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Massively Uplifting: Summer goodness from SOLO, EVE, Bungie, Warframe, and Guild Wars
When the news gets filled with dark and horrible things (and maybe you start to be disgusted with companies and people), it is natural...
Paladins releases a new character – Rei – as Hi-Rez debuts a new logo and slogan
Are you ready for some new Paladins content? That's right, the multiplayer hero shooter from Hi-Rez Studio's sub-studio Evil Mojo has kicked out a...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online welcomes Treasures of Wildfire
A new event has arrived on Ultima Online's Origin server, bringing with it story and collections galore. Hey, it's something new to do during...
The MOP Up: Rogalia says goodbye, farewell, and amen
It may not have been an MMO you heard of -- and that's the problem, because it seems like nobody else heard of Rogalia...
SMITE has added Morgan Le Fay to the roster and unveils a Stranger Things crossover for its July Battle Pass
It's one half Arthurian legend and one half the Upside Down in SMITE as the MOBA has made a couple of distinct reveals recently....
The MOP Up: World of Warships opens a book of German mythology
Weird things are afoot in World of Warships, with a German mythological event, more German destroyers, and reworked commander skills hitting the game world!
"For...
SMITE community mourns the passing of a star Hi-Rez esports caster, halts league events
On Friday, Hi-Rez startled the SMITE community by abruptly postponing all of its esports events for the weekend, a move made more bizarre by...
Hi-Rez just postponed SMITE’s esports broadcasts for the weekend [Updated]
We've updated at the end with the unfortunate news that led to the postponement.
Well, this one's weird and kinda ominous: Hi-Rez just just down...
Not So Massively Roundup: Valorant’s Breeze, Apex’s Olympus, Runeterra’s expansion, and Jeff
Welcome back to another roundup of news for Not-So-Massively and MMO-adjacent games in the MMORPG orbit!
Valorant: Riot's Valorant has rolled out the Breeze map...
SMITE introduces Gilgamesh to the roster, elects to shut down Southeast Asia and Latin America North servers
This past Tuesday saw a new update arrive to the MOBA SMITE, featuring a new Babylonian god, Gilgamesh the King of Uruk. Gilgamesh is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 317: Stay awhile and listen
Justin and Bree discuss MMO Kickstarters, Path of Exile 2, Global Agenda 2, Dual Universe, and Wizard101, with adventures in WoW Classic, Fallout 76, Diablo 2 Resurrected, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on Steam and FOMO, Diablo 3, and No Man's Sky.
Hi-Rez’s trademark snafus suggest a Global Agenda sequel (again) (finally)
Oh, Global Agenda. This multiplayer MMO-lite seems destined to be one of those ghost games that not enough people remember - but those who...
Massively Uplifting: Gamestonk, gorillas, and giving in MMOs
When it comes to feel-good stories in the general media, coming across a positive one about gaming seems harder than finding a four-leaf clover....
Not So Massively roundup: PUBG Lite’s sunset, Astroneer’s compass, SMITE’s Gilgamesh
Welcome back to our occasional roundup of what's going on in multiplayer games that aren't really MMORPGs! There's actually a ton of news this...
The Stream Team: Celebrating seven years of SMITE
SMITE commemorates its seventh birthday today, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to celebrate with the gods! And the fact that pets are invited...
SMITE marks its seventh anniversary with a four month-long event, new battle pass, and 15 days of gifts
It's the seventh birthday of SMITE, and that means a whole lot of partying going on in the MOBA. The headline attraction of the...
Black Desert just revealed the new Sage class on its afternoon stream
On its splashy reveal stream this afternoon, Pearl Abyss took the wraps off the latest playable class in Black Desert: The Sage. "Armed with the...
Massively Uplifting: Love and generosity in Sea of Thieves, Guild Wars 2, SOTA, and more
February is often known as the commercialized month of love (Happy Hallmark Day!), but that doesn't mean there wasn't genuine love abounding throughout the...
The MOP Up: Dauntless dials up the dazzle
Patch 1.5.4 roared right into the online monster slayer Dauntless this past week, giving players a non-RNG way to grab desired Behemoth dyes.
Also, the...
SMITE releases new Conquest map, new battle pass, and new tutorials with the launch of Season 8
Goodbye creepy Sleeper purple, hello resplendent Tiamat marble. It's the start of Season 8 in SMITE, which has brought along with it a fresh...
