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Massively OP Podcast Episode 354: Catch-up roundtable and state of the site
Justin, Bree, Tyler, and MJ discuss the 2021 MOP awards, Cryptic and PWE, Magic the Gathering Online, Fractured, Legends of Aria, Crowfall, and Book of Travels, with adventures in New World, Astroneer, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, Albion Online, Star Wars Galaxies, SWTOR, LOTRO, and Elder Scrolls Online, finishing it off with a state of the site recap.
Fractured Online outlines plans to run a 24/7 beta test in 2022 in end-of-year address
It most certainly has been an interesting year for the sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online, not the least of which being the game's publishing deal...
Vitae Aeternum: Explaining New World’s level 30 wall
If you've been paying any amount of attention to New World, you've probably heard of the dreaded "level 30 wall" - the idea that...
Global Chat: How do you deal with FOMO in MMOs?
FOMO -- or the fear of missing out -- is quite prevalent in the MMO gaming community. It's hard to resist that siren's song...
Steam’s annual best-sellers and most played roundup features several MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer titles
As the new year inches closer to our proverbial doorstep, the gaming world takes a moment to look back at past events (ourselves included)....
End-of-year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures going into 2022
All right, so let's start with the disclaimer that I put right at the start of this article every single year, which at least...
New World continues to work on regional transfers, makes Steam’s top-selling list
Months after New World's launch, Amazon is still struggling to solve the issue of cross-region server transfers. The studio's been talking about it for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 353: Mailbag diving, part 2
Justin and Bree deliver part two of a two-part mailbag show, answering listener mail on New World's arrogance, nostalgic MMO music, stress-free MMOs, major player events, the 2021 MMO release aftermath, battle passes, accessibility, datamining, and empowering community kindness.
Fight or Kite: Was 2021 the death of large-scale group PvP MMOs?
Here we are on the cusp of the end to another year: 2021 is almost completely in the rear-view mirror. As I look back...
LGBTQIA New World player is temporarily banned from the game due to a ‘homophobic mass report’
We've got another report of players behaving poorly and abusing an otherwise benign system to malicious effect. Isacoh, a LGBTQIA streamer of games including...
The Daily Grind: Would you pay to group in an MMORPG?
MMO blogger Belghast tweeted something just before the holiday that grabbed my attention. Apparently, at least on his New World server, players are demanding...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2021
Every year, we give a nod to the biggest MMO story, but in 365 days, a whole lot more happened than just one narrative....
Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2021?
As our veteran readership will remember, one of our core MMORPG awards every year is our award for the most underrated MMO - an...
Amazon just announced a big New World, Wheel of Time, and Twitch collab
So this is probably the most predictable collab ever, but I'm still here for it: Amazon just announced a New World x Wheel of...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2021
Some years are just bulkier than others when it comes to updates for existing MMOs. That's the nature of the beast. Some years just...
New World addresses engagement, merges, faction swaps, and copyright strikes ahead of today’s patch
Amazon sent 'round a New World state-of-the-game missive last night, recapping its development over the fall since its launch, admitting to mistakes, addressing merges,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 352: Mailbag diving, part 1
Justin and Bree deliver part one of a two-part mailbag show, answering listener mail PvE gear decay, racism in MMO storytelling, MMO music, poor MMO support overseas, losing a sense of the world in MMOs, and stereotyped MMO races.
New World merges several servers across the globe
Following the extreme expansion of New World's server count just after launch is the expected contraction. Amazon just concluded a series of server merges...
New World dev roundtable video discusses mutators, balance, new weapons, and late game progression
If you've got about an hour to burn and are curious to learn about the current and upcoming plans from the devs of New...
Here are all the New World servers destined for a merge in the near future
So who had "New World merges" on your Christmas list? Because that is what you're getting. Last night, today we'll see selected servers in...