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As promised, Guild Wars 2's winter holiday events, gathered up in Wintersday, have arrived today. There's kind of a lot of stuff to keep...

The end of the decade is upon us. Many are now reflecting on how our lives have changed over the past 10 years. We’ve...

Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...

The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...

Thanks to MOP reader Agemyth's suggestion way back in 2016, we’ve been debating the best new zone added to an MMO for the last couple of...

Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...

Everyone is healthy! Good news! Every game is super healthy and absolutely no one has a terminal playerbase disease that may result in the...

Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge Unchained, Temtem, Crowfall, Dual Universe, Elder Scrolls Online, plus the site awards, with mailbag topics on MMO controls and meaningful choices.

Deck the halls with tiny golems, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Yes, Wintersday is arriving in Guild Wars 2 once again on December 17th, bringing all the festivities...

It’s no secret that 2019 was a rough year for Guild Wars 2. There were some bright spots in there as well, however, and...

Maybe I'm showing my old-school nature here, but loading screens don't bother me all that much. I cut my MMO teeth on games like...

Advance warning: If you like crafting in MMOs, then you best not read the latest post from Contains Moderate Peril, who is not quite...

It's long-since become a multi-year and fun tradition on Massively OP to do an end-of-year recap of the best and worst MMO dev quotes...

When ArenaNet dropped Guild Wars 2's skill balancing update earlier this week, one change went a bit overlooked by a lot of observers: the...

If we may tread lightly around the topic of race this morning, I'd like to ask an honest question to elicit honest answers. Assuming...

Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest, EverQuest II, Trove, Guild Wars 2, Book of Travels, Star Citizen, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on temporary hardcore MMO servers and PvE vs. PvP sandboxes.

The latest Guild Wars 2 patch is officially upon us. As we noted yesterday, players players can expect multiple quality-of-life tweaks to specific skills...

I've noticed a pattern in my MMO play the last year or so. Ever since jumping into Star Wars Galaxies Legends last year, I've...

Being grateful isn't relegated to just one month, but November is when many people -and gamers - double-down on the things they are thankful...

Welcome back everyone! For those of us in the US, the Monday after our Thanksgiving holiday can be a brutal one. Sleeping in (getting...