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Riot settles class action discrimination lawsuit as victims claim victory
Last year, Kotaku published a brutal exposé of Riot Games’ culture, replete with sexual harassment and sexual discrimination problems. In response, Riot promised a...
MMO Business Roundup: Riot’s diversity ‘progress’, NetEase’s esports arena, DayZ down under, and Twitch threats
Welcome back to another roundup of what's going on in the business of making online games! Let's start with the most controversial of the...
Here are all of the Lord of the Rings Online events for the rest of the year
Is it too early to start making Christmas plans? Have you got everything you need for Bilbo's birthday? What about going shopping for Durin's...
One Shots: Dark beauties
I think that there's a lot of dark beauty to be found in MMORPGs, but hey, when I ask the One Shots community to...
Vague Patch Notes: Datamining, leaks, unforced errors, and messaging
So now that Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has been released, basically everyone playing the game has completely forgotten that the expansion actually prompted some...
Massively Overthinking: Do you even *like* MMO expansions?
This seems like an absurd question on its face, right? MMO players are supposed to like MMO expansions. They're progress. They're content. They're fresh...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Atlantica Online’s soundtrack
When you think about it, Atlantica Online is positioned in a great place for a diverse soundtrack. After all, it takes place in a...
Grab a Crossout anniversary gift bundle code from Gaijin and Massively OP!
Post-apoc MMO action game Crossout is in the midst of its anniversary month, complete with a new patch dropping five new Mass Contagion missions,...
One Shots: Armed and fabulous
Last week I invited Massively OP's readers to share pictures showing off faction pride in some way, shape, or form. But who knew it...
Into the Super-verse: Six things that made Marvel Heroes great
With all of the City of Heroes revival talk lately, our office chat turned in the direction of other MMOs we'd love to see...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s festivals from worst to best
The schedule for Lord of the Rings Online's special events keeps us hopping most of the year-round, as Standing Stone Games weaves major festivals,...
LOTRO hosts a Yule festival encore before its anniversary
An interesting -- and somewhat strange -- thing that Lord of the Rings Online routinely does is bring back seasonal festivals for short-term "encore."...
Hyperspace Beacon: I wasn’t going to talk about Anthem, but I think I should
Like everyone else working in or around the gaming industry, I read Kotaku's Jason Schreier's exposé on BioWare's development of Anthem. And like many...
One Shots: Selfish selfies
Hey! Hey man, what do you think you're doing? You're a bleeding Division agent, all right? You're the thin line that holds back anarchistic...
One Shots: Event horizon ahoy!
Just a word of neighborly advice, but if you ever find yourself this near to a black hole, you might as well take screenshots...
Interview: Legends of Aria’s dungeon expansion, early access, ganking, housing, and cash shop philosophy
Indie old-school sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria has become a household name among MMO players over the last few months, first rolling into early...
Two months later, classic Ingress has better reviews than the buggy Ingress Prime reboot
When Niantic rebooted Ingress as Ingress Prime back in November, it was after a year of work effectively porting the classic MMOARPG to Pokemon Go's...
One Shots: 100% pure nightmare fuel
Oh hey! Nice to see you there! Do you think that you can stop screaming quite so loud? Yes, I know that our header...
The MOP Up: Diablo III’s anniversary dungeon returns
Anyone who missed out on Diablo III's anniversary dungeon can get back in on the fun and rewards thanks to its reprise all month...
RuneScape hits record highs: 1M subs, 5M mobile downloads
It wasn't for nothing that Massively OP gave RuneScape our "Most Improved MMO" award last month. The long-running fantasy MMORPG saw a year of...
