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Global Chat: Would Secret World have done better if it had been set in the 1920s?
Thanks to a recent piece by MMO Folklorist, I learned something that I had never known about The Secret World: Apparently, in early development...
MassivelyOP’s 2022 Golden Yachties: Favorite MMO site even madder about the P2E invasion than we are
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for favorite MMO site even madder about the P2E invasion than we are. (We call these...
Vague Patch Notes: Loving an MMO isn’t the same as having a personality
There's a story that's always stuck with me, relayed by the now-vanished blog Websnark back in the day, so forgive me if I get...
Massively Overthinking: Our 2023 MMO resolutions
I know that not everyone does "resolutions," and that even most folks who make them don't actually stick with them. And when it comes...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2022
2022 marks the fifth year in a row we've done this roundup, but the Daily Grind has been a recurring mini-column here on MassivelyOP...
Overwatch 2 breaks down its MMR and matchmaking systems while hinting at planned updates
A competitive shooter like Overwatch 2 lives and dies by a few different grinding gears, such as those that power player MMR and matchmaking,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best player community as of 2022?
Here's the thing about MMO community: There exists no perfect one. Every single one of them has bad elements. Some of them are out...
Battle Bards Episode 220: Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons
Whether or not you like dragons, you have to admit that Guild Wars 2 certainly ended them in style! Join Syl and Syp as...
Broken Ranks adds a water dragon fight, PvP toggles, and a holiday event
What do you get when you combine a high-level water dragon boss, a revamp to PvP, and a Christmas event? You get the patch...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2022
It's tradition for us to pick out one big story or narrative arc that defined the year and slap it with an award label,...
Time-travel MMO Into the Echo plans to resume pre-alpha testing in 2023
When last we checked in on time-traveling-themed MMORPG Into the Echo, it was mired in testing delays and communication lapses, but now Etlok Studios'...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s Jaehee Kim and Jesse Joo on accessibility, community, and playing their own game
Attending the first Calpheon Ball in the US was an awesome experience. Getting to see fellow Black Desert fans, watching the joy in peoples' faces...
BlizzCon 2023 and Blizzard’s unnamed survival game are both still happening
The World of Warcraft roadmap wasn't the only thing Blizzard dropped yesterday just before the holidays: Blizzard president Mike Ybarra also penned an address...
Torchlight Infinite plans new season in January along with PC controller support
If multiplayer Torchlight Infinite has fallen off your radar since its October early access launch, allow us to put it back on, as XD...
Fractured vanishes from Gamigo’s site, Fawkes Games opens a weird website
Yesterday, we covered the distressing news that Gamigo had suffered layoffs - including the loss of RIFT's last remaining community manager, which is already...
SWTOR celebrates 11 years, teases cadence changes, and tests 64-bit client
BioWare's Keith Kanneg posted a dev blog for Star Wars The Old Republic players last night to celebrate the game's 11th birthday. He recaps...
Ethyrial Echoes of Yore announces the sale of founder’s packs through a ‘founder crowdfunding program’
What do you call a sale of founder's packs without actually using those words? You call it the "founder crowdfunding program" if you're old-school...
Global Chat: Shopping for a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server
Interested in going back to Star Wars Galaxies -- or trying it out for the first time -- but you find yourself paralyzed with...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2023
Nobody can see the future, but it sure is fun guessing, and that's exactly what we're going to do for (to?) the MMO genre...
Ship of Heroes shows off the 114 preset faces of its character creator
Many MMOs struggle with aesthetic faces for player characters, but in-development superhero MMO Ship of Heroes is tackling the problem head on - pun...
