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EVE Online begins testing changes to upwell structure defenses and ships, adds a feature preview opt-in function
While EVE Online is continuing to flap excitedly at the upcoming Fanfest event and all of its planned reveals, there are still adjustments to...
Perfect Ten: Obnoxious MMO buzzwords found in press releases
So say that you write for MassivelyOP. Or say that you work for another news site while wistfully refreshing MassivelyOP's front page hoping to...
Ship of Heroes teases challenge missions and its 20-mile-long spaceship
When a dev blog begins with "Massive Plasma Cannons!" you know you're in for something explode-y. So begins Ship of Heroes' latest entry, in...
Guild Wars 2 promises fourth expansion, brings back first Living World season as proper episodes
ArenaNet has just dropped a press release and dev blog full of good news for Guild Wars 2 and its players. Let's go over...
Battle Bards Episode 211: Shops and services
When the Battle Bards get loaded up with money and jewels in MMOs, they head back into town for a shopping spree! And if...
Wizard101 invests in its PvP game while getting ready to reveal a ‘magical wave of new things’
The devs at Wizard101 conjured up a new patch for the game this week. The primary focus for this patch was tweaking various spells...
Massively Overthinking: Does wallet-voting work in modern MMOs?
MOP reader The Grand Nagus recently pointed us to his thread on the Star Trek Online reddit where players were trying to sort out...
Space sandbox Astroneer has seen more than 8M players over its lifetime
Astroneer has been a fan-favorite multiplayer sandbox both on MOP and in my own household for years now - five years, in fact, since...
Vague Patch Notes: Bro, do you even play your MMO?
So Guild Wars 2 had some problems with the process to unlock its siege turtle mount. As launched, it required players to take part in...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
Halo Infinite discusses Season 2’s May 3 arrival, attacking critical issues, and online campaign co-op delay
The devs at 343 Industries have put together a dev blog outlining the future of the multiplayer side of Halo Infinite, granting a look...
Blizzard’s new diversity lead assures fans of progress on inclusion, worker safety, and accountability
With today being International Women's Day, Blizzard saw fit to grant a spotlight to one of its top women, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I)...
EA and Microsoft announce end of sales to Russia, Hi-Rez reroutes Russian profits to Ukrainian aid
Three more major games publishers are joining the ever-growing list of names cutting off Russia from the world over its naked war against Ukraine....
Battle Bards Episode 210: Warframe
We heard your many requests, and we delivered! The Battle Bards crew is back to explore the final frontier of music in the Warframe...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO that you’re not playing?
The reality of the MMORPG genre is that even when the genre was small, there weren't enough hours in the day to play everything....
Massively Overthinking: Initial thoughts on Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons
We're just a few days into the launch of Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons, one of the highlights of the year and sandwiched...
Elder Scrolls Online teases Ascending Tide’s Coral Aerie four-person dungeon
We're less than two weeks away from the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online's first DLC of the year, Ascending Tide, and those of...
Lost Ark addresses gold spam, EU queues, and the big raid and dungeon nerf
Yesterday's Lost Ark preview from Amazon and Smilegate focused on the big March update - content, lore, and islands. But what about everything players...
Lost Ark reveals new storyline, islands, and raids for players coming in March update
Lost Ark hasn't even been out in the west for a month and already Amazon is moving forward with a big March update for...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO suffers from the worst inflation?
Last week, I got a pingback on my old personal blog: Another site had linked to my 2011 article about inflation in five MMOs...