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Massively OP Podcast Episode 432: Palia breaks through to the other side
Justin and Bree discuss Palia's soft launch, WoW Classic hardcore realms, ArcheAge 2, ArcheAge's future, Ashfall, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, STO, SWG Legends, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on mundane but enjoyable MMO activities.
Star Trek Online opens up a special museum to tour the franchise’s starships
With a massive franchise spanning decades and numerous television shows and movies, Star Trek boasts a mountain of legacy content under its belt. So...
Neverwinter’s new patch makes abyssal hunt monsters less painful and keeps Demonweb Pits bosses in line
With Neverwinter's 26th module now out in the wild, the time has come for Cryptic to make a few adjustments to some of the...
Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past
Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite Cryptic MMO?
A little ways back, I made the claim that Cryptic Studios' MMORPGs are -- for me -- the epitome of "comfort gaming" in this...
The MOP Up: MapleStory rebuilds the legendary guild castle
MapleStory broke out the second part of its two-part summer Savior update which is "packed with a new mystical land to discover, a new...
The Stream Team: Daring to delve Neverwinter’s Demonweb Pits dungeon with devs
Now that Neverwinter's 26th module is out, Massively OP's MJ has the chance to explore a whole new zone -- Narbondellyn. As the conclusion...
The Daily Grind: Do you have MMOs you play for the story rather than progression?
I've recently been musing about how we create categories for MMOs in our own minds. There are those "home games," for example, that we...
The Soapbox: Why Cryptic’s MMOs are the epitome of comfort gaming
They say you never forget your first kiss. I honestly can't recall much about mine, but I do vividly remember the day that I...
Neverwinter’s summer festival event is coming back once again on July 27
The summertime season is almost back in the world of Neverwinter, and that's not just because of the city's name: This week will see...
Neverwinter’s Demonweb Pits module is live today alongside a new recruitment event
Neverwinter's Demonweb Pits module is officially live for all platforms - PC and console - today as promised. The 26th module for the game...
RuneScape launches the Dead and Buried quest, Old School RuneScape hypes next week’s Desert Treasure II
It's time for the next step forward in RuneScape's Fort Forinthry story, and this time Jagex is promising that this one is putting the...
The Stream Team: Helping hands at Neverwinter’s Helm’s Hold
Now that Massively OP's MJ is finished being distracted with events and new content tours (for now!), she's ready to return to Reclamation Rock...
Neverwinter adds a lockbox featuring characters from the 1983 Dungeons and Dragons cartoon
Neverwinter is making something of a good news/bad news deep cut with its latest cash shop offering: a lootbox featuring a pair of characters...
One Shots: The hero of your story
No matter how legendarily humble you are, it's hard to escape games trying to make you the central hero. When a cutscene literally shines...
MMO Business Roundup: Unity clings to AI, Apple appeals again, Embracer restructures
Business doesn't take a break, and so neither must we. Except for holiday breaks. But then those also can get busy because studios sometimes...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we wanted a decade ago
Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...
Interview: Neverwinter announces 26th module, Demonweb Pits, with a new ‘post-leveling experience’
Neverwinter's 26th module is Demonweb Pits, and it's rolling out on July 18th, Cryptic and Gearbox announced today. Launching on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox,...
The Stream Team: A first timer’s visit to the Lohlunat Festival of Star Trek Online
It's the summertime in Star Trek Online, and that means it's time once again for the Lohlunat Festival event, but this time around it's...
Star Trek Online’s summer event returns June 28 with medieval fantasy-styled ship and weapon rewards
The beaches of Risa are calling out to players of Star Trek Online once more as the MMORPG's Lohlunat Festival summer event is coming...
