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Inferna adds a new dungeon, balances combat, promises 2020 roadmap

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So what's new with the early access MMORPG Inferna, whose early access path we've been chronicling since November? Well, there's an update that kicked...

Neverwinter shows off some of the fiendish rewards waiting in Infernal Descent

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You wouldn't adventure into the hells unless there was some shiny loot waiting, would you? Luckily, the Infernal Descent content update coming to Neverwinter...
Not so close.

Global Chat: How fast should combat be in MMOs?

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The speed of combat engagements in MMORPGs -- as rare as they may be -- was the topic du jour on a couple of...

GTAO, Apex Legends, Warframe, and H1Z1 are among PlayStation’s most-downloaded games of 2019

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One of the frustrations we always have when reporting on playerbase size in the MMO industry is that the console market is way more...
Paws for impact.

Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade

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A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...

Chronicles of Elyria is still working on the botched Settlers of Elyria event – and future events too

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Chronicles of Elyria has returned after winter holidays with a new newsletter for backers. As usual, the newsletter is pretty fluffy (I mean, there's...

Destiny 2’s Eververse cash shop begins to invade the game once again

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There's just something about Destiny 2 repeating its own history. Think back to 2017, when the game's Dawning holiday event caused a furor over...

The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2019

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Last year, I counted it up: The first Daily Grind on Massively was written on November 3rd, 2007, one day after Old Massively was...

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2020

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All right, 2019. We're done with you. We're moving on. We're in a whole new decade. We've got a brand-new year full of new...

Ashes of Creation’s 2020 outlook includes Alpha One, castle sieges

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Promising "exciting announcements" and "significant team growth" in the new year, Intrepid Studios' Steven Sharif penned a letter that attempts to wrest attention back...

Battle Bards Episode 159: Black Desert revisited

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It’s a return to a soundtrack that, over the past couple of years, experienced a lavish remastry. This week, the Battle Bards explore the...

The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2019

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I feel like a broken record saying this, but the success of a blog is not just about page views or ad impressions or...
Just the same thing but forever.

EverQuest adds a memorial for developer Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid

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If you find yourself wandering the lands of Norrath in EverQuest, do yourself a favor and head over to East Karana. There, you may...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2020

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We're succumbing to tradition this week as we're counting down the days until 2020. As we do at the end of every year, we've...

Global Chat: The best action RPGs ever

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Have you found yourself with some extra time this holiday season and not enough things to click, loot, and wear? Sounds like you need...

EVE Online abruptly removed ores from null sec as part of a wider resource distribution plan

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Last week was likely a surprising one for the miners of EVE Online, as Veldspar and Spodumain rocks were abruptly removed from the asteroid...

MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Most bizarre thing in an MMO this year

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MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today, and you'll notice we've given them a new name this year: the Golden Yachties. Many years ago on Old...

Global Chat: Is WoW Classic a mixed blessing?

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Now that World of Warcraft Classic has been out for a few months and established itself, what's the verdict? Telwyn over at GamingSF said...

Guild Wars 2 previews early 2020 plans, promises Shadow in the Ice saga episode on January 28

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If our retrospectives of Guild Wars 2's 2019 (found here and here) left you a bit unsettled about ArenaNet's future and communication, then feast...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020

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With 2019 drawing to a close and a new decade of MMORPGs waiting for us just a few days away, the Massively OP writing...

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