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MapleStory gears up for its 19th anniversary, launches MapleStory Worlds in Korea
While MapleStory 2 has become a distant memory for many of us, the MapleStory franchise is still going strong in 2024. In fact, Nexon...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most frustrating misperception the general public has about MMORPGs?
MOP reader Orca7 tipped us a funny piece from The Onion from last week that reminds me MMORPGs are still not regarded in the...
Embers Adrift puts a stop to its content compression plans after player feedback
Last week saw Embers Adrift begin testing of a "content compression" adjustment that would see the MMORPG's max level lowered in order to get...
Tamriel Infinium: Will Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road’s spell scribing be a gamechanger?
All the way back in 1996, Bethesda introduced an interesting feature with its second Elder Scrolls RPG. Daggerfall included "spellcrafting," a system that allowed...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...
Community-led Infantry Online, SOE’s 25-year-old shooter, marches its way onto Steam
It's quite likely that we have several veterans of Infantry Online in our Massively OP audience. After all, this was a Sony Online Entertainment...
The Daily Grind: Transform an MMO into a better game by changing one letter in its title
Last week, all productivity in the MOP office ground to a halt when we started playing a game to change an MMO's title into...
Choose My Adventure: Elder Scrolls Online makes a play to be my second home MMO
When it comes to MMORPG games, most of the time I hold just one home title -- an MMO that I stay subscribed to...
New World’s latest economy video tackles coin balance, inflation, and PvP wealth, and bread
New World's Forged in Aeternum video this week homes in on one of my favorite things in MMOs: the economy. Amazon lead seasons designer...
The Daily Grind: Do your visits to new MMOs just make you want to return your home MMO?
Last weekend, I was away on a mini-vacation with my kids; we zipped down to Florida for my brother's beach wedding, then zipped back,...
Astroneer challenges players to plant 10M in-game trees in order to save real trees (and wildlife)
Planting trees is always a good thing, whether it's in the real world or in the sci-fi survivalbox Astroneer, but now those two benefits...
Palworld CEO addresses Tencent-backed ‘clone game’ Auroria and similar Chinese mobile titles
Pocket Pair CEO Takuro Mizobe is seeing what having the shoe on the other foot feels like, as he has apparently taken notice of...
Sony shuts down LittleBigPlanet 3 for good, along with all its online player-created levels
The only thing worse than your favorite online game getting a sunset is seeing it abruptly shut down with no warning while taking everything...
Diablo IV runs a charity promotion that sends millions of maggots to feed recovering birds
We appreciate that the idea of maggots paired with our "warm fuzzies" tag might seem at odds, but there's a really good reason why...
Aion Classic celebrates its first birthday in Europe this week with boosts and freebies
It might be cheating to count anniversaries for different versions of an MMORPG, but are you really going to complain if it means more...
The Daily Grind: Are there any standard MMO UI elements you consider ‘optional’?
Back in February, MMO YouTuber MarleMMO reminded me that Ashes of Creation is planning to obscure enemy health bars during PvP - a concept...
One Shots: From sunrise to sunset
When the sun peeks over the horizon and another promising day is upon the MMORPG traveler, certain protocols are to be observed. Potions are...
Final Fantasy XIV highlights Fruity Snacks, a player who is all about fishing
There's more to Final Fantasy XIV than just emotionally charged fights against birds with depression, and there's more to the behind-the-scenes elements of the...
WRUP: Come to Botulism Dave’s, your one-stop shop for shipping containers edition
Hey there, fine folks of What Are You Playing! Do you need shipping containers? Then come on down to Botulism Dave's, where we've got...
The Daily Grind: How important is music to your MMO experience?
It's hard for me to fathom going anywhere or doing anything without music as part of the background of my life. That's certainly true...
