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Fight or Kite: Twisted Metal meets Mad Max in Crossout
Leaping over sand dunes and ramming my car into an unsuspecting opponent all while unloading my machine guns is the absolute height of car...
The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any MMOs in 2022?
I Kickstarted Book of Travels a few years back, and its early access didn't quite turn out the way I hoped. It's not a...
Wisdom of Nym: What might be next for Final Fantasy XIV post-Endwalker
The launch content of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is finally here in its totality, and that means that it's time to start looking ahead...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2022?
I'm going to introduce today's Daily Grind by saying upfront I do not know what the answer to this question is.
That's because there are...
Massively on the GO: How to catch up in Pokemon GO for 2022
Despite my concerns about player safety in Pokemon GO, especially in terms of stalking and the anemic response to it by Niantic's support, one of...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer learning or executing mechanics in MMO fights?
When it comes to any MMO battle with mechanics more complex than, "There's a guy over there so go perform violence upon that guy,"...
LOTRO Legendarium: Does LOTRO need a new dungeon finder tool?
Welcome to a new year of the LOTRO Legendarium! With Fate of Gundabad at our backs and an unknown future ahead, it's quite the...
The Daily Grind: Do you hold a torch for an underrated MMO?
Last week we reported that some fans are working hard to resurrect a playable version of Wizardry Online. As I wrote that piece, I...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2022?
It's time for another annual tradition: examining Daybreak's prospects. We started back in 2015, when Sony cast off SOE and it was reshaped as...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO term ‘pay-to-win’ is a red herring
It probably hasn't escaped anyone who has been reading my writing over the past several years that I have something of a vendetta against...
MassivelyOP’s complete 2021 awards debrief and annual recap
As we did in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, today we're going to recap our annual awards and other meta articles from the...
The Daily Grind: Who told the biggest MMO-related fib of 2021?
I would really like to hear about people other than Bobby Kotick because he's the obvious answer in my book.
Since July, we listened to...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2021
This is always one of the most depressing roundups I do around the turn of every year, and this year... well, we lost some...
WoW Factor: Is World of Warcraft a good value for the money?
There are a lot of reasons to not be subscribed to World of Warcraft at the moment, although "the current state of the game...
The Daily Grind: Are you a big spender or super thrifty in MMOs?
There are always things to spend in-game currency on in every single MMO. Always. That's kind of why it's there in the first place,...
Leaderboard: What was the best *new* MMO of 2021?
The downside of letting both old and new games be eligible for MMO of the Year is that it's so hard for brand-new MMOs...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2021
As the year that was 2021 comes to a close -- raise a glass, give a toast, and perhaps think of a few fond...
Tamriel Infinium: How Elder Scrolls Online made me a believer in public dungeons again
Most folks have their own goals and gameplay that they enjoy in MMORPGs. For me in Elder Scrolls Online, it's gradually bringing a game...
The Daily Grind: If you could ask your future self one MMO question, what would it be?
Here's the wacky time-bending scenario for today's question: Imagine that tomorrow, a very brief portal opened up in your living room and you could...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2021
Longtime readers know that the Daily Grind column on MassivelyOP is basically a morning icebreaker post, something fun or juicy or silly to get...