action combat
Blade and Soul adds new PvP accessories and wintry events in the Winter Soulstice update
No, that word isn't misspelled; Blade and Soul's latest update is literally called Winter Soulstice, primarily because there are a number of winter-themed celebration...
Vindictus brings its newest katana-wielding hero Dan-Ah to the action MMO
if you thought that the action combat MMO Vindictus was somehow lesser because it didn't feature a holy powered lady slicing things up with...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2021 predictions
Last year's MMORPG predictions didn't exactly go to plan, since in 2019, we weren't really expecting 2020 to play out the way it did....
DC Universe Online’s Episode 42 Legion of Doom and winter events have arrived
DC Universe Online players, your doom is upon you - Legion of Doom, that is, as Episode 42 is live and free for everyone....
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2021
Healthy MMOs are a good thing. They have smooth, glossy coats, strong teeth capable of snapping bone, a full-throated call, and it just occurs...
Phantasy Star Online 2’s Sandstorm Requiem launches December 15, followed by a holiday event
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis fans looking forward to their next big thing can rest assured it's going to hit before the holidays:...
Gamigo’s parent company just became a key investor in Daybreak’s parent company
You know, when I was joking on the last Massively OP Podcast that Gamigo was becoming Daybreak, I didn't mean it should literally buy...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis’ recent patch lets you try to dress like a fancy goldfish
Who hasn't wanted to be a goldfish? Swimming around in a tank, forgetting things that happened a few seconds ago, with nothing to look...
EG7 Q3 2021: Daybreak revives Marvel MMORPG, still promising console and gfx upgrade for LOTRO
Enad Global 7, the company that bought Daybreak just about a year ago, has now dropped its Q3 2021 financial report. Just one quarter...
Battle Bards Episode 205: Love is in the air
They might not be the most naturally romantic crew at heart, but the Battle Bards have been known to get, er, swoony when love is professed...
Vindictus upgrades to a 64-bit client in latest patch, prepares for a new roster addition in December
At the beginning of June we wondered whatever happened to Vindictus, the action combat MMO from Nexon that arrived to our side of the...
Global Chat: Do you suffer from FOMO when an MMO expansion comes out?
With Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker on the horizon, there's an undeniable wave of FOMO -- fear of missing out -- that's sweeping through the...
Massively Overthinking: How hard should MMOs be?
This past summer, MMO dev Damion Schubert posted an epic tweet-thread about MMOs; in fact, we've already dipped into the part on "load-bearing" playerbases,...
Blade & Soul’s Demonsbane update is live with more story, events, items, and a dungeon
Blade and Soul players can face some new story or a new dungeon and its challenging layers of increasing difficulty thanks to the Demonsbane...
Daybreak’s Jack Emmert is geeking out over DC Universe Online’s December Legion of Doom
Jack Emmert, CEO of Daybreak sub-studio Dimensional Ink, is geeking out over DC Universe Online's upcoming Legion of Doom episode in December. His excitement...
Blade and Soul breaks down the Demonsbane system arriving with tomorrow’s update
Tomorrow, NCSoft is adding some new content to Blade and Soul, including the Aerodrome dungeon, the centerpiece of the game's Demonsbane system that promises...
One Shots: Double double the firepower
As we all know, while one weapon is good, it's never as good as two. Preferably you'd want to have three or four going,...
DC Universe Online makes ally purchases account-wide, updates early endgame scaling and buffs
There's been a patching applied to DC Universe Online, and while it's a bit thin in terms of content, it does have a number...
Blade and Soul Revolution to merge its global servers together
Even revolutions have to take a breather and consolidate now and then. And so it is for Blade and Soul Revolution. The mobile title,...
How to support Extra Life 2021, from Guild Wars 2 and EverQuest to LOTRO and City of Heroes
If you caught MJ's latest Massively Uplifting, you probably noticed that Extra Life is ramping up across the gaming industry, and particularly among MMORPG...
