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Global Chat: Is Destiny’s Rise of Iron any good?
If you don't have a console but were still interested in hearing whether or not Destiny: Rise of Iron was any good, fret not:...
The Secret World inspires a new hacking simulation game NITE Team 4
If you think a story-driven military hacking simulation game sounds right up The Secret World's alley, you'd be correct. In this case, TSW is...
Pantheon on ghost towns, hardcore raiding, and dungeon attunement
Selected "VIP" members of the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen forums were recently treated to a special Q&A session with the Visionary Realms devs,...
Crowfall’s next big update is aimed at serious testers
In this month's Crowfall Q&A video, Creative Director J. Todd Coleman and Design Lead Thomas Blair give fair warning: The next round of testing is...
Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do
No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
Crowfall gets ready to test major foundational systems
While working on the core guts of an MMORPG might not be as sexy to players as, say, visible features and classes, the effort...
EverQuest II opens Nights of the Dead on the Stormhold progression server
A holiday event favored by many fans, EverQuest II's Nights of the Dead has begun. And for the very first time, the Time-Locked Expansion...
The Elder Scrolls Online will have a Halloween event this year
Long-time Elder Scrolls players know that the calendar, months, seasons, and holidays play an important role in the lore of the series, but The...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.
Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft vs. Final Fantasy XIV
You know what I usually hate? Superhero fight discussions. Any fight discussion, really. Asking "who would win in a fight between Superman and the...
MMO Mechanics: Enhancing MMORPGs with experiential learning mechanics
Ever since I considered the responses to a Massively Overthinking article in which a developer asked if a prestige system to encourage replaying an...
Massively OP’s guide to the best upcoming indie MMORPGs, part three
Over the last couple of weeks, we shared with you part one and part two of our guide to the best upcoming and current indie MMORPGs...
Crowfall’s crafting stations will remind you of Star Wars Galaxies
If you're going to spend your precious playtime standing by a crafting station, you want it to be awesome, right? Hell yeah. Crowfall is...
EverQuest: Empires of Kunark goes live November 16th
EverQuest fans will be able to return to Kunark for more adventures when the 23rd expansion releases on November 16th. Empires of Kunark focuses...
Today’s Black Death patch rolls out the Knight and Outlaw classes plus the wellness system
The Black Death is rolling out a grim update today, and aren't they all pretty grim? We're talking about a medieval survival sandbox whose...
Elder Scrolls Online cash shop creates gold-generating loophole
Give a cash shop an inch, they say, and it'll take a mile.
Sharp-eyed Elder Scrolls Online players have been watching the game's crown store ever...
Shroud of the Avatar outlines its plans for the rest of 2016
Following the rollout of Shroud of the Avatar's Release 34, the team took a breather to lay out its plans for the remainder of the...
Linkrealms is going free-to-play on October 10
After a few months on Steam early access, the isometric sandbox Linkrealms is going free-to-play on October 10th.
The title currently costs $20 on the...
Mars survival sandbox ROKH delays early access to January 2017
Fans of Mars-themed survival sandbox ROKH, I have good news and slightly bad news.
Developer Darewise originally pitched a $114,803 US Kickstarter campaign back in...
Grim Dawn delivers a sneak peek of its first expansion
A bonafide expansion is in the works for the multiplayer ARPG Grim Dawn, although a name and time frame have yet to be revealed....