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Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the history of MMORPGs as a market and PC gaming in general, suggesting at...
Star Wars The Old Republic releases a teaser trailer for its upcoming lovey-dovey Date Night missions
We're not sure how many Star Wars: The Old Republic fans had "repeatable cinematic romance missions" on their bingo cards when the MMORPG traded...
One Shots: The mosh pit of friendship
I don't know about you, but when I get together with 75 of my closest friends, I like to crowd right up on them...
LOTRO Legendarium: Rethinking LOTRO’s landscape soldiers
In December 2009, Lord of the Rings Online added one of its most unique side systems with skirmishes. Not only were these instances flexible...
SWTOR teases GU 7.4.1 Building a Foundation’s Copero Stronghold and Date Night romance content
The BioWare-turned-Broadsword team behind Star Wars The Old Republic is once again heading to Twitch to outline the game's immediate future, which includes GU...
One Shots: Sky control to Major Tom
I have to imagine that there's no more stressful job in a galaxy far, far away than being an air traffic controller for Coruscant....
Massively Overthinking: Do you care more about MMO stats or looks?
This week's Massively Overthinking is fully inspired by the unicorn backpack meme, which Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss tweeted out last week with the caption "stats over looks any day." You know we have to talk about this.
The Stream Team: Going after SWTOR’s latest achievements
Caught up on the newest story, all that's left for Massively OP's Larry is a few little side quests and the newest achievements. Although...
Bungie announces genius Destiny 2 collab with BioWare’s Mass Effect franchise
This week in transmedia synergy crosspromos that will break your brain along with the sanctity of whatever canon is left to us in MMOs...
Loric Games, founded by Mythic vets, picks up fresh investment and Jeff Hickman to build a survival game
Remember back in 2022, when we first learned a trio of Mythic vets - Brian Johnson, Ray Soto, and Mythic co-founder Rob Denton -...
The Stream Team: The second half of SWTOR’s Chains in the Dark
How can Massively OP's Larry and MJ be unhappy that SWTOR's latest content is long enough to fill multiple streams? In fact, they are...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v7.0
Once again we put a wrap on another year of MMORPG news, opinions, and -- most pertinent to this column -- history. In a...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
The MOP Up: Wakfu’s server headache
Wakfu said that its Ogrest server stopped working properly for a day, causing all sorts of data management headaches and a two-hour rollback.
"At 0:39...
Global Chat: What’s the best Wrath of the Lich King zone?
With Wrath Classic starting to wrap up, The Ancient Gaming Noob figured that this was the perfect time to rank the famous expansion's zones....
The Stream Team: SWTOR Chains in the Dark story for the new year
Recently, SWTOR has added a bit more story for folks to sink their teeth into, and Massively OP's Larry and MJ are on hand...
BioWare’s Anthem sold 5M lifetime copies, according to leaked stats
Here's a stat line that will make you probably feel slightly aged like a fine wine or a banana ripe for being made into...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2024
Stop right there. I know you're about to object and say that you don't do resolutions, let alone MMO resolutions. That's fine. A lot...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023
This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...
The Soapbox: The ‘problem’ with MMO hoarding
I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...
