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Choose My Adventure: Villagers & Heroes on mobile feels like a true themepark MMO (for better or worse)
Choose My Mobile Adventure has changed locales from the Black Desert on over to the world of Villagers & Heroes, a game that has...
Lawful Neutral: Examining the ArcheAge class action lawsuit – and what it means for gamers
Gamers threaten lawsuits a lot. Most of the time they threaten lawsuits over things that aren't really something they can sue over, usually due...
Make My MMO: Looks like Edengrad and Divergence Online are abandoned
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we've got a long overdue status update on a pair of crowdfunded titles on our list, Divergence Online and...
World of Warcraft bundles its new Year of the Rat mount, Squeakers, in with a six-month subscription
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an effort to distract you from what will no doubt be at...
DC Universe Online is offering free access to episodes through February 7
The anniversary event for DC Universe Online has arrived, as the game has turned nine years old and is celebrating with a whole lot of...
Global Chat: How fast should combat be in MMOs?
The speed of combat engagements in MMORPGs -- as rare as they may be -- was the topic du jour on a couple of...
Make My MMO: Crowfall investment, Demi’s Kickstarter, and Albion’s Queen
We're back to our regular roundup after the holidays, which means we've got quite a bit to talk about - and not all of...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade
A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...
The Daily Grind: What’s an MMO dealbreaker for you?
The other day, our office chat lit up with a lively debate over the virtues and drawbacks of Black Desert. Some praised its exploration...
Storyboard: The future of MMO roleplaying in the new decade
Here we are in a brand-new decade! (If you feel the urge to pedantically correct this, you are wrong, it's a new decade, hush...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2020
All right, 2019. We're done with you. We're moving on. We're in a whole new decade. We've got a brand-new year full of new...
Hellion dev rejects YouTuber’s ‘dirty dev’ characterization despite selling abandoned game
Nobody wants to have their creative endeavors trashed and game developers certainly shouldn't be outright abused in a physical or mental sense. That said,...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2019
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's weekly and sometimes biweekly recap of the big news in crowdfunded MMOs. Hey, you...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2019
When I was handed the reins of Choose My Adventure by the incomparably awesome Eliot, I had bare little idea what sort of things...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot’s progression server
Dark Age of Camelot recently put up a huge end-of-year Q&A grab bag for you to enjoy, including plans for next year -- and...
Make My MMO: Day of Dragons bans prominent critics for ‘defamation’ and ‘reverse engineering’
This week in MMO crowdfunding, our eyes are drawn back to Kickstarted survival sandbox Day of Dragons, which made headlines earlier this autumn over...
LOTRO Legendarium: How did Lord of the Rings Online do in 2019?
When we gave Lord of the Rings Online the award this year for the Most Underrated MMORPG on the market, it came with plenty...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2019
When we sit back to look at the biggest headlines of the year, we don't have to look far. These are the stories that...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about Cryptic’s MMO business models?
As a fan of Cryptic Studios and its games, here is something that I have pondered for a while now: Is the studio generous...
Fight or Kite: 2010-2019, the decade when PvP boomed and MMOs languished
The end of the decade is upon us. Many are now reflecting on how our lives have changed over the past 10 years. We’ve...
