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
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2020?
Let's talk about money. Everyone knows that you can go over to Star Citizen right now and drop thousands of dollars on stuff in the...
RuneScape provides some in-character teases of the Warforge Archaeology site
If you're among those invested in the lore of RuneScape, then a post on the game's website from a couple of weeks back might...
Mirage Online Classic brings back an original top-down MMORPG from 2001
This one's for our genre vets or those who like a bit of gaming history in their diet. If you remember old Visual Basics...
Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running at the end of 2019?
We've noted before that while our awards are pretty good at identifying the big modern MMORPGs and the indie gems, it's much harder to...
Global Chat: The best action RPGs ever
Have you found yourself with some extra time this holiday season and not enough things to click, loot, and wear? Sounds like you need...
Jukebox Heroes: A Charlie Brown MMO Christmas
I don't know if you realized this, but every year Bree asks me to whip up a column of MMO holiday tunes for Christmas....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 252: Holiday MMO mailbag show
Justin and Bree empty the mailbag out on the floor and answer all your burning MMO questions ahead of the holidays!
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...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot’s progression server
Dark Age of Camelot recently put up a huge end-of-year Q&A grab bag for you to enjoy, including plans for next year -- and...
Global Chat: Is WoW Classic a mixed blessing?
Now that World of Warcraft Classic has been out for a few months and established itself, what's the verdict? Telwyn over at GamingSF said...
The Massively Overpowered 2019 winter holiday MMO roundup
The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...
Winter events kick off in Anarchy Online and Age of Conan, Conan Exiles launches a holiday contest
It seems like a lot of MMOs and multiplayer games are starting to realize that Christmas is arriving in less than a week. Case...
RuneScape kicks off its holiday festivities, reworks challenges, and fixes combat input issues
With the holidays fast approaching, RuneScape has been working up to its brand of seasonal goodness since the beginning of this month. The most...
Fight or Kite: 2010-2019, the decade when PvP boomed and MMOs languished
The end of the decade is upon us. Many are now reflecting on how our lives have changed over the past 10 years. We’ve...
RuneScape discusses initiatives to monitor extreme player spending as part of a ‘duty of care’
A bit of backstory here: In September of this year, a Parliamentary report on addictive technologies like gaming monetization pointed to the case of...
Battle Bards Episode 158: Winter returns
Do you feel a little… frozen this winter season? Winter is something amazing to behold, especially when video game composers attempt to capture its unique magic...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0
Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2019
Everyone is healthy! Good news! Every game is super healthy and absolutely no one has a terminal playerbase disease that may result in the...
Corepunk is a new top-down Dutch game with all the MMORPG trappings
Who wanted a new MMORPG for Christmas? Well, Corepunk isn't getting here in time for this Christmas, but it's now been officially announced to...
The Daily Grind: How much do you mind loading screens in MMOs?
Maybe I'm showing my old-school nature here, but loading screens don't bother me all that much. I cut my MMO teeth on games like...
