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One Shots: Unlicensed fantasy motorists
I've been saying it for years, but just because these are fictional virtual worlds doesn't mean that MMOs should be free from regulations and...
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...
The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2019
I feel like a broken record saying this, but the success of a blog is not just about page views or ad impressions or...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Schlag meme of the year
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards end today with our pick for Schlag meme of the year. For those who never dip down into the comments,...
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...
CIG hands out some eye candy with a new visuals trailer for Squadron 42
All right, Squadron 42, I get it. You're pretty. Extremely pretty. But this recent visuals trailer you released? That's just straight up showing off....
The best Massively OP streams of 2019
Massively OP's Stream Team - with MJ and her sidekicks Larry and Chris at the helm - changed up its streaming tactics this year,...
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...
Star Citizen brings update 3.8 online, kicks salvaging further down the roadmap
The presser we received regarding the latest update from Star Citizen calls it "transformative," which seems appropriate since many things are changing to both...
Interview: Star Citizen on the Argo MOLE and the future of mining gameplay in alpha 3.8
It was probably easy to assume that the marquee feature of Star Citizen's alpha 3.8 was going to be blowing wind. That's not all,...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020
With 2019 drawing to a close and a new decade of MMORPGs waiting for us just a few days away, the Massively OP writing...
Star Citizen: Alpha 3.8 on the PTU, SOCS interview, Pillar Talk, and the BBC Click investigation
Star Citizen is having a huge last week before the holidays. Let's round it all up, shall we?
First, the patch: Alpha 3.8 was pushed...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2019 predictions
The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...
Star Citizen previews planetary weather, the Ares, and the Kraken Privateer
Usually when people talk about the weather, it's for lack of a better conversation topic. When Star Citizen talks about the weather, it's a...
Star Citizen fan says he spent $31,000 on the game following a near-death experience
Gather round, Star Citizen skeptics and superfans, because it's story time over on the game's subreddit.
Redditor ILMsux has posted a gripping story about a...
Star Citizen takes a closer look at wormhole creation and the planet microTech
CitizenCon had a number of reveals for Star Citizen players, but not many of them were quite as dramatic as the trip into a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 249: Houses and Ponies Online
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest, EverQuest II, Trove, Guild Wars 2, Book of Travels, Star Citizen, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on temporary hardcore MMO servers and PvE vs. PvP sandboxes.
BBC tech program Click promises investigation into Star Citizen’s delays
No matter what sorts of progress the alpha builds of Star Citizen make, there's always going to be a question of when the...
Star Citizen’s $1700 Kraken Privateer mobile space mall drives fundraising past $250M
Remember during our Star Citizen interview when we went wink-wink about a commerce-based announcement? That announcement has been fully realized with the Kraken Privateer.
While...
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the MMO genre
Thanksgiving conveniently falls on a Thursday every year, which means it's the perfect topic for our regular Thursday Massively Overthinking roundtable. I've asked our writers what they're grateful for in and around the MMO genre the last couple of years - and now we're gonna do it again.