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Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3 is dividing players in fantastic ways
I feel like Splatoon 3's release has been oddly quiet, though it's doing quite well in Japan. Selling over 3.45 million copies in 3...
Wisdom of Nym: Highlights from Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory patch notes ahead of launch
The nice thing about having the patch notes always released well ahead of time for Final Fantasy XIV is that we can always pick...
Global Chat: Dispatches from Blaugust 2022
By now, you may have caught wind of Blaugust 2022 -- the latest season of a community effort to encourage, promote, and educate new...
Ikonei Island is a blend of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing, with multiplayer coming ‘soon’
Looking for a way to pass those hazy summer months with a blend of homesteading, crafting, and questing on a tropical isle? Then if...
Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter and 6.2 preview
The first live letter previewing a new patch is always a little weird for Final Fantasy XIV, and this one is especially unusual. See,...
Disney announces life sim Dreamlight Valley with multiplayer potential
If your wildest gaming dreams involved the, ahem, goofy combination of Disney, Pixar, Stardew Valley, and The Sims, then you're weirdly in luck.
Gameloft and...
Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?
Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2022
For our first official Massively Overthinking of 2022, we're following tradition: We're talking all about our hopes and fears for the genre in the...
Global Chat: Fallout Worlds doesn’t justify its existence, one blogger argues
If you saw that Fallout 76 released a new mode with varied rulesets called Fallout Worlds a while back, you might've been tempted to...
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....
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude in the MMORPG genre
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and while some folks have probably already kicked back from the table and have started in on the...
Massively on the Go: Happy Home Paradise is the cherry on top of Animal Crossing New Horizons’ final update
I won't lie, the past week has been pretty fun for me. Animal Crossing: New Horizons'Â final update added so much to the game. Old...
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,...
Massively on the Go: Guide to Animal Crossing New Horizons’ Happy Home Paradise unlockables and bonuses
I suppose I should be thankful that Animal Crossing: New Horizons decided to launch its latest update early, as now I've had more time to...
Riot Games is partnering with Rihanna’s makeup brand Fenty to promote Arcane
File this one in the bin where I put all the weird cross-promos for a snarky end-of-the-year post: Riot Games is collaborating with Fenty...
Animal Crossing New Horizons’ massive November 5 update is already live
Christmas just keeps coming earlier and earlier these days, especially if you're an Animal Crossing: New Horizons fan. More than 24 hours in advance, Nintendo released...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most chill MMO for when you want to relax?
Even as the video game industry keeps trying to go bigger, more epic, and more bombastic in its games, I've noticed that there's this...
Animal Crossing New Horizons adds cooking and island design in major update and paid DLC
If you thought Animal Crossing: New Horizons was effectively dead lately, you're not alone: The updates for the last six months were unhappy times even...
Brewster finally comes home to Animal Crossing New Horizons… sometime after October
A recent surprise Nintendo Direct just did something I had nearly lost hope of hearing: Brewster, the traditional cafe owner and gyroid connoisseur, will...
The Daily Grind: Are we witnessing the rise of the ‘life sim’ MMO?
What do you call games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing? MMO dev Damion Schubert recently put out a call for a good term...
