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Seed’s Klang Games answers player questions about gameplay mechanics
A broad variety of player questions regarding gameplay and mechanics were picked up and answered in what can be best described as a sort...
Dynamight Studios’ CEO discusses Fractured’s gameplay mechanics and features in an interview
This past Wednesday, the CEO of Dynamight Studios Jacopo Gallelli joined streamer and YouTuber Morrolan for an interview about practically all things Fractured, answering...
ArtCraft on Crowfall’s beta release today, Eternal Kingdoms, the newbie experience, and much more
Crowfall, the PvP-centered MMORPG originally Kickstarted back in 2015, announced last week that it had finally arrived at its beta milestone and would begin...
GDC Summer 2020: How Astroneer’s crafting balances cognitive load for the player
Long time followers of Astroneer may recall that the game's early development crafting felt cute but incomplete. Despite the game already being in the wild,...
The Daily Grind: What do you spend your in-game MMO money on lately?
A while back, I asked you folks whether you tried to become rich in MMOs, but that Daily Grind didn't go into detail on...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Helbreath, Luna M, Tower of Fantasy, and Sea of Dawn
Think you've played every MMO that's out there? There are more games, Horatio, than your mind could even conceive. And that's why we have...
Co-op RPG Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff arrives to Steam Early Access on September 8
Are you prepared for low-poly adorable adventure? You should be when Swords 'n Magic and Stuff makes its way to Steam Early Access about...
Massively Overthinking: Changing the mindset of the MMO genre
I recently saw a journalism professor argue that generating a widespread thinking shift in an entire profession can take decades. "You have to keep...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers your favorite type of resource gathering?
You know, we talk about crafting a lot here on Massively OP, but gathering doesn't get nearly as much love, and yet pretty much...
Perfect Ten: Ten things to do when you just want to chill out in an MMO
Let's face it: Sometimes, playing MMORPGs -- as with any video game -- has the potential to stress us out. We might feel under...
Closed alpha testing results see survival sandbox Craftopia delay its early access launch
MOP's Bree and I -- and probably some other staffers here -- are pretty eager to see what Craftopia is all about. For those...
The MOP Up: All Points Bulletin revs its engine upgrade
This past weekend, Little Orbit's All Points Bulletin ran its second open beta test as it prepares to roll out the huge Unreal Engine...
WoW Factor: Ah, yes, the chest of mystery in World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands
Am I the only one who feels like there's actually been a bit less news about Shadowlands ever since it opened up beta testing?...
Fortnite elaborates on the Ventures feature and new missions arriving to Save the World
With Fortnite effectively putting the kibosh on major new updates, there leaves the one final piece of content which will become the only form...
Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning is getting Twitch drops, no kidding
I can't think of a whole lot of rogue servers or player-run emulators that make the leap to Twitch drops, but Return of Reckoning,...
Red Dead Online ends its content drought with today’s Frontier Pursuit, the Naturalist
Just two weeks ago, we covered the simultaneously amusing and sad story about Red Dead Online players dressing up as clowns to protest a...
World Seed makes an MMO out of a board game
When you think about it, combining board games with MMORPGs isn't the worst idea in the world. Graphical MUDs and games like Stash have...
Here’s 22 minutes of video explaining what we know about Elyon’s beta version so far
Beta testing for Elyon, aka The Game Formerly Known as Ascent: Infinite Realm, has been ongoing in Korea for a little while now while...
Elder Scrolls Blades is adding new repeatable quests in its next update
There's certainly lots of quests to do in Elder Scrolls Blades already, but in the game's next update, there will be more of them....
Albion Online explains the hideouts of Roads of Avalon
Hideouts? In my Roads of Avalon? It's more likely than you might think in Albion Online. Yes, players can definitely stake their claim to...