Spun out of EA as one of the last remnants of Mythic Entertainment, Broadsword now runs Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot.
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Choose My Adventure: Summarizing our MMO adventures in 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Ultima Online patches in its new Krampus battle
The Krampus, once an obscure bit of Christmas trivia, has become a blessing for MMOs eager to let you fight something for the holiday....
Smed vows he’ll someday make a game akin to EverQuest Next
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
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
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
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...
Working As Intended: The gamification of the workification of games
Last weekend, my husband made the bold choice to let our young son play The Stanley Parable. I am not entirely sure the kid...
New World leaks make it sound more and more like a real MMO sandbox, not a survival game
The weird thing - or clever thing - about Amazon Game Studios' New World alpha is that seemingly everyone is in it, so nobody...
Massively Overthinking: Is there too much negativity in the MMO genre?
MassivelyOP reader Threespeed posed us an interesting question for this week's Overthinking that I thought was particularly appropriate given the Trion Worlds situation.
"Everyone has...
Shroud of the Avatar’s R59 newbie experience, Travian Games, and Reddit’s pay-to-chat complaints
Shroud of the Avatar's latest newsletter homes in on the game's 59th release, due out at the end of the month and currently on...
Ultima Online kicks off Halloween but postpones vet rewards to next spring
Halloween comes to most MMOs, even to the 21-year-old ones. One. Yes, it's pumpkin spice season in Ultima Online.
"With Publish 101 Britannia is in...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot allows name, gender, and race changes
Dark Age of Camelot is testing its next major patch, and it has a major surprise in store for its playerbase.
"Patch 1.125 is chock...
The Daily Grind: How important are minimaps to your MMORPG experience?
MMO minimaps became the topic of a weird debate this week, as multiple sites appeared to have misunderstood a Belgian magazine's interpretation of the...
