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Zombie MMO Dead Frontier 2 is in early access to scratch the H1Z1 Just Survive itch
I'm not quite sure how we missed Dead Frontier 2, but there it is on Steam, happily calling itself an MMO and an MMORPG...
Astroneer launches the crafting update with all the crafting you could ask for
You have to add a lot of crafting to call a patch "the crafting update," but Astroneer is up to that challenge. The update...
Fallout 76’s NPC interactions, construction, and deconstruction (through nukes)
Trying to nail down a solid answer about how MMO-ish Fallout 76 will be is a bit like trying to grab an eel in...
Life Is Feudal: Your Own celebrates latest update with franchise-wide half-price sale
Life is Feudal: Your Own, everyone's favorite medieval survival game/serfdom simulator, has just released its latest major update, and to celebrate the occasion, developer...
PAX West 2018: Survival MMO Rend’s surprising art, Dorito map, faction PvP, and inbound PvE
If this PAX West 2018Â was about one thing, it was about proving me wrong. I jumped into the Rend interview expecting a specific type...
LOTRO Legendarium: The unique feel of Lord of the Rings Online
I am very much a creature who is affected deeply by my environment. I suspect all of us are to varying degrees, but I...
Warframe’s latest player event, the Pyrus Project, picks up a plot thread from 2014
Fancy a big construction project in Warframe? Good because that's exactly what this week's update and ongoing event entails. It's called the Pyrus Project....
Vague Patch Notes: Casual no longer means anything in MMOs
Every time I see someone write something about casual players - including me because heavens know I've done it too - I feel a...
New World rebuilds civilization with the help of player quests and scaling tech
Hungry for more information about Amazon's New World past a fairly obscure website's advance preview of the game? You can head over to PC...
Multiplayer survival sandbox SCUM hits Steam early access, touts realistic defecation
Devolver Digital's SCUM released this week, and I'm not talking about the stuff inside their drain - I'm talking about the multiplayer survival game,...
Working As Intended: Returning to Star Wars Galaxies – in 2018
If you've followed the Massively OP Podcast this summer or read any of my ramblings in Daily Grinds and WRUPs, you probably know that...
Gloria Victis trims up performance issues while planning for siege weapons and workshops
Performance is both an important part of any online game and also kind of boring to play around with. So it is a very...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV hits the big five-year mark
Game anniversaries are a little weird. The anniversary we're celebrating now for Final Fantasy XIV is from its relaunch, not its original launch. For...
Text-based MMO MUD Starmourn is a sci-fi sandbox spectacle due out later this year
It's been a while since we talked about Starmourn here on Massively OP, but if you squint back into 2016, you'll remember that it...
The Survivalist: Which sci-fi crash site survival sandbox should you play?
Survival sandboxes have certainly come a long way in the last couple of years. Not only has the number of new genres exploded (as...
Massively Overthinking: Pay-to-win vs. cosmetics in MMOs and virtual worlds
MOP Patron Avaera has entreated us to debate the problems of pay-to-win and cosmetic gear, and indulge him we shall.
"The idea that good MMOs...
Gamescom 2018: Crowfall offers starter pack sale, talks Pre-Alpha 5.8
The team from ArtCraft is busy drumming up excitement over Crowfall at Gamescom this week. In addition to handing out t-shirts like there's no...
Gamescom 2018: Fallout 76 video covers the basics of C.A.M.P. building
"When your home looks important, you are important!"
One of Fallout 76's key features for its persistent world is player housing -- or what Bethesda...
New World preview from Gamescom slips into the wild as Amazon announces alpha signups
The first previews of Amazon Game Studios' New World MMORPG are finally trickling in from Gamescom just as the wraps are coming off the...
Worlds Adrift tests alliances on the new PTS, tackles update 27’s gear damage and PvE biomes
Worlds Adrift's public test server officially went live last week, the game's weekly newsletter proclaims. "Enjoy the broken mess is a QA build," Bossa...
