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MassivelyOP’s 2018 PC hardware gift guide
With the holidays coming up and Northern Hemisphere winter just getting started, you might be thinking about what PC upgrades will keep you cozy...
Guild Wars 2 bringing Roller Beetle races to Tyria next week
Ladies and gentlemen, take your starting positions and rev up your -- beetles? That's right: Next week, ArenaNet is bringing the high-speed thrills of...
One Shots: Take me home, country roads
I can't tell if Deekay Plus' headlining shot from Fallout 76 here is that of a gorgeous West Virginia sunrise -- or an in-progress...
Vague Patch Notes: When World of Warcraft breaks off your friendship
I spent a bunch of time post-BlizzCon thinking about why World of Warcraft personally bothered me. Not why its design pitfalls bothered me; that's...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that cater to the time-limited player
Every once in a while we receive emails here at Massively OP that share a similar sentiment. Usually that boils down to, "I love...
Guild Wars 2’s latest update revamps runes and sigils
The folks at ArenaNet have released the latest game update for Guild Wars 2, and it brings an overhaul to the game's runes and...
The MOP Up: Pagan Online slams ARPGs and MOBAs together
Tack this on your list of action-RPGs to watch. Mad Head Games announced that it is developing a blend of ARPG and MOBA with...
NCsoft Q3 2018: NCsoft sales continue downward slide while online PC sales trend up
Slides may be fun when you're a kid, but they're not something you want to see when you're a multinational games corporation that's operating...
MMO Business Roundup: Japanese lockboxes, POGO and Square Enix financials, and Prima’s end
"The Good Times Are Over for Japan’s Loot-Box-Style Gaming Bonanza" - that's the brutal headline plonked onto this week's Bloomberg report on Japanese lockboxes....
Guild Wars 2 is overhauling runes and sigils and making them salvageable in next week’s patch
If you're one of those weirdos who loves having an inventory overflowing with crap (hi MJ!), then I'm sorry to report that ArenaNet is...
Guild Wars 2 devs and players raised over $65,000 for charity for Extra Life
It's always heartening to see MMO players band together for a good cause, as the Guild Wars 2 community did for the recent Extra...
The Daily Grind: What makes a game feel like an MMO to you?
Bethesda is at it again. Years after its subsidiary bent itself over backwards to protest that Elder Scrolls Online wasn't an MMO, the gaming...
The MOP Up: TERA opens SEA server and delivers Deathwrack to consoles
It was a pretty big week for action combat MMO TERA, starting with the delivery of the four-dungeon Deathwrack update to Xbox One and...
Guild Wars 2’s legendary upgrade feature accidentally joins weekly patch as new RMT griefing trick emerges
If, like our staff, you looked at yesterday's Guild Wars 2 patch notes and thought it was a "filler patch" with just a handful...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?
A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping.
"A Charr...
One Shots: Pumpkins Online
I know and you know that MMO developers love Halloween perhaps more than their own flesh-and-blood children. And as much as I enjoy how...
Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy is Aion’s NGE gut punch
Woah! WOA is back! It's only fitting: Wings Over Atreia debuted when Aion launched as a new game, and now it is back for...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 Halloween with the MOP ladies plus one
Mad Kings and sinister clock towers, that's what Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King event is made of! But that won't stop...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 192: Tricks and treats
MJ, Justin, and Bree discuss Trion's acquisition, Aion's Awakened Legacy, MMO Halloween, Black Desert's Russian un-fiasco, SWTOR, MapleStory 2, and ZeniMax's new maybe-MMO.
Guild Wars 2 dev explains the real cost of crunch to games and gamers, Rockstar Lincoln clarifies crunch policy
Rockstar's crunch problem and the ongoing industry discussion around games dev labor abuses don't appear to be dying down. Ahead of the weekend, Rockstar Lincoln...
