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CD Projekt Red goes back on its word regarding Cyberpunk 2077 crunch
Crunch -- the period of development time where studios enact overtime to get a product ready to ship -- is a controversial and harmful...
The Stream Team: Delving Elder Scrolls Online’s Skyrim and finding lost treasures
In Elder Scrolls Online, you can delve into dungeons, or you can delve into delves. ESO's current Western Skyrim event has three options, and...
The Elder Scrolls Online starts the collective countdown for the Lost Treasures of Skyrim
No one ever seems to have much interest in uncovering found treasures. That is probably explained by the premise, really; once the treasure is found,...
The Daily Grind: Are you planning to buy a next-gen console?
So at this point, we've now seen PlayStation 5 preorders go live, in a clusterfudge Sony has already apologized for, and we've seen Xbox...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 289: Microsoft and Bethesda sitting in a tree
Justin and Bree discuss Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax and Bethsoft, Fallout 76, Conan Exiles, Elder Scrolls Online, Echo of Soul, Phantasy Star Online 2, Final Fantasy XVI, and Crowfall, with adventures in WoW and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on FOMO marketing tactics in MMOs.
Microsoft just bought ZeniMax, Bethsoft, and Elder Scrolls Online’s ZOS for $7.5B
Here's your Monday bombshell: Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired ZeniMax Media - and therefore Bethesda Softworks and ZeniMax Online Studios and...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Markarth DLC launches November 2 for PC, November 10 for console
As promised, ZeniMax has just dropped a ton of info about Elder Scrolls Online's next update during its year-end preview event stream.
We knew the...
The Soapbox: The joys of MMO collecting
I’ve often sat and pondered exactly what it is that I enjoy about the MMO experience. After all, being educated about your own likes...
Fallout 76 is merging some content releases and delaying others into 2021
With One Wasteland out in the wild this week and dynamic overland difficulty finally in the game, Fallout 76 is prepping for its next...
The Stream Team: Calling on Karthwatch for help in Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor
During her last Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor adventure, Massively OP's MJ saved the long-lost ice princess. But her main goal is to get support...
Fallout 76’s daily ops will deliver randomized and repeatable missions
Along with the One Wasteland revamp and Season 2 tomorrow, Fallout 76's Update 22 is due to bring us another spiffy feature on September...
Global Chat: Which MMO has the least annoying inventory system?
Inventory is something we have to deal with in, oh, pretty much every MMO that we play. Some games are far more generous with...
Perfect Ten: How to speak with your family members about playing MMOs
The nice part about growing up with serious social awkwardness as "the weird one" in my family is that really, every strange fixation I...
Elder Scrolls Online’s final DLC of the year is now called Markarth, not Darkstorm
Elder Scrolls Online's chapters and DLC run almost like clockwork every year, so we all knew there was one last DLC comning in 2020,...
Massively Uplifting: MMOs from LOTRO to ESO bring comfort, healing, camaraderie, and charity
Summer may be ending, but good deeds and uplifting stories aren't! Throughout August we've been surrounded by stories of kindness, generosity, and goodness within...
The Stream Team: Laboring through Elder Scrolls Online’s PvP event
Massively OP's MJ may not participate in PvP much in Elder Scrolls Online, but when an event happens, she's there! She's not about to...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s Stonethorn DLC arrives on consoles
Good news for the patient and long-suffering Elder Scrolls Online console players: The game's latest DLC and patch have finally arrived following the PC...
Fallout 76’s One Wasteland and second season arrive on September 15
Mark your calendars, because September 15th is going to be a significant date for Fallout 76. That's the day when Update 22 arrives, bringing...
Massively Overthinking: How we deal with burning out of MMOs
Back in August, MOP's own Justin wrote a piece on his Bio Break blog about moderation in gaming that resonated with me. He described...
The Soapbox: Feeling the loss of an MMO community
Back in 2012, I was almost a year deep into Lord of the Rings Online and enjoying my time both in the game and...
