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Why WB Games should make a new Asheron’s Call game in 2021+: The mechanics
Just based on lore alone, WB Games should make a new Asheron's Call game. As I argued last time, AC has the qualities of an underutilized...
Camelot Unchained wraps up 2020 with hope and cheer
Before you completely write off 2020, Camelot Unchained would like to have a word with you. Wait, whom are we kidding? This is Camelot...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2021
Really, there's only one valid resolution for 2021: make it suck less than 2020.
That aside, it's customary to ask the Massively OP writers to...
Pantheon beckons you over for a sneak peek at crafting
Everyone has his or her favorite pet system in MMOs, and for an elite few, that system is crafting. Being able to take raw...
Choose My Adventure: My time as a volunteer for the Responders in Fallout 76
As per your instructions, I was voluntold to volunteer for the Responders for my return trip to Fallout 76, and boy was it something...
Astellia Online’s patch tomorrow lets you break down mounts while adding daily login rewards
Good new to mount owners in Astellia Online - with the game's next patch tomorrow, you can disassemble your mounts! Not your starter mount,...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO with the Stormiest Future
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for the MMO (or Studio) with the Stormiest Future, which was awarded to Daybreak...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Crafting
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Crafting, which was awarded jointly to Final Fantasy XIV and EverQuest...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2020
Earlier this week, we named our biggest MMO story of the year and gave it an award, though we imagine it's hard for a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 302: Your MMO mail, our MMO opinions
Justin and Bree tackle an all-mailbag show, with topics including gaming music and writing mainstream awards, MMO exploration, crafting and EVE Online, vanilla Guild Wars 2, the "one MMO" gamer, MMOs that make you want to play other MMOs, WoW transmog, Raph Koster's brain, and Shadowbane.
Cyberpunk 2077 discovers a new game-ending save bug and investors consider a class-action suit
If you like gaming trainwrecks, Cyberpunk 2077 is your gift this year, and it's one that keeps on giving. While most of the game's bugs...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Business Model
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Business Model, which we could not reach a staff consensus on...
Vague Patch Notes: The verbs of MMOs
Even if you don't like crafting, you should care if your MMO of choice has meaningful crafting. And you should especially care if it...
Drakensang Online adds new quests, item variations, and system revamps in the Dark Legacy update
In what's being touted as Drakensang Online's "biggest content expansion to date," the Dark Legacy update has brought some pretty hefty numbers of things...
Pantheon’s latest dev roundtable dives into the environment
While we often would like games to show, not tell, Pantheon fans are going to have to make do with the team telling, not...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 content
Here's something that I think no one, even me, really acknowledged heading into this particular patch: Final Fantasy XIV set itself up with a really difficult...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2020
We have a fun end-of-the-year tradition on MOP to recap the best and worst MMO developer quotes of the year. In fact, I keep...
The untold story of Lord of the Rings’ cancelled MMORPG
Considering how popular the Middle Earth IP is, it is no surprise that there have been multiple stabs at creating a Lord of the...
Star Stable and Habbo Hotel celebrate the winter season with unique events
I'm going to call this the "Habbo and Horsies news update." Hey, if MMO studios can come up with fun yet low-effort titles for...
Wisdom of Nym: The highlights of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 notes
One of the things I still love about covering Final Fantasy XIV are the patches. These things are always bulky in terms of added...
