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Spun out of EA as one of the last remnants of Mythic Entertainment, Broadsword now runs Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot.

Richard Bartle reveals the secrets and history of MUDs

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If you know even a little bit about the history of the MMORPG genre, you'll be aware that these games didn't start with World...

Ultima Online announces a year of high seas content, starting with publish 104: Rising Tide

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A week ago, I finally sat down and cleaned out my ancient Ultima Online account, picking up a thousand items from my house and...

ReWorld lets you build your own fantasy MMO world

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According to the developers, it's "Ultima Online meets Gary's Mod." This is ReWorld, an upcoming multiplayer game that uses procesurally generated worlds that players can...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 203: New year, same old loot

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Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris team up for an end-of-the-year roundtable to recap our massive annual awards rollout, our holiday gaming fun, and the Atlas launch.

Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running at the end of 2018?

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Longtime MOP readers know that many our writers have a fondness for old MMORPGs, either because that's how we got into the hobby and...
This was once controversial!

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0

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While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...

Interview: New World’s Rich Lawrence on solving PvP problems and defining the sandbox

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I think it's fair to say that New World is the biggest MMO currently under production in the west, at least among those games...
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Choose My Adventure: Summarizing our MMO adventures in 2018

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Sometimes I wonder how people think things work behind the scenes here at Massively Overpowered, so let me give a little peek behind the...

The day twinkle trees killed Ultima Online’s Christmas

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In a pretty amusing Twitter thread in which game designers admit to goofy and horrible mistakes, Ultima Online creator Raph Koster owned up to...

Ultima Online’s Raph Koster says Fortnite is more like an MMO than we might think

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It's like people are discovering MMOs all over again. Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies creator Raph Koster recently expressed amusement at the culture and...

The MOP Up: Echo of Soul returns

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Korean MMO Echo of Soul is now back on Steam early access after the title was shut down back around 2015 and 2016. It's...

Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019

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The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...

Camelot Unchained teases ‘epic siege battles’ as beta development continues

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Hey, old school Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer fans, you might want to take a peek at the latest Camelot Unchained studio report....

The Game Archaeologist: Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2

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At the end of June 2014, dozens of online worlds flickered and vanished with the flip of a switch. It was a online apocalypse...

Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions

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As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later? So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.
Cramping!

Ultima Online patches in its new Krampus battle

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The Krampus, once an obscure bit of Christmas trivia, has become a blessing for MMOs eager to let you fight something for the holiday....
Yes, this assuages my nervousness, you bet.

Smed vows he’ll someday make a game akin to EverQuest Next

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Earlier this week on the podcast, Justin and I were joking around about how one of our favorite fun things to write about is...

Ultima Online is adding whips and Krampus for Christmas

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Thanksgiving? Pff. Broadsword's already gearing up to launch Christmas in Ultima Online. Publish 103 with the winter festivities hit the test server last week...

The MOP Up: Pagan Online slams ARPGs and MOBAs together

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Tack this on your list of action-RPGs to watch. Mad Head Games announced that it is developing a blend of ARPG and MOBA with...

Ultima Online’s Raph Koster muses on the appeal of MMO experiences

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A little weary of killing and nothing else in MMORPGs? You're not alone because Star Wars Galaxies and Ultima Online creator Raph Koster pines...

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