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
Old School RuneScape prices are going up in June
If your preferred sort of RuneScape is the older variety of schools, we're sorry to inform you that the price is going up. On...
RuneScape needs your help to rebuild Edgeville
One of the great things about MMORPGs is how their worlds can change over time and be impacted by stories. For RuneScape, the time...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 165: Step into the Morninglight
Justin and MJ discuss Secret World Legends, DDO, WoW, Conan Exiles, RIFT, LOTRO, TERA, Ultima Online, ArcheAge, and Star Trek Online, with mailbag questions on combat combos and recapturing former players.
Jukebox Heroes: Five great YouTube channels for MMO music
As a collector and reviewer of MMORPG soundtracks, I owe a great debt to fellow music lovers who take the time to somehow extract...
Leaderboard: Are you giving Ultima Online’s Endless Journey F2P conversion a try?
With the launch of Ultima Online's Endless Journey free-to-play conversion this week, a whole lotta old-school MMORPG players are turning their attention back to...
The Stream Team: A first free look at Ultima Online
Have you ever seen a complete newbie in Ultima Online? You can today! Massively OP's MJ has never played the game, but with today's...
Ultima Online’s F2P conversion, Endless Journey, is officially live with new ‘deluxe starter pack’
At 20 years old, Ultima Online is finally doing what its EA-backed handlers at Broadsword once said it would never do: It's going free-to-play.
Game...
Choose My Adventure: Warframe in review
It's funny how presentation problems can have such a huge impact on the same product.
Warframe, as a game, is almost crippled by its lack...
Ultima Online is officially going free-to-play on Thursday, outlaws multiboxing
If you didn't already know that Ultima Online is planning to go free-to-play, you probably still wouldn't be able to tell without reading between...
Dark Age of Camelot’s killer bunny will make you soil your armor
Oh crap. You weren't good this year, were you. Instead of getting the Cadbury Bunny, with all of its chocolate-sugar bomb goodness, your indescretions...
The Game Archaeologist: A Tale in the Desert
Once asked what he thought was the most innovative MMO from the last decade, Dr. Richard Bartle, the creator of MUD, gave a succinct answer: "A...
Classic MMO The Realm gets an official reboot
One of the very oldest graphical MMORPGs in the world has been on life support for a long time now. The Realm (also known...
The Stream Team: Jumping into Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box for the first time
Massively OP's MJ has never experienced Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box. Oh she's heard plenty about it over the years, she has just...
Tale of Toast is giving up on being a free-for-all PvP MMO
We've been keeping an eye on Tale of Toast since last year in the lead up to its early access launch back in February....
Ultima Online’s F2P trial is coming in early April while DAOC hotfixes classes
The Ultima Online team is hard at work "crushing bugs" and preparing for the launch of Endless Journey. The free-to-play Publish 99 is being...
GDC 2018: Exploring SpatialOS with Improbable CCO Bill Roper
SpatialOS: You've probably been seeing this name pop up more and more in the MMO sphere. Worlds Adrift, Mavericks, Fractured, Seed, MetaWorld, and Identity are just some of the titles we've...
Battle Bards Episode 118: More starting zone themes
What are your favorite memories of those first few days in a brand-new MMORPG? Chances are that those memories are inextricably connected to the...
Perfect Ten: More anthropomorphic MMO studio conversations
A while back, you may recall that I posted some of my conversations with anthropomorphized concepts of MMO studios. If you don't remember this,...
GDC 2018: Ultima Online post-mortem with Richard Garriott, Starr Long, Raph Koster, and Rich Vogel
Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...
RuneScape learns Spring Fayre microtransaction lessons while Old School RuneScape tweaks mobile
It's springtime in regular flavor RuneScape, and that means the Spring Fayre has returned. You might remember the event from last year, when the...
