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There’s a Final Fantasy XI zine on Kickstarter right now for your Vana’diel nostalgia tour
So how did people put together enthusiastic fan projects before we all had the internet? Why, you made a zine, of course. Assembled loosely...
Destiny 2 outlines Heresy episode’s updated content release cadence, Trials rework, and gear changes
We're just under two weeks away from the next episode release for Destiny 2, and that means Bungie is bursting at the seams with...
Massively Overthinking: Has an MMO cadence switch-up ever actually worked out for the best?
When I was going through our historical awards for the debrief earlier this month, I had a little chuckle looking at the awards for...
Palia’s New Beginnings update arrives today with Lunar New Year and a new discount loyalty club
Cozy multiplayer RPG Palia is rolling out the first beta patch of the new year today, and appropriately, it's called New Beginnings. As the...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?
So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2025
For our next Massively Overthinking roundtable of the 2024/2025 transition era, we're looking ahead not with predictions but with something a whole lot more...
Whatever happened to multiplayer voxel RPG Cube World and its successor, Cube World Omega?
Some of you may recall -- or even be fans of -- a cute indie voxel RPG known as Cube World. This was a...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO goals and resolutions for 2025
Every year when we post this traditional Massively Overthinking roundtable, at least one person on staff dithers because not every one does "resolutions." We...
DC Universe Online’s revamp plans for 2025 are already underway with a new Batman story
Earlier this month, Daybreak took the wraps off its rework plans for DC Universe Online, now that it's apparently under new leadership. Substudio Dimension...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Golden Yachties: Best MMO critter
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the Best MMO critter. The Golden Yachties series is our run of fauxwards, named...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Golden Yachties: Best worst way to die in an MMORPG
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards kick off today with our award for the Worst way to die in an MMORPG. Yes, it's time once again...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2025
This might just be my favorite roundtable of the year: It's time to lay down our predictions for the MMORPG genre for 2025. And...
New World’s PvP seasonal worlds and season 7 launch January 21
At the end of November, Amazon finally released a roadmap for New World, revealing its plan to launch the PvP-themed season 7 early in...
Blizzard’s 2024 infographic is light on useful info, but gamers did play 8.34B hours in Blizz games this year
Blizzard president Johanna Faries penned a dev blog to the Blizzard community last night, with kind words for players and developers alongside one of...
Co-op skyship survivalbox Echoes of Elysium will be published by Snail Games
Remember Echoes of Elysium, the multiplayer survivalbox coming from Loric Games? It's one of multiple co-op skyship-themed sandboxes we've been watching for the last few...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
The MOP Up: New World pulls back the curtains on its holiday event
New World's devs shared the inspiration behind the hodge-podge holiday event in the game, saying, "Our Audio and Narrative Teams took inspiration from various...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024
You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...
Chronicles of Elyria dev claims development is ‘progressing steadily,’ but no, you can’t see it
When last we heard from Chronicles of Elyria, Soulbound Studio's Jeromy Walsh explained that the company was once again struggling financially and that he...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration teases new species, a housing deco upgrade, and a combat tree overhaul
Star Wars Galaxies fans always get a little sad every December as it marks the original MMORPG's deathiversary. But we're blessed to have multiple...
