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Choose My Adventure Year in Review: Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WildStar, Black Desert, and Neverwinter
So I've been writing this column for a year now. A little more than a year, as it happens, but last year there was...
Choose My Adventure: Secret World Legends in review
Earlier this year, when we had yet to actually get much information about Secret World Legends, I posted a piece in which I discussed...
Tamriel Infinium: Our 2017 report card for Elder Scrolls Online
All in all, 2017 has been a fabulous year for the Elder Scrolls Online, and although I have been light on talking about the...
The Daily Grind: What feature from another game would you import into your favorite MMO?
One of the everlasting points of contention between me and the MMO industry is that no game gets everything right. Gah! Can't you mold...
WildStar has a fun-filled December in store for you
House renovations, crass commercialization, and (XP) explosions are all in store for WildStar players this December.
Carbine posted its December DevConnect preview today, sharing a...
WildStar teases Black Friday deals
Shh, don't tell NCsoft that WildStar is still operating! If we're all good and still, then the closure-happy studio might overlook this struggling-but-fun MMO....
NCsoft Q3 2017: Lineage M drives record profits, Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire isn’t too shabby either
NCsoft had an exceptionally good third financial quarter this year, reaching a record high in sales and operating profit for the company, and it's...
Perfect Ten: A list of all the MMORPGs I supposedly hate
Did you know about all the MMOs I hate? I sure as heck didn't! I mean, I knew there were a few games I...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 143: BlizzCon strikes back
Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon, WoW's Battle for Azeroth expansion and legacy servers, Marvel Heroes' drama, the fate of Motiga and Runic, DCUO, WildStar, Kritika, and Wild West Online, with a mailbag question on MMOs that lock classes and races behind paywalls.
WildStar, Blade and Soul, Aion, and Lineage II come under DDoS attacks
Hackers launched an offensive against NCsoft yesterday, targeting several of the company's MMORPGs in a series of DDoS attacks. WildStar, Aion, Lineage II, and...
WildStar patches in Primetime and preps November booster events
The most recent patch for WildStar is Primetime, and it is indeed all about making it the time for Prime. The Genetic Archives raid...
PSA: WildStar is giving out free level 50 characters in preparation for next week’s raid
Time to skip over all of that meaty, pesky leveling content and enjoy an express pass to the endgame in WildStar... if that is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 141: Mouse invasions and elf butts
Justin and Bree discuss MMORPG Halloween, Trove, World of Warcraft, EverQuest II, DDO, Life is Feudal, Bless, Destiny 2, and Project Gorgon, with a mailbag question on how and whether we should all be supporting struggling MMOs.
The Daily Grind: Which MMO rules at Halloween events?
I'm almost never happier in MMORPGs than when October rolls around. There's so much moodiness and festivities revolving around Halloween, thanks to developers' undying...
Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment?
Massively OP's Justin Olivetti has a provocative article on his personal gaming blog, Bio Break, this week on MMORPG housing.
"I once again wonder why...
Choose My Adventure: Map-based antics in Guild Wars 2
One of the points of the polls and discussions for Guild Wars 2 the other week was that while I could focus on either...
One Shots: Counting sheep
I might not pick one of Final Fantasy XIV's Lalafell as an ideal combat companion, but when it comes to staging adorable photogenic moments?...
Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try
If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...
WildStar briefs players on October plans, including new primal difficulties and Shade’s Eve
Attention, cupcakes and other sweet confections: WildStar has plans for October. You could probably guess that Shade's Eve would return again, of course, because...
Ex-World of Warcraft dev Stephan Frost snapped up by Nexon to head unannounced game
Last week we reported that World of Warcraft and WildStar design producer Stephan Frost had left Blizzard for another opportunity. Now we know what...
