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Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2022
OK folks, it's that time of the year again: the time when we cast our eyes ahead and try to pinpoint what's going to...
New World’s High Water Mark system revamp and winter festival go live today
If you've been trying to log into New World this morning... well, you can't, but it's for good reason! Amazon took the game offline...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2022
If 2021 had a problem, it was that we got simply too many MMO releases between new launches, early access, and expansions. This breathtaking...
The Daily Grind: What MMO Christmas gift would you love to get?
My kids are wizards at making wish lists when their birthdays and Christmas approach. I do think that they're getting a little over-ambitious because...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 351: There are no bad Star Wars jokes in this show
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR's delay, Lost Ark's launch date, the Nightingale reveal, unionization efforts at Activision-Blizzard, the new Warhammer MMO, and the future of Crowfall, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, plus a voicemail on SWTOR and a mailbag topic on going big with MMO expansions.
New World’s director discusses testing cadence, future features, and contending with update issues
By now New World's unsteadiness is well-known among MMORPG fans. The game's initial launch caught fire, but over the past few months the game...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2021 predictions
Last year's MMORPG predictions didn't exactly go to plan, since in 2019, we weren't really expecting 2020 to play out the way it did....
New World re-enables buying houses lost in rollbacks, tweaks winter event on PTR
Overnight, Amazon took the New World servers offline for a small update. In addition to continuing "technical groundwork for server merges," the studio disabled...
Lost Ark’s final Heroes of Arkesia animated series episode debuts
Since Lost Ark isn't set to arrive until sometime in "early 2022," the game has a fair bit of time to keep up the...
Amazon’s outage yesterday delayed New World merges, now set for later this week
The New World merges that were slated for this week have been delayed, and they'll be accompanied by even more merges, which ought to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 350: The start of Endwalker
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV Endwalker, WoW 9.2, the Dune MMO, New World, Wizard101, Lineage2M, and ArcheAge, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Hearthstone, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the looter shooter fad and MMO quest logging systems.
New World responds to endgame gear concerns: ‘It is now clear we were wrong’
New World has a big endgame problem -- and it's not been helped by Amazon throwing flaming logs of change onto the already burning...
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s travel problem is also a storage problem
Today, I'd like to discuss the recent change that increased the experience needed to level crafting in New World: It's terrible, and it should...
LOTRO Legendarium: OK, let’s talk about Lord of the Rings Online on console
I'll admit it: When EG7 acquired Daybreak back in 2020, I was very dismissive of the report that mentioned a console edition for Lord...
New World bans botters, begins testing winter event, plans unpopular endgame gear system
Christmas -- or some variation thereof -- is coming to New World as the game's first holiday. Yesterday, Amazon announced that it was putting...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2021
We've decided to pull back our MMO music awards this year and make the decision a little less formal, partly because of how hard...
Lost Ark posts Sorceress preview trailer, addresses gender-locked classes
Amazon and Smilegate have dropped yet another video for the long-delayed Lost Ark, this time featuring the Sorceress class. She's one of the 15...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2021
Why do I love covering MMORPG news year in and year out? If I'm honest about it, I'm usually in this for the surprises....
New World’s 1.1.1 update continues November patch clean-up, lays groundwork for server merges
Overnight, Amazon rolled out the weekly patch for New World as expected. The 1.1.1 update is basically a band-aid for the November update that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 349: Make mine Marvel
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak's Marvel MMO, LOTRO's console future, DCUO's expansion, the EverQuest franchise, RIFT's planned update, DDO, Star Citizen, and Elite Dangerous, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallen Earth, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on New World's rookie mistakes and Lost Ark's genderlocking.
