business model
Why WB Games should make a new Asheron’s Call game in 2021+: The mechanics
Just based on lore alone, WB Games should make a new Asheron's Call game. As I argued last time, AC has the qualities of an underutilized...
The Daily Grind: What MMO will change its business model dramatically in 2021?
Years ago, it was a MOP tradition around the end of the year to speculate on which MMORPG that hadn't yet gone free-to-play would...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Not-So-Massively Game of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for the Not-So-Massively Game of the Year, which was awarded to No Man's Sky...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven ways EverQuest reshaped MMO history
To many veteran MMO players, the opening horns of EverQuest's score are enough to trigger vivid memories, violent hallucinations, and an unstoppable desire to...
Massively on the Go: Understanding what an MMO community will pay for
Earlier in December, I posted some Pokemon Go news that included player complaints about a recent Mr. Rime paid event. While there was a good...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Worst MMO Business Model
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Worst MMO Business Model, which was awarded jointly to Star Citizen and Fallout...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Surprise of 2020, which was awarded to the revival of City...
Diablo Immortal kicks off technical alpha, confirms that it’s free-to-play
Queries about telephonic ownership aside, Diablo Immortal still has the attention of many who would dearly like to see an official Diablo on a...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Business Model
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Business Model, which we could not reach a staff consensus on...
World of Warcraft welcomes back Winter Veil, raises Canadian subscription rates
Ho ho holy moly, are we at the end of 2020 already? It must be, because World of Warcraft's Feast of Winter Veil is...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous lifer? You’re getting Odyssey’s deluxe edition for free
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Elite Dangerous managed to outshine Star Citizen's $600 ship by opening preorders for next year's Odyssey expansion and setting...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2020 predictions
Last December, when we sat down to write out our annual MMO predictions for 2020, I don't think anyone had "biggest global pandemic in...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Most Underrated MMO
Welcome to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year 2020 awards!
Every year, we poll our writers on the best and worst MMOs, stories, studios, and trends and...
Massively Overthinking: MMO cash shop confessions
Do you ever pick up a drink absentmindedly, thinking it's going to be something, but it's actually something totally different that you hate? You...
The Soapbox: Red Dead Online is just not as fun as it should be
A few weeks ago, I detailed my newfound adventures in the single-player title Red Dead Redemption 2. More relevant to our interests here on...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen offers a free-fly while Elite Dangerous is just free
It's been a weird couple of weeks for MMO crowdfunding:Â Book of Travels teased a big update coming next week, Valiance Online and Titan Reach...
Hearthstone’s community is in open revolt over the new reward system
It's been an ugly month in Hearthstone's neck of the woods -- and it's only getting worse. Community outcry over what it's seeing as...
Desert Oasis: So, is the PlayStation 5 an upgrade for Black Desert on console?
Way back in August, I did a first impression of Black Desert for the PlayStation 4. It was a solid game, but I couldn't...
Prosperous Universe announces an early access launch behind a monthly subscription
Prosperous Universe isn't quite so prosperous from a fiscal standpoint, apparently. The developers have announced that a monthly subscription to play the game is...
Fortnite’s new subscription option is a $12 monthly program called Fortnite Crew
Earlier this month, we covered a leak that seemed to suggest Epic Games was once again reviving its plan to implement a subscription service...
