Important studio known to MMO players chiefly for Destiny.
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The Daily Grind: What will be the next MMO to undergo a big business model shift?
2023 turned out to be a weird year for business models in MMOs. It was certainly the year of cadence shifts and seasonal shifts,...
Dungeons and Dragons Online begins testing its new Dragon Lord Fighter archetype
It was just last Friday that Dungeons and Dragons Online's producer confirmed that the MMO was getting at least two new class archetypes in...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
MassivelyOP’s 2023 Golden Yachties: Best Worst MMO Transmedia Synergy
Welcome back to MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards as we present our award for Best Worst MMO Transmedia Synergy. Yes, it's the Golden Yachties series,...
Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon
Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...
Jukebox Heroes: A yuletide soundtrack for a gaming holiday
The winter night hushed to a halt to allow the wind to whisper. "Take heart, my friends," she crooned over snow-capped hills and frozen...
The MOP Up: Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning ‘chickens out’
Return of Reckoning's rogue server changed how combat buffs worked and added a new level 40 quest that pays out in, er, a "Chicken...
Destiny 2 expands its fireteam finder beta to all activities and accentuates the positives of its 2023
The year's end for Destiny 2 was definitely not the brightest for Bungie, but the studio is electing to look at the bright side...
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2023?
Layoffs.
No, really, I suspect "thousands of game devs being laid off from nearly every major game studio and also some of the small ones"...
PSA: You can get the Destiny 2 Legacy Collection free on the Epic Games Store right now
With underperforming revenues, staff layoffs, plummeting player counts, and an expansion delay until next summer, Destiny 2 is ending 2023 on a downward trend....
Destiny 2 celebrates the holiday season with the return of the Dawning event
Bungie is hoping that the dire state of its studio won't stop Destiny 2 players from enjoying (and probably buying) some holiday cheer as...
Bungie devs face the ‘soul-crushing’ pressure of financial targets, a Sony takeover, and threat of more layoffs
It's already been reported that life within Destiny 2 and Marathon developer Bungie is extremely unhappy in the wake of recent layoffs and the...
The Daily Grind: What was the best event in the MMO genre in 2023?
We used to run this Daily Grind as an award but canned it when we had a hard time summoning enough really stellar events...
Destiny 2 plans beta testing of expanded fireteam finder December 6, discusses PvP events, and opens its new dungeon
Last week saw Destiny 2 begin its first steps toward proliferation of its fireteam finder function with a raid finder stress test. That test...
Destiny 2 swiftly stops sales of a baffling Starter Pack after players drag Bungie for the bundle
What do you think would be included in a Starter Pack for Destiny 2? Do you envision some currency? Perhaps access to an expansion...
Destiny 2’s nearly seven month-long Season of the Wish has officially gone live this week
It's time for one of the longest seasons in Destiny 2's recent history thanks to the now-confirmed delay of The Final Shape to June...
Bungie finally admits it’s delaying Destiny 2’s The Final Shape to June 4
Confirming what leaks and rumors and layoffs a month ago had already implied, Bungie announced this afternoon that it's delaying Destiny 2's The Final...
Destiny 2 shares Season 23 class and mod updates, preps raid group finder test for November 30
Season of the Wish is now only days away from releasing to Destiny 2 players, which means that Bungie has a lot of updates...
Massively Uplifting: MMO gratitude, goodness, and giving, from Elder Scrolls Online to Guild Wars 2
Today is a big day for your belly! If you celebrate Thanksgiving, chances are you'll have/have had a table overflowing with delectable dishes today...
Today in transmedia synergy: Bungie and CDPR announce Destiny 2 x The Witcher collab
Who had Destiny 2 x The Witcher collab on ya 2023 bingo card? Yep, this is for some reason happening. Don't think too hard...
