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Maybe I'm in the vast minority here, but it's always bugged me that MMORPGs just plop your fully grown, fully proficient adult character into...

It's kind of weird for me to see the intensely positive reaction people have had to the concept art for the original version of Diablo...

Underwater zones in video games has been a hot topic lately. I don't know who started it, but I noticed when I saw the...

Are you ready for Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor chapter release next week? I mean, are you really ready? Here at Massively OP, we’ve got...

To my great disappointment and chagrin, Blizzard turned out to not catch the same winds (of wisdom) that influenced the extending of experience boosts...

Look, Phantasy Star Online 2 does not need to entice me to play it. The only thing it has to do is announce a launch...

Trolls have been a part of World of Warcraft since it launched. No, I'm not talking about the jerks who make playing the game far...

MMORPG devs know that we -- the uncoolest of all peoples -- desperately want to feel cool in our video game. And so we...

So the past poll was a 50/50 split, but I'm curious if that's because regular Star Trek Online players knew what was coming. Considering the...

One of the oddball things I actually liked about Star Wars Galaxies - even its NGE version - was how wildly fast leveling went...

I quite like Final Fantasy XIV's healers. I really enjoy both Scholar and White Mage, and considering that this expansion is one in which I'd...

I’ve been itching to get back in and play some Crowfall, and with the War of the Gods update I've got a good reason:...

If you've ever been to generalist gaming Reddits, you know one of the most common threads is the "what should I play" thread, which...

It's really silly to have alts in Final Fantasy XI or Final Fantasy XIV. I do. I actually have several. The one saving grace I have...

While my primary interest and focus in this column continues to be Lord of the Rings Online, I'm not so stubborn as to refuse...

At a baseline, I expect my MMO guilds to at least keep me entertained and socially connected through chat. But the really good guilds,...

To the moon, Alice! Well, I may not be Alice, but I did go straight to the moon. EverQuest II's Blood of Luclin expansion...

So now we've gone through all of the ability unpruning and changing coming with World of Warcraft's next expansion. We know what it's going...

Rollbacks are in the news lately, and not for great reasons - some Guild Wars 2 players did indeed lose hours of time played...

Guilds: one of the quintessential social features of an MMO. Along with grinding, crafting, and partying up, guilds are just one of those things...