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Global Chat: How fares WoW Classic at the six-month mark?
The phases (i.e., patches) for World of Warcraft Classic continue to roll out, and as the endgame takes form and Darkmoon Faire arrives, it's...
MMO Business Roundup: Tim Sweeney’s politics gaffe, Nexon’s Q4 2019, and the old BioWare crew
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Politics in games
Epic's Tim Sweeney opened this week's DICE Summit with a whopper of...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG do you wish got a glow-up?
No matter how much we love mechanics, even our most cerebral writers and readers still admit to being graphics snobs. It's human: We like...
SWTOR’s 6.1 Pinnacles of Power goes live today with new story beat and stronghold
Star Wars: The Old Republic's Pinnacles of Power was meant to go live this past Tuesday. It didn't. It was delayed, according to BioWare,...
Star Wars: The Old Republic delays Update 6.1, but you can read the patch notes
Hope you didn't build your time off around Update 6.1: Pinnacles of Power's release to Star Wars: The Old Republic because the devs have...
Anthem abandons seasonal content as BioWare confirms major redesign and reinvention
So, apparently all the stories last week about how Anthem still hadn't taken down its Christmas decorations struck a nerve, and we've got an...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite sci-fi MMO?
Generally, but not always, I like to have a science fiction (or science fantasy, if we're being pedantic) MMORPG in my gaming rotation for...
The Stream Team: Oh (no) is for Ossus and Onderon datacrons in SWTOR
The SWTOR story is over now (for now), so it is time for Massively OP's Larry and MJ to continue with their datacron grind....
Anthem’s weekly updates stay thin as the launch anniversary approaches
If you were hoping from something big from Anthem this week, with the anniversary of its launch rushing up on us soon, well, I'm...
The MOP Up: SWTOR’s subscription tauntauns smell great on the outside
For all who subscribe to Star Wars: The Old Republic, there's a new gift waiting for you under your seat. You get a tauntaun!...
MMO Business Roundup: Stadia, Coronavirus, E3, VR, EVE Fanfest, Discord, and WOTC’s BioWare devs
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Stadia: Google has responded to the uproar over its poor communication with the Stadia...
The Daily Grind: Do you think all space MMOs should have spacelegs?
A few of my guildies have been deep into Elite Dangerous lately, and one of them recently pointed me to some of the rumors...
Rumor has it that Electronic Arts is doing something with Knights of the Old Republic
Attention all hands; this is not a drill. Or maybe it is because, well... rumors are what they are. But the current rumor is...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars’ art book, Day of Dragons drama, Red Dead hackers, FogBank layoffs, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Guild Wars' art book: If you happened to read our swag guide ahead of...
The Stream Team: Playing with the Emperor’s Hand in SWTOR
At the end of the last SWTOR adventure, Massively OP's Larry and MJ saw a very disgruntled Darth Malgus. Apparently, Corellia wasn't as fun...
Star Wars: The Old Republic brings the Alderaan Stronghold back to the test server
The opportunity to test out the fanciest new house in Star Wars: The Old Republic is back once again as the devs have brought...
Global Chat: Why player representation in games matters
The recent flap over Escape from Tarkov's public pronouncement of "no icky girls" (my paraphrase) as playable characters in its game elicited more than...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG bugs ever
This week's Massively Overthinking discussion topic is inspired by Crowfall's J Todd Coleman, who last fall tweeted about the time playable spiders almost became...
The MOP Up: Vietnam gets Closers Online
There's one new country for Closers Online to conquer in 2020: Vietnam. The Southeast Asian nation just went into open beta and has a...
Global Chat: How fast should combat be in MMOs?
The speed of combat engagements in MMORPGs -- as rare as they may be -- was the topic du jour on a couple of...
