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
RuneScape’s new Executive Producer talks monetization as Halloween arrives to Old School
It's a transition week for RuneScape as Jagex has appointed a new Executive Producer for the game: Ryan "Mod Warden" Ward. It's a comfort,...
Dark Age of Camelot brings out its Halloween challenges through November 7
Why should Halloween be a time when it's easy to prevail against dark forces? That doesn't seem on-brand, does it? Dark Age of Camelot...
RuneScape 2019: RuneScape’s focus on community shines in Golden Globes and cosplay
What is RuneFest? We have reported on the announcements, but that's the convention actually like? As I had only attended RuneScape's 15th anniversary before,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Is it time for Guild Wars 3?
Earlier this month, ArenaNet announced that President Mike O’Brien, former game director on both the original Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, was leaving...
Dark Age of Camelot celebrates its 18th anniversary
Eighteen years is a long and impressive span for any MMORPG to be kicking around, so naturally an in-game celebration is due for Dark...
RuneScape opens up dino egg collecting, fixes seagull sounds, and touches on Hardcore Ironman races
Yep, it's another RuneScape news bundle. Hope you like bulleted lists, friends.
Players who are eager to get themselves some baby dinos can now...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you’ve wanted to quit, but you couldn’t?
Very few of us are in a situation wherein large men are perched behind us claiming that something horrible will happen to our loved...
The Game Archaeologist: Funcom’s long-abandoned Midgard MMO
There used to be a time that Funcom was deeply into the MMORPG business, bringing us titles such as Anarchy Online, Age of Conan,...
Legends of Aria is overhauling its PvP system once again
Remember this past summer when Citadel Studios announced that it was finally launching Legends of Aria on Steam with a huge overhaul patch that...
Perfect Ten: Kickstarter MMOs that raised the most money
The rise of crowdfunding in the mid-2010s swept a large wave of MMORPGs our way that might never have happened otherwise. For a while...
RuneFest 2019: Exploring RuneScape’s archaeology, dino breeding, and content through 2020
Do you know what I have been missing in my life? Baby dinos. I really miss getting to raise baby dinos. But thanks to...
The Stream Team: Talking RuneFest shop while meandering RuneScape
After all the fun she had at RuneFest, Massively OP's MJ is jumping back into the world of RuneScape. It's going to take some...
RuneFest 2019: RuneScape Mobile moves to early access this year with better UI, free gifts
RuneScape Mobile, your time is coming! Let's be real: As much as you love RuneScape, you likely did not lug a desktop to this...
Massively Uplifting: From weddings to memorials, gamers celebrate life in AQ3D, GW2, BDO, LOTRO, WoW, and more
It's an alphabet soup of good (MMO) vibes this month! While many may have returned to the school of hard knocks this fall, plenty...
RuneFest 2019: Old School RuneScape’s Morytania expansion, Twisted league, group ironman, and clans
What's in store for Old School RuneScape in 2020? Plenty. Before the big stage reveal at this year's RuneFest 2019, John Colgrave, product manager...
The MOP Up: KurtzPel is getting a dash of Lime
KurtzPel is getting its newest hero, Lime, very soon, and to lead up to her release the game is winging a CP and AP...
Battle Bards Episode 154: Death and decay
Get an early jump on Halloween with the Battle Bards, as they grab the nearest shovel and start unearthing all sorts of morbid and...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG will be more than ‘just hack and slashing your way through levels’
Yesterday, we reported on something pretty thrilling for long-time MMORPG fans: Raph Koster, one of the brains behind classic MMORPG sandboxes Ultima Online and...
Massively Overthinking: The one about MMO roleplay servers
An MOP reader named Thierry recently pointed us to a brewing storm in the World of Warcraft Classic community: In a nutshell, the server...
Raph Koster is making a new MMO and just raised $2.7M in seed funding to do it
So, who wants a new and well-funded MMORPG from the guy who literally wrote the book on virtual worlds? I knew you would. Raph...
