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Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis marks three years with Halpha’s Super Origin Festival
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is kicking off a celebration of its third anniversary this week with a big event that has a similarly big mouthful of a name: Halpha's Super Origin Festival.
Starting today, April 24th, through June 4th, players will be able to crack into 10 free scratch ticket lockboxes a day up to a total of...
The Stream Team: Map clearing and exploration with a friend in Cat Quest II
MOP's Chris and his best friend are once again coming together for some more Cat Quest II adventuring! When we last left our cat and dog duo, they were nearing the end of the main quest, which means it's time to divert to side activities instead! Join them today at 2:00 p.m. EDT for the pun-filled fun!
What: Cat Quest...
Steam is altering the early access refund deal – pray it does not alter it any further
If ever you needed another reason not to purchase or play games in early access, Valve has stepped forward to give you a huge one with the latest update to Steam's refund agreement: It's now going to count time played in early access against the refund timer, meaning that sinking more than two hours into an early access game...
Pax Dei testing wrestles with stability and bugs, Abyss testing adds refinements and dragon attacks
It's been a busy time for the developing sandbox MMORPGs of Pax Dei and Abyss, as both games entered into their respective alphas this month and have been tackling a bunch of expected issues along the way.
We'll begin with Pax Dei, which has elected to keep its information stuffed in Discord. Most of the news here is focused on...
The Wagadu Chronicles has released its Dungeons & Dragons 5E-compatible tabletop rulebook
You may or may not feel that The Wagadu Chronicles as it currently exists in its playable state is delivering on its premise. We're not here to litigate that. But if you feel the game's setting is interesting enough to draw you in anyhow, perhaps you'd like it more in tabletop form? Yes, the game's long-awaited tabletop rulebook (compatible...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and those who gleefully embrace the zany antics and bald-faced lies. For the record, I am of the latter crowd. I love April Fools' Day and the humor and creativity that it inspires. While this day...
Community-led Infantry Online, SOE’s 25-year-old shooter, marches its way onto Steam
It's quite likely that we have several veterans of Infantry Online in our Massively OP audience. After all, this was a Sony Online Entertainment game from back in the EverQuest glory days (around 1999) that developed a loyal cult following. Infantry lasted until 2012, after which it was revived as the Free Infantry rogue server by the community. In...
Vitae Aeternum: So just what is New World’s big June announcement?
For the past few months, Amazon Games has repeated the same mantra in regards to New World's future: Wait for the announcement in June. But what will this announcement be? Let's take a look at some of the possibilities.
There's two popular fan theories on what the big ticket feature of the announcement will be, and I'll talk about those,...
Pirate101 launches new story, gear, and deco in today’s Through Death’s Door update
KingsIsle is continuing to make good on its plan to revitalize Pirate101 this week with its new story-driven update, dubbed Through Death's Door.
"Through Death’s Door seeks to expand the story of Pirate101, with the update serving as the beginning of the game’s second story arc," the studio says of the new update to its kid-friendly MMO. "Take to the...
Albion Online has kicked off early headstart for its new European server – no more wipes
There was a bit of a hiccup in getting it off the ground this morning, but it's here now: Albion Online's Albion Europe server has officially entered its first phase of early access - yes, there are several phases, just as there were several phases of beta before this. Today is the big one, however, as the European server...
Elite Dangerous plans to sell ship bundles – including its upcoming new ship – in the cash shop
A new announcement from Elite: Dangerous has lit a tinderbox among its playerbase, as Frontier Developments has confirmed that it plans to start selling internet spaceships to players in its cash shop -- including the upcoming Python Mk II, the game's first new ship in years.
These pre-built ship packages will mostly be tailored around a specific in-game activity and...
Black Desert makes life skill benefits account-wide in today’s PC update
In case you haven't noticed, Pearl Abyss is on a massive campaign this quarter to improve the public's perception of Black Desert with one quality-of-life upgrade after another, chiefly to the game's enhancement systems. This week's QOL boost is a pass on family-based lifeskills.
"Life Skill levels, which were previously character based, are now Family based," Pearl Abyss explains in...
The Daily Grind: Transform an MMO into a better game by changing one letter in its title
Last week, all productivity in the MOP office ground to a halt when we started playing a game to change an MMO's title into another one by swapping a single letter. Because we're children at hearts, this tickled us greatly and we couldn't stop. Some of the better ones we came up with include:
Wife is Feudal
City of...
The Stream Team: A whole new World 3 in Guild Wars 2’s SAB
It's a whole new world 3 in Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box. OK, maybe a whole new world is a slight exaggeration (how else would we get that song stuck in your head?), but there are a chunk of changes. Along with the addition of shops and blue ooze, there are new things to collect, achievements to nab,...
Mad World adds new dungeons and refines gear enhancement to mark it first anniversary April 25
Mad World's upcoming April 25th patch is bringing a lot to its table, not the least of which being a first anniversary celebration along with some harder encounters for players to face and easier gear refinement for the higher levels of progression.
The OARPG's first year of operation is being marked by Jandisoft with multiple events that run between April...
Runes of Magic drops its high-level Shadows over the Altar update this week
At 15 years old, Runes of Magic has to keep working hard to retain player interest and challenge those who think that they've seen and done everything. To wit, the studio is pushing out its latest entry in the "Timeless Dungeon" series on April 25th with the Shadows over the Altar update.
In this patch, level 100 players will take...
Multiplayer survival shooter Vigor announces plans for a Steam early access launch in May
Do you remember Vigor? It's a multiplayer shooter from Bohemia Interactive set in a post-war 1991 Norway where players have to scrounge, survive, and... well, shoot at people. The game first made its appearance at E3 2018, when it was an Xbox One exclusive, after which it proliferated to other consoles in 2020. And now it's finally moving to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 466: Elder Scrolls Offline
Justin and Bree discuss PlanetSide 2's new developer, Elder Scrolls Online's rollback situation, the revival of Life is Feudal, and the resurrection of Legends of Aria Classic, with adventures in LOTRO, ESO, and World of Warcraft, plus mailbag topics on Palia, Blade and Soul, Dragons Dogma Online, and MMOs that would work offline.
RuneScape’s latest quest has players tracking down an undead dragon
You know how it's a bad idea to plunge into a dangerous animal's lair? That rule clearly doesn't apply to a massively powerful undead dragon and its home. So feel free to antagonize this beast on its home turf in RuneScape's latest update, Requiem for a Dragon.
The quest, live as of this week's patch, wrapped up the Fort Forinthry...
Dark Age of Camelot invites MMO gamers to its 11th Caledonia leveling catch-up event
Sharpen your pitchforks, dust off your billy clubs, and restock your quiver -- Dark Age of Camelot is calling you into action once more with a leveling catch-up event.
Yesterday, Broadsword activated the 11th Caledonia event to help boost players to the max level with all sorts of assists: "The 7-day long event that will take place entirely in the...
