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Embers Adrift’s latest test build tries to find a memory leak, adds new emotes and crafting updates
There's nothing worse than an MMORPG leaking its memory everywhere. Do you even know how hard it is to mop up those stains? And...
Pantheon updates fans on progress with its March producer’s letter
If you're watching Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen carefully for signs of life, the latest producer's letter should give you hope. There are a lot...
Tabletop board game-styled MMO World Seed enters early access
It's been quite some time since we checked up on World Seed, an interesting and laid-back MMO done up in a tabletop board game...
Embers Adrift on beta shift: ‘We are excited to shift our focus from systems to content’
With Embers Adrift now officially in its no-NDA backer beta phase, there is plenty for the devs at Stormhaven Studio to talk about this...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
EVE Online players are fuming over the new pay-to-win mining barge
Pearl Abyss-owned CCP Games has once again dropped a hive of live bees into the lap of the already-irritated EVE Online community, this time...
Perfect Ten: Favorite NPCs from my favorite MMOs
In a recent episode of the Massively OP Podcast, we had a terrific question winged our way asking about our personal favorite NPCs from...
Path of Exile releases a patch with bug fixes of ‘both small and medium importance’
The things that are important in an MMO patch are certainly subjective, but by Path of Exile's reckoning, the patch that released last week...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why people bounce off Lord of the Rings Online
Any time that you are deeply invested in an MMORPG, it's perhaps one of the most disheartening and frustrating experiences to watch your friends...
Embers Adrift explains what’s in its NDA-free backer beta
Just in case you missed it with all of the gaming news as of late, Embers Adrift (formerly Saga of Lucimia) transitioned into a...
The MOP Up: Ravendawn wraps up ‘epic’ Alpha 4 test
The Ravendawn team reported that it recently wrapped up a successful and "epic" Alpha 4 test. Now all attention is aimed at Alpha 5...
Mortal Online removed two alternate continents in favor of increasing server capacity
You might have noticed that the angry chanting surrounding Mortal Online 2's long queues and server woes has died down since launch, though we're...
Aliens, events, and The Pitt: MassivelyOP interview with Fallout 76’s Mark Tucker
Four years into the wasteland, and Fallout 76 isn't slowing down one bit. With Bethesda committing to several updates over the course of 2022,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Spoiler-free first impressions of Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons
Remember when "Cantha confirmed" was a Guild Wars 2 meme? I, along with many other players, never thought we'd actually see Cantha in the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What to do first in Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons
Happy launch day! Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons is finally here! A big, meaty chunk of content the likes of which we haven't...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends Mobile is almost here
The first phase of Apex Legends Mobile's release is almost here, with the Android and iOS title becoming available for Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,...
WoW Factor: Shards of Azeroth, a speculative WoW expansion exercise
Our story this time starts in a fight we don't yet know about, so I freely admit that there is the possibility that this...
Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?
It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...
Fractured Online recaps the mechanics of player-run towns and houses
As we've been noting before, Fractured Online has been reiterating and re-sharing several dev blogs about its mechanics since the sandbox got a spotlight...
Final Fantasy XIV offers up a comprehensive guide to getting started with crafting and gathering
Crafting and gathering in Final Fantasy XIV are not sideline activities. A large number of classes are devoted to these activities, they have their own...
