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Microsoft is acquiring Activision-Blizzard, Bobby Kotick is still CEO
Welp, apparently the Activision-Blizzard hot potato is hopping to a new owner: Microsoft just announced that it's acquiring the beleaguered gaming corporation.
"With three billion...
Vague Patch Notes: Star Citizen is not going to live up to your dreams
So the other day, we were reminded that Squadron 42 - which was supposed to be released back in 2014, if you can believe that...
Lord of the Rings Online defends – and now pauses – controversial pay-to-win currency changes
(We've updated the end of this article with SSG's afternoon announcement that it will be pausing this plan. The original article follows.)
An abrupt announcement...
Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs at the start of 2022
One of the reasons that I have been a huge fan of MMORPGs for nearly two decades now is that they offer a terrific...
Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are still years from launch, CIG confirms
It's a source of endless frustration for backers and MMO players and a running joke in our own comments: Will Star Citizen ever release,...
LOTRO Legendarium: Does LOTRO need a new dungeon finder tool?
Welcome to a new year of the LOTRO Legendarium! With Fate of Gundabad at our backs and an unknown future ahead, it's quite the...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO term ‘pay-to-win’ is a red herring
It probably hasn't escaped anyone who has been reading my writing over the past several years that I have something of a vendetta against...
MassivelyOP’s complete 2021 awards debrief and annual recap
As we did in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, today we're going to recap our annual awards and other meta articles from the...
WoW Factor: Is World of Warcraft a good value for the money?
There are a lot of reasons to not be subscribed to World of Warcraft at the moment, although "the current state of the game...
Elder Scrolls Online has begun teasing what looks like a High Isles Breton-centric chapter
If you follow The Elder Scrolls Online on Twitter, you probably noticed some of the cryptic teases about the game's next chapter and year-long...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2021
As the year that was 2021 comes to a close -- raise a glass, give a toast, and perhaps think of a few fond...
Tamriel Infinium: How Elder Scrolls Online made me a believer in public dungeons again
Most folks have their own goals and gameplay that they enjoy in MMORPGs. For me in Elder Scrolls Online, it's gradually bringing a game...
Interview: ArcheAge studios on the move to Kakao, bans, land rushes, and the future of the game
One of the surprises the end of 2021 had in store for MMO players was the move of XLGAMES' ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained from...
EVE Online is kicking off a huge collab with Doctor Who next week
Well now, it's only the fourth day of January and we've already got a contender for most amazing and weird transmedia synergy cross-promotion of...
The Game Archaeologist: The Blizzard Real ID fiasco of 2010
As we come off a year when Blizzard Entertainment's seedy underbelly of scandals and coverups was exposed, I thought it might be worth risking...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the problem with the Matsuda NFT letter
What I really wanted to kick the year off right in the Wisdom of Nym column was to have to push my plans back...
Vitae Aeternum: Explaining New World’s level 30 wall
If you've been paying any amount of attention to New World, you've probably heard of the dreaded "level 30 wall" - the idea that...
Square Enix president lauds blockchain for play-to-earn and ‘self-sustaining game growth’ potential
If you've been anywhere near gaming social media or news feeds, you've no doubt been exposed to the loud, trumpety fart of a letter...
MassivelyOP’s 2021 MMO Awards
Every December, the MassivelyOP team serves up a traditional plate of awards, and 2021 is no different. This year, we've assembled 21 official MMORPG...
Into the Super-verse: A look back at superhero MMOs in 2021
Superhero fans were not lacking in news, games, and events this past year, and there's always the promise of much more to come in...
