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MMO Business Roundup: Comic Con 2021, Apple v. Epic, and Twitch transparency
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
Comic-Con 2021: Organizers have now canceled the core Comic-Con event for the second year...
DC Universe Online’s Community Style Initiative seeks to get player feedback on outfit styles to add to the game
When it comes to character cosmetics, getting the right look is arguably the most important in superhero MMOs, where a character's entire identity is...
Perfect Ten: The top 10 things to love about Elder Scrolls Online
Having finally clicked hard with Elder Scrolls Online this winter, I find that it's difficult to restrain myself from gushing about pleasant discoveries (and...
The Elder Scrolls Online will be handing out unlimited respecs during a mini-event on Update 29’s launch
As players of Elder Scrolls Online now know, the Champion Points system is due for a wholesale overhaul with Update 29. In celebration of...
Black Desert opens Star’s End on console, introduces tainted monsters on PC, and teases the Sage class
Black Desert is once again hitting us with all the news. We'll begin with the console version of the game, which has introduced the...
Epic Games snatches up Fall Guys studio for an undisclosed sum
Do you remember Fall Guys? It was that wacky multiplayer title that everyone was all hot for about two gaming crazes ago. Well apparently...
Gamigo grants Defiance players’ wishes, posts sunset schedule, and runs a weird survey
Ready to bask in the riches that Gamigo wishes to pour down upon your upturned face? Then you'll first want to head over to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 311: The day the MMOs died
Justin and Bree discuss Anthem Next's demise, Defiance and Gamigo's MMO purge, DDO's big news, Black Desert's free-play, Riot's MMO, and mobile Warcraft, with adventures in LOTRO, City of Heroes, WoW Classic, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on post subs, Valheim, and MMOs as they used to be.
Here’s how Elder Scrolls Online’s champion point system is changing with update 29
Elder Scrolls Online's champion system has been been around since 2015, and through it all, it's been a bit of a thorn in the...
Guild Wars 2’s ‘Balance’ episode launches March 9 – here’s the new trailer
Guild Wars 2 next big thing - Season 5: The Icebrood Saga: Episode 5: Champions: Chapter 3: Balance - is launching next week. ArenaNet...
Massively Uplifting: Love and generosity in Sea of Thieves, Guild Wars 2, SOTA, and more
February is often known as the commercialized month of love (Happy Hallmark Day!), but that doesn't mean there wasn't genuine love abounding throughout the...
Terraria’s Google account issues have officially been cleared, paving the way for a Stadia release once again
Considering everything that's been going pear-shaped for Stadia, it would be in Google's best interests to make nice with third-party developers. Readers will recall...
Absolver developer Sloclap unveils an upcoming single-player kung fu adventure game
Last month, we wondered aloud what had happened to Absolver, the kung fu action multiplayer title developed by Sloclap. Readers will recall that active...
Bless Unleashed is adding new weapons, timed dungeons, and gear and stamina tweaks this spring
Spring is ready to bloom in Bless Unleashed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that there will be new plants to enjoy. Instead there will...
Not So Massively: A eulogy for Anthem and Defiance
Last week was a bloodbath. In a single day, we saw Electronic Arts consign one game to eternal maintenance mode, and Gamigo announced closures...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Island Sanctuary and the descent of peace
If you look at it from an obvious thematic standpoint, the whole Island Sanctuary idea makes no sense for this particular expansion for Final...
Star Trek Online fans agitate to bring Leonard Nimoy-voiced missions back to the game
Leonard Nimoy's contribution to the Star Trek fandom cannot possibly be overstated, so bearing that in mind, it makes sense that fans of Star...
The MOP Up: Dauntless dials up the dazzle
Patch 1.5.4 roared right into the online monster slayer Dauntless this past week, giving players a non-RNG way to grab desired Behemoth dyes.
Also, the...
One Shots: Hug a jellyfish today, why not?
Now personally, I don't do a whole lot of scuba diving or anything, mostly because I have a healthy fear of everything that lurks...
Insiders expose Google Stadia’s rushed release, poor hiring practices, and stymied studios
As things for Google Stadia continue to fall apart, with internal dev studios shutting down, misleading inter-company communications, and an impending class-action lawsuit from...
