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Jeff Grubb leaves Guild Wars 2 for Amazon Game Studios
ArenaNet game designer and author Jeff Grubb is leaving the studio, according to his personal blog. He revealed that he decided to depart his work on Guild...
Divergence Online has fully returned to Steam
Day six of the Divergence Online saga: The game has officially and fully returned to Steam.
Stained Glass Llama's Ethan Casner told us last night...
Take a tour through Elder Scrolls Online’s Thieves Guild DLC locations
As The Elder Scrolls Online inches toward the release of the Thieves Guild DLC, ZeniMax is hyping the incoming content. Today, it's released a...
Massively Overthinking: The cynicism of modern MMO Kickstarters
This week we've been abuzz about Smed's Hero's Song Kickstarter cancellation - the KS more than the game, mostly because the game is happening...
The Division plans three paid season pass expansions alongside free updates
Adding further hype to the multi-platform beta tests kicking off this weekend, Ubisoft has opened up on the company blog about The Division's post-launch...
Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration
The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...
Perfect Ten: How to play MMOs on a limited time budget
One of the most frequent questions I'm ever asked here at Massively OP or on my own blog is, "How do you do it?...
Battle Bards podcast listens to Age of Wushu’s score
This week on the Battle Bards podcast, the crew visits the far east to evaluate the merits of Age of Wushu's soundtrack. With strong Chinese themes...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 48: Blade & Soul runner
Justin and Bree discuss Blade & Soul, Black Desert, Hero's Song, City of Steam, NCsoft, Diablo III, and FFXIV, with a mailbag question on global chat jerks.
Blade & Soul impressions from around the MMO blogosphere
It's probably no surprise to anyone that Blade & Soul managed to rope in a lot of excited fans and curious casuals this past...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick
This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger.
"If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...
Retro MMO 8BitMMO was hacked; change your passwords
If you've ever played retro 2-D MMORPG 8BitMMO, the time has come to change your password. We recommend 256-bit.
Archive Entertainment's Robby Zinchak told players...
Working As Intended: What Star Wars Galaxies got wrong
If you've listened to Massively's staff and readers talk about Star Wars Galaxies a little bit, you might come away with the impression that...
Wild Terra discusses dynamic world maps and PvE safe zones
Wild Terra's server structure is undergoing a transformation.
In a new dev blog, the developers explain that the sandbox's servers will each boast a unique,...
H1Z1 zombies promise a screaming good time
H1Z1's developmental plans have long included adding a variety of zombies into the mix, from different looks to different skills. Female zombies were added...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
Global Chat: Making gaming resolutions
Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...
Battle Bards Episode 66: The best of MOBA music
This week on the Battle Bards podcast, the crew branches out from the familiar territory of MMO soundtracks and into the wild, untamed regions of...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s 2016: DLC, housing are in; veteran ranks are out
ZeniMax Game Director Matt Firor has just posted a dev blog outlining The Elder Scrolls Online's gameplan for 2016. "With the millions of players that...
Buffs and nerfs are coming for Guild Wars 2’s classes
ArenaNet's Karl McLain has a new Guild Wars 2 blog post today focused on the "high-level changes" on the way for the game's classes....
