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Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG articles of 2017
For this week's Massively Overthinking, I've asked the writers to do something most of them hate: brag! We've tried to isolate our favorite personal...
Gaming industry roundup: SWBG2’s poor sales, Gambling Commission, slot machines, and parody games
Don't agree that lockboxes, lootboxes, and gambleboxes were the biggest story of the year? We've collected so many news tidbits just on that over...
Battle Bards Episode 111: Cabal Online 1 and 2
The Battle Bards are always up for a musical bargain, and on today’s episode, they’ll deliver two MMORPGs for the price of one (sitting)!...
Meta: Patreon has rolled back plans to change fee structure
Hello MOP readerbase! As you are likely aware, Massively OP's funding is a hybrid, coming both from advertising and from reader donations, most of...
Exploring the psychology behind losses, gains, and grouping results in video games
Getting five batches of 100 gold feels better than one batch of 500 gold, and being forced to spend three separate 100 gold fees...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2017
Think of all the wacky things devs have said in public in front of gamers and journalists this year.
Now imagine what gets said behind...
Crowfall’s crafting looks more and more like Star Wars Galaxies’
Hey crafters. Let's talk Crowfall for a minute. ArtCraft Design Lead Thomas "Blixtev" Blair explains today in a new dev blog that crafting in...
Wild West Online seems to be dropping FFA PvP in favor of faction-based PvP
Still bummed out about Wild West Online's delay to 2018? Wait until you see the game's latest dev blog! 612 Games doesn't mention the...
Saga of Lucimia lays the foundation for a holiday alpha test
Forget cookies with Santa and New Year countdowns: Saga of Lucimia hopes that you'll be too immersed in its next alpha test to care...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO needs a better music system – or any music system?
If you ask any Star Wars Galaxies veteran about the game's most amazing features, I guarantee that the music and dance system will make...
The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes
The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians but...
Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs
Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...
Eleven resurfaces with an update on its Glitch remake
After over a year of silence, the volunteer team behind one of Glitch's remakes has emerged for an update. Eleven's team let the community...
Battle Bards Episode 110: Acoustic guitar
The Battle Bards are quite familiar with the power of the strummed guitar and lute, knowing that such simple instruments can bring down walls,...
Global Chat: Saying goodbye to Marvel Heroes
Few people are happy to see an MMO go down, especially in the manner that Marvel Heroes is going from a popular and well-liked...
Massively Overthinking: What are you grateful for in the MMORPG genre?
I've been keeping a gratitude journal for the first time in my life this month, and it turns out that it's freaking hard. Why?...
Ship of Heroes resurrects the crowd controller playstyle
Do you miss playing your Controller in City of Heroes? One of that game's spiritual successors wants to resurrect the concept of a mez-happy...
Magic: The Gathering Arena sets closed beta for December 4
Magic: The Gathering Arena's alpha development is apparently going well, as according to a new dev blog and press release today, Wizards of the...
ARK: Survival Evolved players riot over turrets as Aberration is pushed to December
Over the weekend, Studio Wildcard posted up an ARK Survival Evolved dev blog about turrets. You guys, I had no idea turrets were such...
Fortnite plans to flesh out its PvE mode in December and January
I'm gonna be honest: When I saw the subheader "The future of Save the World" in the latest Fortnite dev blog, I expected what...
