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Secret World Legends patch lays foundation for more events
Scraps of hope, brief Twitter conversations, and small hotfixes: These are the things that the Secret World Legends community are hanging onto these days...
Hyperspace Beacon: The case for mature-themed guilds in the SWTOR community
I am a huge advocate for guilds that can remain friendly to the under 18 crowd. One of my favorite Star Wars: The Old...
Game Theory explores the psychological exploitation at work in lockboxes
"It's as easy as one, two, insert your credit card number here!" So begins the parody at the beginning of the first of two...
The Daily Grind: What MMO zone biome puts you in an adventuring mood?
Two of my favorite MMORPG zones are World of Warcraft's Mulgore and WildStar's Algoroc. Both managed to catch some of the spirit and flavor...
Chronicles of Elyria confirms layoff rumors
Earlier today, we asked the Chronicles of Elyria team for a statement regarding a tip we'd received about layoffs and salary cutbacks at Soulbound,...
Stardew Valley multiplayer arrives – in the creator’s house
Sorry for the headline tease, but we couldn't resist. As Stardew Valley fans -- or "Dews" as they call themselves -- eagerly wait for...
Perpetuum to shut down official servers next week
Time is running short for robotic MMO Perpetuum Online -- but plans are moving forward to keep the game alive with a couple of...
Ship of Heroes expands its dev team, updates gallery of new mission maps
Last week, Massively OP's MJ Guthrie and our community were treated to an early preview of Ship of Heroes - specifically, two mission maps,...
CCP addresses EVE Online botter problem, saying it’s at the ‘top of the list’
Last week, we reported on a situation brewing on the EVE Online subreddit, where player after player spoke out about the game's botting problem,...
The Survivalist: Another year, another Survival Game guide
A new year, a new batch of survival games! Yes, the genre has become so popular that one guide, no not even two guides...
Cyberpunk 2077 could be coming to E3 with a playable demo and new trailer
Following a single "beep" of Twitter activity last week, CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 holds the rapt attention of gamers across the world who...
The Daily Grind: How much worse could MMO business models get?
During the roundtable podcast a few weeks ago, when we had the whole Massively OP staff on to chat, we tackled a question from Teviko...
Shroud of the Avatar draws inspiration from Yellowstone, Hawaii, and Mongolia
Don't have enough money to go on a huge vacation this year? You might be able to save a lot of dough and still...
Gloria Victis adds treasure hunting and preps female characters
It's been a while since we last checked in with Gloria Victis, so let us see what is going on with this medieval MMORPG,...
LOTRO players pull off massive multi-day Winterstock concert
In case you missed it, over the past few days the Lord of the Rings Online community has been running one of the largest ...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best camping system?
The first MMORPG I ever played had a camping skill. You chopped down some wood for kindling, clicked to build a fire, and then...
A player modder is building the No Man’s Sky you always wanted
Way back in 2016, No Man's Sky was all anyone talked about thanks to misleading hype positioning the game in the stratosphere. In fact, the...
One Shots: Poster perfect
One of the things that impresses me about the submissions to One Shots here is that so many of these pictures really could be...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Erez Goren, 10 more games, 400 employees, and Global Agenda’s City of Heroes roots
It is true that the Hi-Rez Expo has wrapped up for 2018, and we'll need to wait another 12 months to attend the next...
LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wish list for 2018
Ever since I've been writing this Lord of the Rings Online column -- which spans back to 2010, if you can believe it --...
