Generally used to describe MMOs from before World of Warcraft’s launch in 2004, though sometimes shortened to describe just the first few MMOs launched prior to 2000.
classic mmo
Casually Classic: Classic Plus can course-correct WoW Classic’s greatest mistake
Last night in WoW Classic, our guild got into a huge, rambling discussion about the expected path for the 20th Anniversary Servers and our...
Choose My Adventure: Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s old school design choices rear their head
I have attempted to clear the same single quest five times.
I appreciate that on the face of it that statement sounds alarmist or like...
Casually Classic: Should WoW Classic get player housing?
In the previous Casually Classic column, I mulled over Blizzard's survey of proposed Classic Plus ideas, tagging several that I thought would be the...
Massively Overthinking: Should MMO players get a vote on the direction of their MMO?
I admit I haven't been paying much attention to Marvel Rivals as it's progressed, largely because I don't care about shooters and I don't...
Old School RuneScape is in the middle of an unusual surge of interest from World of Warcraft influencers
Apparently the rapid pace of content additions to World of Warcraft isn't enough to keep some of the MMORPG's bigger streamers invested, as there's...
Working As Intended: Read a book, any book, but preferably an MMO history book
Hello and welcome to our long-running Working As Intended column! I'm Bree, and I've been working on Massively/MOP for over 15 years. I'm actually...
RuneScape Dragonwilds is getting a cape rack, an offline pause, and a clock
It makes sense that RuneScape Dragonwilds would not normally have a pause function. The early access survivalbox can be played online, after all, and...
RuneScape preps another ‘game health’ update, Old School RuneScape tests new graphics renderer
RuneScape has another "game health update" ready to go for next week on July 14th, "aimed at reducing the influx of alchables and reorganizing...
Casually Classic: The eight WoW Classic Plus ideas I love from Blizzard’s survey
I'm about a month late to this particular World of Warcraft discussion, but I've had time to chew on the survey that Blizzard sent...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 524: RIFT’s A New Hope moment
Justin and Bree discuss Chrono Odyssey's horrors, EverQuest's emu legal imbroglio, RIFT's actual patch, RuneScape's monetization, and Hytale's demise, with adventures in Monsters and Memories, Erenshor, City of Heroes, World of Warcraft, LOTRO, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on growing up through MMORPGs.
RuneScape reopens The Beach summertime location, applies quality-of-life and more Crafting 110 tweaks
The summer season has once again risen across Gielinor, or more specifically Lumbridge Crater, in RuneScape today, as the MMORPG's seasonal spot known simply...
Old School RuneScape players call out goldsellers abusing the ban system against bot-killing players
It seems like the righteous and just way to deal with bots in Old School RuneScape: slaughter them in the PvP Wilderness zone and...
RuneScape Dragonwilds community Q&A says Jagex is aiming to double the map size
Following a state of the game and roadmap earlier this month in which the Jagex team said that it wasn't going anywhere, survival sandbox...
Massively Overthinking: How many MMO alts is too many?
A few weeks back, I asked our readers how they manage their MMORPG alts (the joke being the LOTRO player who said "log out...
The best MMO and multiplayer deals from Steam’s summer sale and beyond
I usually put a pithy line or two snarking about the annual Steam summer sale in this post, but this year, I can't bring...
‘We have lost players to the way we approach microtransactions’: RuneScape plans huge monetization overhaul
If you're looking for a reason to be distracted from the fact that Jagex leadership made the deeply unpopular decision to prevent RuneScape's devs...
RuneScape adjusts level 110 Crafting, Old School RuneScape readies ‘summer sweep-up’ and Sailing beta
Considering RuneScape released its level 110 Crafting patch last week, you'd assume that Jagex would be turning the dials of the content in this...
Old School RuneScape player completes a self-imposed challenge after two years and 10,000 hours
Sometimes gamers make their own fun, and fun can be extremely subjective, so keep those two things in mind as you read about the...
Almost-28-year-old MMORPG Ultima Online just opened a Discord and patched in a new event
The grandfather of MMORPGs has fallen! No, I don't mean Ultima Online is sunsetting, heaven forfend. I mean it's opened an official Discord.
"We have...
RuneScape Dragonwilds patches in magic today as Jagex commits to the survivalbox with a huge roadmap
Jagex's co-op survivalbox RuneScape Dragonwilds was the darling of the industry for a hot minute when it was announced and launched into early access...
