularly considering that the first zone in the game is perpetually stuck in late October as…
LOTRO expansion pre-patch adds Halloween, Brawlers, LI revamp, and housing hook consolidation - While Standing Stone Games might not be calling today's Lord of the Rings Online update the expansion pre-patch, but... it's the Fate of Gundabad expansion pre-patch. Update 30.3 arrives on…
City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server celebrates Halloween and the Day of the Dead - When you're a superhero, every day is a costume party -- but not every day gives you candy for free, alas. So it's still a good thing that one of…
Not So Massively Roundup: LoL’s chat test, Overwatch Halloween, and Fortnite acknowledges Among Us - Our not-particularly-massively-multiplayer news has started to pile up, which means it's time for a quick run-down of games in the MMORPG genre's orbit. We've got some real whoppers today. Riot…
Destiny 2’s Halloween-themed Festival of the Lost brings haunted sectors and spooky goodies - Today is the day when Guardians in Destiny 2 remember the fallen, put on masks, and blow away foes for the chance at candy and rewards. It's the Halloween season…
Wizard101 and Pirate101 get ‘spooktacular’ with Halloween and anniversary events - Considering that Wizard101's multi-genre setting is already 79% of the way to Halloween most days of the year, pushing it over the edge into full-fledge spooktacular festivities isn't a difficult…
SWG Legends has brought back the Galactic Moon Festival for Halloween – with new stuff - Halloween has returned to Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends, though of course, there's much more to it than the original SOE festival nowadays. There are new collections, new…
TERA Console preps Halloween event, gives out October surprise - In the parlance of politics, an "October surprise" is a nasty shock that changes things right before an election. For TERA Console players, however, it's a delightful announcement of a…
World of Warships’ latest update adds new German battleships and returning Halloween events - Just because World of Warships is all about historically accurate military hardware doesn't mean the game doesn't like to have fun with itself, as many regular players are aware. As…
DC Universe Online is handing out free CR290 character advances for Halloween - DC Universe Online has loosed its fall event and its Halloween event together as GU117 this week. First, The Witching Hour 2021 gets your spoops on. [AL:DCUO]"All hell has broken…
Destiny 2 details vaulted content for Year 5 and previews a Ghost shell for Festival of the Lost - For those who write their calendars around vault content in Destiny 2, you'll want to divert your attention to a recent news post from Bungie talking about the shooter's fifth…
Astroneer’s fall update invites you to plant ALL the space squash - We somehow managed to miss the fall Astroneer update, which is wild since my own kids have been playing it, but either way we're rectifying that right now because you…
Warframe brings back the Nights of Naberus Halloween event all through October - There are plenty of things to get spooked by in the world of Warframe, but that doesn't mean the multiplayer shooter is going to ignore the Halloween season. As a…
Blade & Soul brings its Blade & Ghoul events around for another season of Halloween fun - It's the spookiest time conceivable for Blade & Soul once again as the annual Blade & Ghoul events roll onto the live servers once more. Take part in a variety of…
OrbusVR introduces new character creation options and brings back the Fall Festival - The autumn season has come back to VR MMO OrbusVR as the game's latest update has brought back the Fall Festival for another year. The questline for the festival as…
Black Desert PC adds the next part of Atoraxxion, opens class reboot forums, and kicks off an autumn event - If you're among those who are enjoying the fact that Black Desert has dungeon content and you're a player of the PC version, then you'll be delighted to learn that…
Star Trek Online is hosting its first ever Halloween event starting on October 13 - Halloween has not traditionally been something that Star Trek Online celebrates, and for good reason; when you have the power of a Federation starship at your beck and call, it's hard…
Fortnite kicks off Fortnitemares with cosplay characters at Universal CityWalk - Can you tell the difference between Fortnite at Halloween and Fortnite the rest of the year? Eh, maybe the newest batch of costumes has more pumpkins? Either way, Fortnitemares is…
Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King is live – as is the bonus XP event - [AL:GW2]Happy Halloween, Tyrians: It's time to pay homage to the Mad King Thorn in Guild Wars 2 once again, and you've got until November to partake (Twitter initially said November…
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis teases Bouncer class, Halloween event while celebrating 9M players - It's been a hot minute since we had a big announcement from Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis, but SEGA's brought the goods today. The company ran a stream this…
AdventureQuest 3D is introducing PvP this week as Mogloween and Taco Day begin - "Players are dying to kill each other," claims Artix Entertainment, and now with this week's update, fans of AdventureQuest 3D will now get their chance to beat on each other…
SMITE brings Cliodnha Queen of the Banshees on October 19, dates digital Hi-Rez Showcase for January 6 - What better way to celebrate the month of October than bringing a seasonally appropriate addition to the roster of SMITE? This coming Tuesday, October 19th, will see a new update…
EverQuest II teases its upcoming Nights of the Dead Halloween event, now on PTS - It's almost Halloween time in EverQuest II, but before that the 2021 edition of the Nights of the Dead event has to go through public testing. Still, fans of the…
Fallout 76 delays some roadmap features, plans a new Mothman event - In a game where its death-strewn landscape could make a great case for how every day is Halloween, how can Fallout 76 usher in the seasonal spirits? By getting chummy…
PUBG is adding Halloween decorations to Erangel and the ability to carry teammates and enemies in October - No, we don't mean "carry" in the sense that your sole performance is the thing that makes your entire team win a match in PUBG; we mean the ability for…
Blade and Soul prepares for the Halloween season with the return of Blade and Ghoul on October 6 - The spooky season is fast approaching Blade and Soul as the game prepares for its annual Blade and Ghoul Halloween event. This year, players can look forward to event quests…
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s October events bring both tricks and treats - Our last Massively on the Go column of September has a very good treat for you pokemon fans: Pokemon GO's October events begin tomorrow with a 10-day movie-crossover event. From October…
Halloween returns to PlanetSide 2 as Nanite of the Living Dead on Friday - We realize it's not October yet, but we're just a few days off, which means the spoopy season is about to get underway in MMO land. Case in point: PlanetSide…
Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King returns next week with a bonus XP event - You know, if you suffer from karamelokalampokiphobia - or more colloquially, candycornphobia - you're not going to enjoy a lot of MMO Halloween events, and that includes Guild Wars 2's,…
AdventureQuest 3D releases the finale of the Sandsea Saga and prepares for Mogloween - The ongoing adventure of AdventureQuest 3D's desert epic has reached its apex with the finale of the Sandsea Saga, which features a fight against Skorpienne the Keeper of Death and…
Ultima Online is 24 years old today, celebrating with its 111th update as New Legacy dev continues - Well well well, look what we have here: Somebody's turning 24. It's Ultima Online, broadly considered the grandfather of the genre and the coiner of the MMORPG genre, though of…
