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The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2021?
Let's be honest, most gamers are not in fact made of money, and so we spend a lot of time thinking about (and arguing...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2020
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's weekly and sometimes biweekly recap of the big news in crowdfunded MMOs. If you're...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2020: Racecar go brrr
Today we're continuing our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2020!
Coming in at #3 on our list is...
The year NASCAR failed at...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are making you happy at the start of 2021?
There hasn't yet been time for any major updates or changes to hit most games in 2021. That's just the reality; we've only been...
MMO Year in Review: When Daybreak and Albion got bought out (December 2020)
Well, we made it to the final recap of the final month of the hell year known as 2020, and for MMOs, at least,...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2020: Citizen socks
Today we're continuing our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2020!
Coming in at #4 on our list is...
Star Citizen SOCS socks promise...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s history in 2020 and hopes for 2021
Just as how Sam and Frodo experienced depths of despair and heights of hope in their journey to Mount Doom, Lord of the Rings...
The Daily Grind: What are your 2021 gaming goals?
Congrats! You've managed to survive one of the toughest years of your life, and you looked amazing doing it! In fact, how do you...
MMO Year in Review: Shadowlands’ arrival (November 2020)
While World of Warcraft's Shadowlands smooth-launching expansion was certainly the big drop of the Thanksgiving season, several other MMOs brought the goods, including Guild...
The best Massively OP streams of 2020
Massively OP's Stream Team charged through 2020, with MJ keeping everyone entertained through the pandemic along with her faithful crew of readers and watchers...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2020: Satan speaks for the trees
Today we're kicking off our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2020!
Coming in at #5 on our list is...
Satan has planted the...
Holidays hugs to all the uplifting things that happened in MMOs, 2020 edition
On New Year's Eve, it's become tradition for us to roundup all the reasons we can't have nice things, and we did so again...
The best Massively OP community leaderboard polls, 2020 edition
We didn't do quite as many Leaderboard polls this year as in previous years, largely because... well, we've already asked a lot of the...
Goodbye to all the reasons we can’t have nice things in MMOs, 2020 edition
A few years ago, we started collecting all our cozy, comforting, positive, happy stories under the "warm fuzzies" tag. But we also have another...
MMO Year in Review: The Shadowlands delay (October 2020)
In October, Blizzard did something few people expected: It delayed World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion, offered refunds, and rolled out the pre-patch and new...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2021
Really, there's only one valid resolution for 2021: make it suck less than 2020.
That aside, it's customary to ask the Massively OP writers to...
Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running at the end of 2020?
It's been a longstanding problem that end-of-the-year awards for MMORPGs aren't ideal for honoring "classic" MMOs, especially the really old games, really small games,...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Schlag meme of the year
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards conclude today as we honor MOP reader Schlag, our local meme-maker and resident comment trickster, who somehow manages to say...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO resolutions for 2021?
This terrible year is almost behind us, and that means it's time to start thinking about the next one. Which brings to mind resolutions...
MMO Year in Review: FFXVI, ArcheAge 2, and the Bethsoft buyout (September 2020)
Three big stories dominated September: Microsoft bought out the entirety of Bethsoft, including ZeniMax Online Studios, Elder Scrolls Online, and Fallout 76; Square-Enix announced...