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Global Chat: Sucked into Shadowbringers
It's hard to deny the fact that this July, half of the online gaming population seems to be immersed into FFXIV's Shadowbringers expansion. And...
Lawful Neutral: Dance studios, canvas bags, and ‘false advertising’ in the MMO industry
As I was writing our Lawful Neutral expose of Nerd Kingdom a few weeks ago, I was pretty bothered by the conduct of the...
The Stream Team: Joining Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood
Is this the face of a stone-cold killer? Can Massively OP's MJ pass muster to join a brotherhood of assassins? We are going to...
Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a potential WoW sequel?
It's a rare MMO player who's never played World of Warcraft, which makes this particular summer an interesting one for the whole genre. Even...
ZeniMax and Bungie are part of a joint effort to fight against gamedev crunch
People are becoming more and more aware of the abusive mill game developers are being ground against in order to release the titles we...
No Man’s Sky boss on why placating players with prattle rather than proof doesn’t work
Sometimes, as media, and surely as players, we wish a studio would just... stop talking. Just be quiet. Nothing you say is going to...
Fallout 76 delays patch 11 to mid-July but promises a big lowbie experience overhaul
The latest Fallout 76 preview blog dropped this week, and it details some of the highlights coming in patch 11 - including the fact...
Massively Overthinking: Do you even *like* MMO expansions?
This seems like an absurd question on its face, right? MMO players are supposed to like MMO expansions. They're progress. They're content. They're fresh...
Elder Scrolls Online details Scalebreaker’s dungeons, multibidding, and battleground updates
As announced back at E3 last month, the next big thing for a post-Elsweyr Elder Scrolls Online is a new DLC called Scalebreaker. Launching...
Massively Uplifting: Charity comes in many forms for Bethesda, Square Enix, and Digital Extremes
Summer smiles -- get 'em while they're hot! If you are looking for a way to make your mood rise like the temperature, we've...
Elder Scrolls Online swaps midyear events over game performance, Elder Scrolls Legends launches Moons of Elsweyr
Traditionally, as we approach the middle of the year, Elder Scrolls Online pushes out the Midyear Mayhem PvP event. But you might have noticed...
Fallout 76 vows better stability, rewards, and balance adjustments for Nuclear Winter battle royale
Nuclear Winter: It's not, as one deeply confused Twitter citizen insisted, a desperate game's winter update being rolled out in the summer but rather...
Tamriel Infinium: Getting the most out of your Elder Scrolls Online box and sub in 2019
One of the most confusing things about any game that chooses a hybrid business model is figuring out what you need to buy in...
Fallout 76 adjusts Nuclear Winter balance, squashes a whole bunch of bugs
Fallout 76's recently introduced Nuclear Winter battle royale mode graduates from pre-beta to beta today as Bethesda rolls out the game's latest patch, which...
Global Chat: Daybreak is a zombie, walking
What can call an MMO blogger out of retirement? A game studio putting in below the bare minimum of effort in its updates seems...
Massively Overthinking: The worst MMO cash shop trickery
Last week, games psychologist Jamie Madigan tweeted an underrated comment about how psychological tricks used in restaurant menu design are also found in video...
Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives the guild accessibility tools added in update 22
Whenever a big campaign for Elder Scrolls Online launches - and we've seen three come and go now! - the campaign itself always makes...
The Stream Team: Chasing dragons in Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr
Massively OP's MJ got sidetracked by side quests, but she's eager to determine what is up with the dragons in Elder Scrolls Online's main...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 225: The slash and burn of Amazon Game Studios
Justin and Bree discuss E3, Black Desert, Warframe, Last Oasis, Amazon, New World, Ship of Heroes, SWG Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag questions on monetizing character costuming and beating bad launch dead horses.
Fight or Kite: Fallout 76’s Nuclear Winter is a blast
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A multiplayer online game is looking for the new hot thing to drum up interest in...
