2022 eoty meta
The Daily Grind: Which MMO was the biggest contributor to killing the genre in 2022?
This provocative Daily Grind has been in our annual top-of-the-year rotation since 2016, and I'm gonna keep it that way because I think it...
MMO Year in Review: Blizzard China (November 2022)
At the tail end of this month, World of Warcraft released the Dragonflight expansion, the full weight of which wasn't really felt until December....
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Best worst post
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards reach their epic conclusion today with our pick for best worst post. (We call these silly awards the Golden Yachties...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2022: They’re using a wallpaper app for WHAT?
Today we're kicking off our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #5 on our list is…
Wallpaper Engine was...
The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any MMOs in 2023?
Listen, this Daily Grind has exactly one right answer, and that answer is "no." I will also accept "hell no."
All right, I'm kidding... a...
MMO Year in Review: Embers and Brimstone (October 2022)
New World picked October to launch its comeback with the Brimstone Sands launch that drove concurrency with a new leveling experience, zone, and weapon...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Most inadvisable MMO name
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for most inadvisable MMO name. (We call these silly awards the Golden Yachties in honor...
The definitive 2022 Battle Bards episode guide
One of the side projects I work on every month is Battle Bards, the world's first, best, and (weirdly) only music podcast. It's a...
Happy New Year to all the uplifting things in MMOs, 2022 edition
It's our tradition to bundle all the reasons we can't have nice things - all the worst things that happened to the MMORPG genre over...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you expect to be your main game in 2023?
Here we are, 2023! It's a lot like 2022 so far, except you have to put the wrong date on everything for a few...
Goodbye to all the reasons we can’t have nice things in MMOs, 2022 edition
A few years back, we started collecting our happiest stories under the "warm fuzzies" tag and our most unpleasant ones under "this is why...
MMO Year in Review: The Lich King (September 2022)
September was dominated by the ramp up of WoW Classic into its Wrath of the Lich King expansion launch, which was marred by entirely...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Favorite MMO site even madder about the P2E invasion than we are
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for favorite MMO site even madder about the P2E invasion than we are. (We call these...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v6.0
And that's a wrap on this year in history! While everyone says farewell to 2022, here at TGA we're always looking way back at...
MMO Year in Review: DUNE, Neptune, and Island Sanctuaries (August 2022)
Funcom took the wraps off DUNE Awakening at Gamescom in August as the studio returned to calling the game an "open world survival MMO."
Meanwhile,...
The best MassivelyOP streams of 2022
MassivelyOP's Stream Team expanded with a bang in 2022 as MOP's Chris joined MOP's MJ to form our core streaming duo. Not only do...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: The ‘are we the baddies’ MMO award
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for the "are we the baddies" award for 2022. (We call these silly awards the...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 MMO Lifetime Achievement Award
Welcome back to the Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards for one more special award. Readers will remember that last year, we decided to institute...
The Massively OP Podcast in review, 2022 edition
Recap of all the shows released in 2022, bringing our total to 733 episodes (331+402).
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the brightest future in 2023?
Howsabout a little positivity for the last weekday of the year? That's right, we've brought back 'round the "brightest future" topic, and I think...
