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Magic: the Gathering Online got the latest broken combo banned in just two days
You may not play Magic: the Gathering Online, but if you play any sort of free-to-play online card game, you owe some of your...
Ashes of Creation sets its sights on crowdfunding stretch goals
After smashing expectations by completely funding its $750,000 Kickstarter campaign in the first 12 hours, Ashes of Creation wants to keep this crowdfunding momentum going...
The Daily Grind: Are you Kickstarting Ashes of Creation?
Well, congrats, Ashes of Creation. You did it: You made your $750,000 Kickstarter goal in less than 24 hours, which means we're going to...
The Sims Online emulator might be launching soon
In just two weeks, a long-forgotten social MMORPG might be making a comeback. The team behind FreeSO, a Sims Online emulator, announced on Twitter yesterday...
Massively OP Interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO
Today, Ashes of Creation takes a big plunge into an all-or-nothing Kickstarter campaign. Over the past few months, the MMO seemed to come out...
Enter to win a copy of Guardians of Ember courtesy of InselGames and Massively OP
In honor of upgraded US servers for Guardians of Ember as well as the launch of Act V, InselGames has granted us 50 Steam keys for copies...
The Daily Grind: Are MMORPGs better off without stories?
Last week, Massively OP community veteran BalsBigBrother pointed out -- rightly! -- that while Trove is amusing, it's very much lacking in prepared story or...
Wanna try new MMORPGs? Join the MMO Book Club
Long ago when we were between MMOs, my guild went through several months of playing a new game every week thanks to the magic...
One Shots: Through the portal?
The other day, Bree was complaining about how so many screenshots from modern MMORPGs suffer from a bland and monochrome palette. Coming to the...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10th anniversary interview with Standing Stone’s Rob Ciccolini
As Lord of the Rings Online players revel in the varied activities of this year's 10th anniversary celebration, the crew at the newly formed...
WRUP: A tribute to Schlag edition
If you never read the comments... well, you probably don't read What Are You Playing either, since half of the dang column is the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most fun you ever had in an MMO tavern?
Ah, the RPG tavern! To me, it's the cornerstone of what role-playing games are about: The chance meetings, the preparation for adventure, the gallery...
Chronicles of Elyria answers player questions in a two-hour video
The Chronicles of Elyria team hosted a public community Q&A session, and players had questions. And those questions... well, they were answered. Extensively. The...
The Daily Grind: Why is MMORPG server downtime still a thing?
Massively OP Kickstarter donor John has a very simple question to kick off our morning: Why the heck is server downtime still a thing?
"How...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?
Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...
Choose My Adventure: Failure to trade in Black Desert
Despite my best efforts, I walked away from my trading attempts in Black Desert having been wholly unsuccessful. I consider this a good thing,...
Elite Dangerous’ community tool developers have gone on strike
Update: The strike has ended -- see the end of the post for details.
Move over, voice actors guild: Elite Dangerous gamers are going on...
Popular World of Warcraft YouTuber passes away from cancer
On a sad note this week, a much-loved World of Warcraft YouTuber has passed away following a battle with a rare form of cancer.
In a...
World of Warcraft’s Hazzikostas on content creep and the future of the game
Hey, it turns out that designing long-term MMORPGs that aren't pump-and-dump schemes is hard!
That's the takeaway from a new PC Gamer interview with Blizzard's...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best nighttime aesthetics?
I am a creature of the night. No, not like Batman, because I could never pull off the cape or brooding anger. But I...