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
Villagers & Heroes is coming to iOS ‘soon’
2011 MMORPG Villagers and Heroes has had a strong last 12 months. It launched on Android, rolled out a massive revamped called Starfall, tussled...
Get a glimpse into RuneScape’s die-hard fandom
Have you ever found yourself scratching your head and trying to understand the rabid devotion that has grown up around RuneScape? It seems that...
Ultima Online suspends ‘advisor’ program ahead of F2P conversion
Back in 2014, Ultima Online revived its classic "counselor" program as a new "advisor" program -- essentially, it roped in community-minded, expert players to...
The MOP Up: Eden Falling brings the turn-based apocalypse (November 5, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The Game Archaeologist: Disney’s Toontown Online
The use of the word "toon" to describe MMORPG characters is a contentious one, with fans divided over its annoyance or acceptance. But when...
Choose My Adventure: The truth is out there about Secret World Legends
Oh, Secret World Legends. What are you? Are you a Frankensteinian change forced upon an existing beloved game that sucked some of the life...
EA has put the kibosh on a player-run Battlefield emulator – are MMOs next?
We don't cover the Battlefield games much on Massively OP, but this particular story caught my attention anyway because of the company and subject...
RuneScape unleashes ghastly stories and deadly stalkers for Halloween
Beware! RuneScape's lands are no longer safe for mere mortals to tread. Now that Halloween is upon us, Jagex has opened up its dungeons...
The MOP Up: Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet announced (October 29, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
RuneScape apologizes for microtransactions and lack of update clarity
RuneScape's Thomas "Mod Balance" Sweeney has a post on the official forums today showing how apologies ought to go. This one's in regard to...
Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment?
Massively OP's Justin Olivetti has a provocative article on his personal gaming blog, Bio Break, this week on MMORPG housing.
"I once again wonder why...
Crowfall demos more action harvesting, starts taking guild name reservations
Crowfall isn't content to make gathering as dull and repetitive as in other MMOs, which is why the team is putting great stock in...
Ultima Online patches in Halloween, 20-year vet rewards, and Christmas
Publish 98.2 is live in Ultima Online this week with... Christmas?
Yep! Halloween is already live in the game, but the latest patch set up...
MMO Halloween: Dark Age of Camelot, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm
Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to... play?
Halloween 2017 continues unabated in online games, so let's see what goodies and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.
The Stream Team: Daring to try RuneScape’s Dimension of the Damned
What if RuneScape was a survival game? It is now -- or at least in a way. In honor of the holiday season the...
RuneScape is overrun by undead, challenges players to survive the next 10 days of Dimension of the Damned
"When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk Gielinor and there's 200 million in-game gold pieces to be won by the...
Halloween events in Path of Exile, Master X Master, RIFT, EverQuest, Ultima Online, and AQ3D
It's almost a full-time job to stay on top of all of the MMO and MOBA Halloween events popping up all over the place!...
Massively Overthinking: Three-way RvR and ‘fair’ PvP in modern MMOs
MOP reader Sally Bowls is on a roll with the good questions lately! She lobbed us one this past weekend that seems a good...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.
