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Anthem taught BioWare to focus on what it’s good at for Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Would you like to play a looter shooter that has all the multiplayer shootin' and lootin' you could want along with an expertly crafted...
Perfect Ten: 10 more MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed, from Elyon to Defiance
Last year, I assembled a list of 10 former MMOs that not only have ceased to exist but have ceased to be remembered (for...
Massively Overthinking: Are we ‘optimizing the fun out’ of MMOs?
MMO dev Damion Schubert recently retweeted a thread penned by a user named Zarathustra that presents our Massively Overthinking discussion for the week. Now,...
The best MassivelyOP live streams of 2023
MassivelyOP's Stream Team is the jewel in our crown, as our own Chris and MJ - and occasionally Larry too! - dip into MMORPGs...
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...
Vitae Aeternum: Rise of the Angry Earth mounts and flail are the lift New World needed
New World's first expansion is here, although if I'm being honest it feels more like the second expansion, considering the scale of the Brimstone...
NetEase announces another new MMO studio: Rich Vogel’s T-Minus Zero Entertainment
NetEase has made no secret of its goals for expansion in the west: It managed to snurch Jack Emmert away from Daybreak to build...
The Stream Team: Returning to Anthem
Earlier, MOP's Stream Team kicked back and watched some gameplay footage from inside of Anthem. It reminded Chris of his time tromping around in...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming steps back into the mech suits of Anthem
MOP's MJ & Chris are returning to the Backseat Streaming drive-in theater once again for a bit of a revival! Tonight, we're going to...
NCsoft showcases gameplay and early details of its new shooter MMO Project LLL
While NCsoft elected to avoid this year's upcoming G-Star, it is once again revealing things on its own on its YouTube channel. The most...
Blade & Soul takes a closer look at the Musician class arriving later this week
Regular fans of Blade & Soul already know that this Wednesday, October 12th, is bringing the Symphony of Destruction update, with a bunch of...
Classic Tibia is getting sound for the first time in 25 years
One of the oldest MMORPGs around is finally getting a voice - in the form of sound, that is. The devs behind Classic MMO...
First Impressions: Babylon’s Fall is an unpolished and underwhelming collection of almost good ideas
I'll be perfectly honest: Babylon's Fall was almost never on my radar. A packed few weeks of MMO and multiplayer releases pretty much saw...
Nightingale was originally an MMO but scaled back to become more intimate
Those hungry for details about the Victorian-themed survival game Nightingale would do well to read a new interview with Inflexion CEO Aaryn Flynn over...
BioWare boss talks up SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith, new remote hiring policy
BioWare did not have the best 2021. It lost Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah at the end of 2020, followed by Jonathan Warner in...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2021
As the year that was 2021 comes to a close -- raise a glass, give a toast, and perhaps think of a few fond...
Not So Massively: Godfall’s Challenger Edition is a flawed introduction to a flawed game
I've been keeping one eye on Godfall for a while. I didn't want to take a chance on a game from a new franchise...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2021
Why do I love covering MMORPG news year in and year out? If I'm honest about it, I'm usually in this for the surprises....
Not So Massively: Magic Legends had all the right ideas and all the wrong choices
This is the worst kind of column to write. Not only am I reporting on the closure of a game, but it's a game...
Former BioWare GM Casey Hudson announces the opening of a new development studio
Readers will recall back in December 2020 that Casey Hudson, the general manager of BioWare, left his position after 20 years with the studio....
