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Massively OP Podcast Episode 380: A TERAble way to go
Justin and Bree discuss TERA's sunset, Secret World's maintenance mode, Red Dead Online's maintenance mode, Heroes of the Storm's maintenance mode, Skull and Bones' November launch, Elder Scrolls Online's Lost Depths DLC, EverQuest II's prison server, Blizzard's Proletariat buyout, WoW's crafting overhaul, and the return of BlizzCon in 2023, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag lightning round.
Game dev flips a panel into an anti-crypto attack, earning applause from attendees and ire from NFT sponsors
Many folks may not have heard of Mark Venturelli, a designer for the turn-based strategy title Chroma Squad and founder of developers Critical Studio...
GDC joins the chorus of game studios and publishers supporting access to reproductive healthcare
Whether it's major studios speaking up or indie devs creating a charity bundle, the subject of supporting reproductive healthcare rights and bodily autonomy in...
ESA announces plans for E3 2023 in late June organized by ReedPop
Is the third time the charm? We'll find out with E3 next year, apparently, because the ESA is pledging right now that the event...
Axie Infinity’s massive crypto theft by hackers was possible thanks to a job search phishing scam
Most of our regular readers know Axie Infinity as the game that saw a North Korean hacker gang get away with a huge stash...
BlizzCon will return in 2023, Activision-Blizzard employees plan another walkout
Pop quiz, hotshot: When was the last time that Blizzard held an in-person BlizzCon? If you shouted at your computer monitor "2019!" then you...
Overwatch 2 will officially be a replacement for the original shooter when it launches October 4
A recent AMA held by the devs of Overwatch has officially confirmed what many people perhaps anticipated: When the sequel goes live on October...
Star Citizen and EVE Online unveil a LEGO build-off challenge for prizes and charity
Last December, we spied the Twitter accounts of both Star Citizen and EVE Online trash-talking each other as a result of a fan-built Vulture...
Summer Game Fest 2022: Warframe’s Duviri Paradox, Nightingale teaser, and more
Geoff Keighley's not-E3 aka Summer Game Fest kicks off today with the live showcase stream, so I hope you've set aside a couple of...
E3 plans to return next year as Gamescom 2022 tickets go on sale
The ESA is apparently not willing to let its E3 trade show-cum-games hype dispensary go into that good night. While this year's event has...
PAX West 2022 returns to Seattle in September for a masked and vaccinated event
PAX West will return again: ReedPop announced that it will once again host an in-person convention in Seattle this year. The event runs September...
EVE Fanfest 2022: CCP delivered free food to EVE Online players waylaid by the Fanfest COVID outbreak
It's been over a week since EVE Online players from around the world met up in Reyjkavik, Iceland, for EVE Fanfest 2022, the first...
Bethsoft has delayed its co-op shooter Redfall to next year – along with Starfield
Blink and you probably missed it: Bethesda Softworks dropped some bad news on Twitter this morning, delaying two of its upcoming AAA games into...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 372: Blizzard’s great mobile hope
Justin and bree discuss Blizzard's quarterly financials, Diablo Immortal, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Forsaken World's sunset, ZeniMax's rumored Star Wars MMO, and EVE Fanfest and its COVID outbreak, with adventures in LOTRO and SWG Legends, plus a voicemail topic on MMOs moving from fantasy to sci-fi.
EVE Fanfest 2022: All the major EVE Online announcements from Fanfest
It's safe to say that EVE Fanfest 2022 was very much a social event first and a game event second, with fewer concrete announcements...
EVE Fanfest 2022: Fanfest attendees have already begun testing positive for COVID
(We've updated this post at the end with the latest counts and info.)
EVE Fanfest 2022 in Reykjavik is barely over, and the first cases...
EVE Fanfest 2022: The EVE Online universe FPS is still in development
EVE Online developer CCP Games has had its eye on the first-person-shooter genre for over a decade at this point, starting with its PS3-exclusive...
Warframe’s TennoCon returns as an all-digital event on July 16
Warframe fans, block off July 16th in your calendars: That's the day Digital Extremes is setting aside for the return of TennoCon. The studio...
Star Wars The Old Republic talks up its presence at this year’s in-person Star Wars Celebration
There's going to be another in-person event happening - specifically Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center on May 26th through the 29th...
EVE Fanfest 2022: EVE Online is getting a Spanish client
EVE Online has been an intensely international game throughout its lifetime, with significant audiences across the US, Europe, and Russia. Most players are stuck...
