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Choose My Adventure: Black Desert should have gotten MMO of the Year
I can admit when I'm wrong. It happens often enough, that's for damn sure, and part of learning from a mistake is admitting that...
The Daily Grind: What one thing in an MMO do you wish devs would delete instead of fix?
The house I live in borders a park on the back, which means I can look out my kitchen window and see a zillion...
Massively Uplifting: DragonCon announces official charity, more studios support Australian wildfire relief
This past month has been filled with its share of dark news, not the least of which is the coronavirus that is plaguing the...
Fallout 76 studio is grumpy more people didn’t PvP
Do you ever get the impression that Bethesda doesn't quite understand its own game audience? That's probably not going to be helped by a...
The Daily Grind: Do old MMOs perform so much better now than at launch that they’re actually easier?
MMO blogger Wilhelm of The Ancient Gaming Noob fame recently posed us a question about old vs. new MMOs. "Our WoW Classic group has been...
The MOP Up: Red Dead Redemption’s puke rope saves the day
Puke may have ended Elvis Presley's life, but it could save yours -- if you're playing Red Dead Redemption 2, that is. Polygon posted...
Global Chat: Neverwinter is ‘damn good fun’
You know what's an interesting trend among MMO bloggers lately? It seems that many of them are heading back to Neverwinter -- and enjoying...
Book of Travels is mostly a 2-D game in a 3-D industry
A mere day after Might and Delight opened up about Book of Travels' endeavor system, the team has another treat for fans: Q&A video...
One Shots: The Mo Army marches on
Has there ever been a figure as majestic, as inspiring, as armor-plated as Massively OP mascot Mo? Probably, but that didn't stop our antsy...
The Game Archaeologist: Tabula Rasa
The story of Tabula Rasa begins, as so many others do, with 1997's Ultima Online. Raph Koster and Richard Garriott's online fantasy sandbox proved...
PAX East 2020: Hands-on with MMO survival sandbox Population Zero
At this weekend's PAX East, I got to sit down with Dmitry Muratov of Enplex Games to try out the studio's upcoming game, Population...
WRUP: Son edition
Son. Child. Offspring. Descendant. Genetic payload. Youth. Boy. Boyo. Scion. Youngling. Lad. Squire. Successor. Heir. Offshoot. Spawn. Additional family member. Post-pregnancy. Kid. Sport. Slugger....
The Daily Grind: What does a new MMO have to do to get your attention?
Last week, we reported that Population Zero is gunning for a May launch as a buy-to-play title. While I'm always intrigued by the debut...
Coronavirus fears prompt GDC to reschedule to late summer
If it isn't obvious already, just about nobody is messing around with the rapid global spread of the coronavirus. On top of multiple studios...
CCP Games just canceled April’s EVE Fanfest over coronavirus concerns
Yesterday, we wrote about ongoing discussions in the EVE Online community about the safety and wisdom in attending EVE Fanfest, then set to run...
Funcom Q4 2019: DUNE takes priority, Conan Exiles confirms paid expansion, Tencent buyout continues
It's been an interesting financial period for Funcom, what with the Tencent buyout and investors pushing for accelerated production on the DUNE survivalbox. The...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG you’ve never played and probably never will?
A while back, a few MassivelyOP staff were chit-chatting about alting in MMOs, specifically in Star Trek Online. During the discussion, it occurred to...
Massively Overthinking: What one piece of knowledge would you like to impart to new MMO gamers?
A while back, I was reading on a non-MMO subreddit some comments from some younger people that made my head spin: They were informing...
Sea of Thieves outlines weekend events and previews Chainshot cannon ammunition
There's a new episode of the Sea of Thieves News out there, and it's once more full of quick-hit information on things that are...
EVE Online tours offices as fans debate potential coronavirus impact on Fanfest
MMO players will recall that all throughout 2019, EVE Online studio CCP Games changed up its usual Fanfest in Reykjavik, Iceland, opting instead to...
