2023 eoty meta
The Daily Grind: What will be the next MMO to undergo a big business model shift?
2023 turned out to be a weird year for business models in MMOs. It was certainly the year of cadence shifts and seasonal shifts,...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating at the top of 2024?
I feel a bit bad about my picks for today's Daily Grind, as their inclusion here isn't so much that I don't want the...
The Daily Grind: Which game, studio, or idea was the biggest contributor to killing the MMORPG genre in 2023?
When we first started running this annual Daily Grind, MMO players were most likely to point to the likes of Blizzard and Tencent. Then...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2024?
I realize that "expensive" is a subjective term, but that's what Daily Grinds are all about, right? If a game is charging $100 for...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest Thing an MMO Company Sent Me This Year
We're finishing out our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #1 on our list is…
Literally a Can of...
MMO Year in Review: Come on baby Light No Fire (December 2023)
We're finally coming to our recap of the last month of 2023 and the end of this recap series with our poke into December,...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: MMO Most Likely to Make Us Wake Up Screaming
We're continuing our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #2 on our list is…
Diablo IV's lucid dreaming sleep...
MassivelyOP’s complete 2023 awards recap and debrief
As we did in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, today we're going to recap our annual awards and other articles from...
MMO Year in Review: The Worldsoul Saga (November 2023)
November played host to BlizzCon, the first in-person show for Blizzard in years, and while overall it wasn't spectacular, World of Warcraft fans were...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest thing MMO gamers did to win a forum argument (yes, again)
We're continuing our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #3 on our list is…
Leaking more military secrets
For the...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2023
If preserving MMORPGs is your jam, 2023 was not a great year. The one nice thing I can say about it is that we...
MMO Year in Review: Angry Earth, hungry Microsoft (October 2023)
New World opened the gates of its Rise of the Angry Earth expansion this month, driving its servers and queues to capacity all over...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest Use of AI in MMOs
We're continuing our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year!
Coming in at #4 on our list is…
NetDragon's AI CEO
This piece is...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2024 and beyond
We've said it before, but this time we really mean it: The future of MMORPGs looks amazing. Contrary to years when we've seen only...
MMO Year in Review: The next EverQuest Next (September 2023)
Daybreak parent company EG7 attempted to woo investors in September with nebulous plans for a new EverQuest MMORPG, perhaps the long-rumored EverQuest III -...
The MassivelyOP Podcast in review, 2023 edition
Recap of all the shows released in 2022, bringing our total to 733 episodes (331+402).
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2023: Weirdest MMO celebrity insert
Today we're kicking off our traditional countdown of MassivelyOP's weirdest MMORPG stories of the year, that year being 2023!
Coming in at #5 on our...
The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any MMOs in 2024?
Hello friends. It's me, your mom, and the answer to today's Daily Grind question should be no, and I shouldn't even need to write...
MMO Year in Review: The mage’s tower (August 2023)
August hasn't always been a month for major MMO launches, but 2023 certainly didn't disappoint, with Guild Wars 2's expansion Secrets of the Obscure...
MassivelyOP’s 2023 Golden Yachties: Best Worst MMO Post
We're wrapping up MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards today as we present our award for Best Worst MMO Post. Yes, it's the Golden Yachties series,...
