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The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2020
Fun fact: The first Daily Grind on Massively was written on November 3rd, 2007, one day after Old Massively transitioned from a Second Life...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2021
Welcome to 2021, folks. It's not even going to have to try all that hard to be better than 2020!
For our first official Massively...
Whatever happened to Rappelz?
We haven't really had a look in the direction of the classic-style fantasy MMORPG Rappelz in a while save for a listen to its...
Upcoming MMO SEED’s playtest video is un-bear-able
With more playtests on the way for community colony simulator SEED coming this year, it's nice to get a glimpse at what we may...
Massively Uplifting: Niantic, ArenaNet, and more MMO studios end 2020 on charitable high notes
Do you know what one of the best things about Massively Uplifting is? Although the world focuses on giving good deeds and Joy to...
Global Chat: Checking out EverQuest II’s Reign of Shadows
Haven't had time to check out EverQuest II's latest expansion yet? Telwyn from GamingSF has you covered with some first impressions of Reign of...
Battle Bards Episode 184: MapleStory 2
Nexon’s late, doomed MapleStory 2 gets a resurrection of sorts, as the Battle Bards salvage the soundtrack and deliver it, shining and sparkly, to...
The best Massively OP community leaderboard polls, 2020 edition
We didn't do quite as many Leaderboard polls this year as in previous years, largely because... well, we've already asked a lot of the...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2021
Really, there's only one valid resolution for 2021: make it suck less than 2020.
That aside, it's customary to ask the Massively OP writers to...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven ways EverQuest reshaped MMO history
To many veteran MMO players, the opening horns of EverQuest's score are enough to trigger vivid memories, violent hallucinations, and an unstoppable desire to...
Wizard101 talks up 2021 stat rebalancing and PvP changes, Pirate101 adds a free respec for subscribers
The producer of Wizard101 really likes the world of Karamelle. That's part of the impression given by her recent producer's letter, which talks up...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2020
Earlier this week, we named our biggest MMO story of the year and gave it an award, though we imagine it's hard for a...
Open PvP MMORPG Profane provides a brief look at creature behavior in a recent video
What do a guy, a dog-sized porcupine, and a crab that looks like a rock have in common? They all feature in a quick...
Exclusive: Ashes of Creation Alpha One preview of the Mage class
If you lurk around the Ashes of Creation community, you know that this has been a huge week for the game as its alpha...
Torchlight III takes a moment to share some data-related bug stories from development
"This blog is for those who enjoy a good technical read and want a closer look at some of our internal development ‘war stories’,"...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Most bizarre thing in an MMO this year
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today, now affectionately named the Golden Yachties in honor of that dumb meme about how games bloggers are sailing...
Indie MMO TitanReach needs funding soon or ‘it’s all over’
Titan Reach, the self-proclaimed "social" MMO (versus all of those anti-social ones out there), is looking to an alternate source of income after a...
Battle Bards Episode 183: Theme parks
This episode is your ticket to the greatest amusement park experience known to gamers! With cotton candy and ride tickets in hand, the Battle...
Global Chat: Is RIFT the Volvo of MMOs?
If you're not familiar with the blog 24 Hours In, you really should be. The author takes on 24-hour challenges (not consecutively) to investigate...
Asheron’s Call 2 died 17 years ago, then came back, then died again, and here we are
On December 30th, 2005, Asheron's Call 2 was shut down - the first time. That was 15 years ago. And then, without warning, seven...
