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Closers adds Busan Chapter 2, TERA console’s May festival invites you to slaughter sheep
We'll go ahead and call this the "En Masse MMO news block:" Both Closers and TERA have a little something going on for the...
Blade and Soul confirms the launch of the Steel Bonds update for May 20
Players of Blade and Soul have already had to deal with a Steel Uprising, and now that story is due to continue with the...
Phantasy Star Online 2 offers up a new set of Urgent Quests and a boost campaign for Advanced Quests
Ah, the many different sorts of quests in Phantasy Star Online 2 never fail to provide a panoply of things for players to do....
Xbox X developers include Blizzard, Bungie, Pearl Abyss, and Square Enix
With the console still on track to release sometime during the holiday season later this year, the Xbox Series X is preparing a huge...
En Masse celebrates TERA’s eighth birthday with supercute dragon baby pets
May is TERA's anniversary month - on PC, specifically - and En Masse is now rolling out the red carpet for the next few...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 270: Words of Warcraft
Justin and Bree discuss Age of Conan, Defiance, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, and COVID-19 delays, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, and mailbag topics on Blizzard and freeform character building.
One Shots: Day of the Cats
As the reluctant owner of a slightly deranged cat, I have nightmares of when felines grow into towering, snide monstrosities and roam the planet...
The Stream Team: TERA turns eight today
Eight is the number, and the number is eight. And that is how old TERA is turning today! Will there be cake? Will there...
TERA added lockbox transparency and skill balance changes with this week’s patch
The newest patch for TERA is not really about content. Obviously, you can take a look at the full patch notes and find some...
Phantasy Star Online 2’s latest event encourages grouping
While PC players sit on their hands and continue to wait for the launch of Phantasy Star Online 2 to reach them, Xbox One...
Age of Conan’s Onslaught is live, the Funcom MMO’s ‘biggest update in years’
Back in 2018 and 2019, Funcom's Age of Conan MMORPG - soon turning 12 years old, if you can believe it - ran the...
TERA is swapping to properly transparent lockboxes
With the next content update on Tuesday, April 28th, the lootboxes of TERA are getting a major refresh. Soon, all of the MMO's lootboxes...
Blade & Soul launches the Steel Uprising patch today
Bad news, Blade & Soul players, you are going to once again be fighting robots. This is a challenge. Reports indicate that robots are...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 268: Second chances in the apocalypse
Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Phantasy Star Online 2, Fallout 76, Holly Longdale's move to Blizzard, WoW Classic, WoW, Star Trek Online, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on FFXIV's dungeon problem, favorite MMO group roles, and specific gamer types as warning signs for games.
Into the Super-verse: Catching up with the big superhero MMOs
With the weirdness of the quarantine and how it's been impacting game development, I thought it might be a good time to take a...
DC Universe Online’s latest Birds of Prey episode is live with gobs of new content
Daybreak's DC Universe Online has been kicking ass and taking names lately, and it's doing it again now. Last night, the latest Birds of...
Blade and Soul hammers out a Steel Uprising patch
You know what would go down really nice right about now? A huge, hefty MMO content update. Or a shamrock milkshake from McDonald's. But...
Massively Overthinking: MMO business models in the face of recession
MOP reader Sray posed us an interesting question this past week focused on how MMO business models interface with the global economy. "The last major...
COVID-19 Roundup: EVE Online’s huge influx of newbies, live Gamescom is probably toast
Welcome back to another roundup of how MMOs and the gaming industry are faring and fronting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
First up: CCP's Hilmar Pétursson...
Phantasy Star Online 2 launches on PC in late May, officially leaves Xbox One beta today
If you're one of the many, many would-be Phantasy Star Online 2 fans waiting eagerly for news about the game's PC release, you have...
