business model
New Humble Bundle includes deals on WildStar, Neverwinter, Path of Exile, and more
A new Humble Bundle promotion might just be the best deal you're going to see all year on MMOs. The "Humble Gamepedia Online Multiplayer...
Make My MMO: Inside The Repopulation & Hero’s Song (February 13, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, two studios spoke to Massively OP in-depth about their major crowdfunding decisions in 2016. Pixelmage Games'Â John Smedley told...
Perfect Ten: MMO problems we don’t really have these days
The weird thing about our perception of time is that we don't always realize just how much things are changing around us unless we...
Nerd Kingdom is ‘strongly considering’ making TUG free in some form
As TUG engages in the process of transferring over to a new engine, Nerd Kingdom continues to discuss what it's thinking in regard to the...
Skill Trading is coming to EVE Online tomorrow, prices revealed
A few months ago, CCP Games announced its somewhat unorthodox plans to allow EVE Online players to extract and sell their skill points on...
Make My MMO: Divergence’s drama (February 6, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the Divergence Online drama came to a close, as DMCA claims against the developer were dropped early and...
RIFT’s subscription package improves as F2P gets a little worse
In all of the hubbub surrounding Trion World's changes to the business model of RIFT, it might've been easy to overlook the fact that...
Massively Overthinking: Old MMORPGs, disco, and pop culture phenomena
A reader named Rob provides this week's Massively Overthinking topic. It's a really good one!
"Why isn't playing an old MMO from a previous decade...
Star Trek Online is discontinuing its Mac client
Star Trek Online is officially discontinuing support of its Mac client.
Perfect World says that following the Mac client's recent struggles and the support required...
Build a stronghold to keep the monsters out in Fortnite
The world has ended... somehow. And you're among the few human survivors in a sea of disagreeable monsters. What to do other than to...
Darkfall reboot is a go, starts audit of vanilla code
You might recall that last October we reported that a group of Darkfall players had formed their own studio for the purpose of acquiring...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 49: Marvel Heroes 2016 interview
Justin and Bree are joined by Marvel Heroes devs discuss Marvel Heroes 2016. We also talk The Repopulation's engine switch, The Division's beta, and business model shenanigans in RIFT, Trove, SWTOR, and The Secret World.
Hyperspace Beacon: How to approach SWTOR as a total newbie
My experience with World of Warcraft is minimal. I played the game for about a month just after The Burning Crusade launched. I have hopped...
H1Z1 announces ‘crate bundles’ for the cash shop
Last week, Daybreak announced a monetization change for zombie survival box H1Z1 that almost slipped under our radar: The studio is adding bundles of...
Make My MMO: Smedley’s Hero’s Song ditches Kickstarter (January 30, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, John Smedley put an end to the Kickstarter for his OARPG Hero's Song, telling backers that Pixelmage Games had made "mistakes"...
Trove makes major business model adjustments
RIFT isn't the only game under Trion Worlds' umbrella that's reevaluating and adjusting its business model to become more profitable. Yesterday, the Trove team...
SWTOR is putting lockboxes inside of other lockboxes
Star Wars: The Old Republic apparently couldn't stand to see RIFT hogging the business model drama spotlight today and has issued a new proclamation...
The Repopulation remains skeptical about HeroEngine’s latest announcement
HeroEngine owner Idea Fabrik announced yesterday that it has made "several positive adjustments" in regard to its ongoing financial situation - namely, "reducing server...
Make My MMO: Smedley’s Hero’s Song sings for its supper (January 23, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, former SOE/Daybreak CEO John Smedley revealed his new company, Pixelmage Games, and its first game, sandboxy OARPG Hero's...
Mytheon releases its Egypt DLC (and it’s on sale)
You might recall that last month, Petroglyph Games brought back Mytheon, a cute isometric MMO that's steeped in cultural mythology. You might also recall...
