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The Stream Team: The return of Rata Novus in Guild Wars 2
Thankful that she obtained the Guild Wars 2 hunting mastery in just one night, Massively OP's MJ is more than ready to continue Heart...
MMO studio Daybreak is named 2023 Extra Life Partner of the Year, posts 2024 fundraising plans
Daybreak's charity work has paid off: This week, Extra Life and Children's Miracle Network named Daybreak Games its Extra Life Partner of the Year...
One Shots: Hey World of Warcraft has housing after all…
This just in, World of Warcraft beat Guild Wars 2 to the punch by instituting the most robust, flexible, and creative housing system ever...
Guild Wars 2 deep-dives Janthir Wilds’ enhanced warclaw mount aka journeykin
August is shaping up to be an interesting month here in MMO land, and a large part of that is the impending release of...
The Stream Team: Hunting the Nuhoch hunting mastery in Guild Wars 2
It figures: Shortly after Massively OP's MJ felt relief for conquering the gliding mastery to continue with Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns story,...
Albion Online previews its new journal-themed achievement system, Albion Journal
Are the hardcore PvP fans of Albion Online going to be entranced with a new feature called the Albion Journal? Probably not phrased that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are best at letting you bring the player, not the class?
It was MOP's Eliot who put the ol' canard about bringing the player not the class in my head again recently, thanks to his...
Massively Overthinking: How often do you play human MMO characters when you have other choices?
I've been thinking about this question a bit lately, partly owing to Stars Reach and partly to Project Gorgon. Playable Worlds says Stars Reach...
Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds Kodan are basically cute environmentalist bears
Before today, I might've said that nobody loves talking about bears as much as our writers, who keep penning articles about cool MMO bears,...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s The Predator’s Path
With her mastery XP grind out of the way, Massively OP's MJ is finally set to continue the Heart of Thorns story in Guild...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 475: The Legend of Ralph Lobster
Justin and Bree discuss Raph Koster's Stars Reach, Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, Daybreak's purchase of Singularity 6 and Palia, Nexon's The First Descendant, and Guild Wars 2's housing, with a mailbag topic on the legend of Ralph Lobster.
The Daily Grind: If you could banish one piece of gear from MMOs, what would it be?
When MMOs were new, the iconic chainmail bikini was a whole damn thing. It was the big joke in the games industry, the idea...
One Shots: Lava picnics and asbestos bikinis
Some days I feel like MMORPGs are an excuse for us to do everything our moms told us to avoid. Jump off a cliff?...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six ideas LOTRO totally should steal from other MMOs
It's only natural for people who play multiple MMOs or are aware of what's happening in other titles to foster a sense of envy....
Massively Overthinking: Do you have a ‘mental block’ in MMORPGs?
Back in June, MMO blogger Belghast from Tales of the Aggronaut penned a fun blog about having had a mental block against tanking.
"Something happened...
Here’s how the ‘cellular automata simulation’ in Raph Koster’s new sandbox MMORPG Stars Reach works
In the wake of the announcement of Stars Reach, Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has been making the rounds of Reddit and the gaming blogosphere...
The Stream Team: Catching the updraft in Guild Wars 2
With the dragon Glint's egg safely guarded in Guild Wars 2's Tarir, Massively OP's MJ can now turn her full attention to destroying Mordremoth...
The Daily Grind: Would you rather have disposable minions or true pets with an MMO pet class?
A few weeks back, MOP's Chris and I were talking about Path of Exile 2's forthcoming Witch character and griping about the way a...
This year’s Steam Summer Sale brings another collection of bargains for MMORPG fans
It's Christmas in summertime once again, otherwise known to gamers as the Steam Summer Sale, and we're happy to report that there are some...
Massively Overthinking: How ‘massively multiplayer’ do we expect MMORPGs to be?
Earlier in June on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I took a stab at answering the age-old question of what, exactly, constitutes an MMO....
