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The Daily Grind: Do MMOs need to slow down?
If you look back at the early years of MMORPGs, nearly everything was slow, ponderous, and took gobs of time. Travel took time. Combat...
Saga of Lucimia wants to make crafting more than just a side-gig
In the latest dev blog from Saga of Lucimia, Stormhaven Studios Creative Director Tim Anderson delves into the nuts and bolts of crafting, its...
New World gives us a glimpse at builders, pushes alpha sign-ups
Crafting professions are the topic of the week over at New World. Blacksmithing got some press a few days ago, and now it is...
The Daily Grind: Do you think seasonal play in online games is worth the absurdity?
If you didn't catch the Diablo-themed Penny Arcade comic from a week or two ago, you should. Instead of taking the low road and...
Darkfall Rise of Agon patches in old-school mobs, opens supporter pack funding program
Sanctioned Darkfall spinoff Rise of Agon has been busy since its 2017 launch with multiple content and quality-of-life patches - it's even been teasing...
Perfect Ten: How MMOs teach us to be thankful
Every year around this time, I try to produce a Perfect Ten about thankfulness. Those of you who know my writing also know that...
Rend aims higher with its combat and streamlines its crafting
Acknowledging that Rend's combat was both imbalanced and lacking useful feedback, Frostkeep Studios has been hard at work this fall shoring up one of...
Valiance Online recaps progress on environments and icons, promises a ‘long read’ on the way
Remember earlier in November when Valiance Online company Silverhelm Studios promised it would increase its communication with its community with biweekly updates on the...
Project Gorgon now has a free demo as Elder Game previews upcoming development
If you've ever wanted to become a cow or learn phrenology in a video game, you're going to like this post: Project Gorgon now...
Amazon’s New World teases blacksmithing and ‘master craftsmen’
Look at these new New World blacksmithing screenshots. Consider it a Rorschach test.
Some of you will perk up at the idea of crafting in...
MMO designer Raph Koster lays out the component parts of making MMORPGs
Veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster has up a new blog post that sheds some light on the many angles of developing an MMORPG. In...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that cater to the time-limited player
Every once in a while we receive emails here at Massively OP that share a similar sentiment. Usually that boils down to, "I love...
Path of Exile’s Betrayal brings back Bestiary, Incursion, and Delve plus better housing
Every time Grinding Gear games puts out a new update or expansion for Path of Exile - and they come like clockwork - it creates...
Torchlight Frontiers’ free-to-play model rejects pay-to-win and gambling schemes
Given that Torchlight Frontiers is being published under Perfect World Entertainment, you're probably not going to be shocked to hear that the MMO will...
Camelot Unchained’s 64-bit client is functional, CSE shows off regional home islands
What were the Camelot Unchained devs up to last week? Continuing work on rubble, the ability system, readied weapons, the particle system, armor mapping,...
WoW Factor: The dumb World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon
It's easy to just think of this year's BlizzCon as having dumb stuff on display for Diablo, but let's be real here - there were...
Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King vs. Legion
It was just a couple of days ago when Bree was sharing that I felt like Wrath of the Lich King was the best...
Rust’s latest update adds hot air balloons, surface-to-air missiles
Have you ever been running through the wilderness, trying desperately to fend for your life, and thought to yourself that it sure would be...
Guild Wars 2 is overhauling runes and sigils and making them salvageable in next week’s patch
If you're one of those weirdos who loves having an inventory overflowing with crap (hi MJ!), then I'm sorry to report that ArenaNet is...
Worlds Adrift posts Stairway to Haven tutorial video, opens community council nominations
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is yours, and she's ganking you now on your sky ship. Hey don't look at me. It's...
