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EverQuest II community accuses Daybreak of pay-to-win over raid chests
A recent addition to EverQuest II has a portion of its community accusing Daybreak of blatant pay-to-win practices.
The issue ties in with a personal...
Classic EverQuest celebrates 24th birthday with new mission, new quests, and XP bonus
Where were you 24 years ago? I was running through a dark tunnel to go kill skellies outside of Erudin Palace in classic EverQuest,...
The Stream Team: Wishing EverQuest a happy 24th birthday
Twenty-four is a ripe old age, especially for a MMORPG. That's pretty far over the MMO hill! EverQuest turns 24 today, but Massively OP's...
Ex-Blizzard execs Jen Oneal, J Allen Brack, and John Donham form Magic Soup Games
Now here's an interesting collab. Yes, it's yet another "ex-Blizzard people form a new studio and investors give them stacks of money" studio, but...
Perfect Ten: 10 pieces of striking MMO cover art
Earlier this year, MMO Folklorist posted a rather intriguing article about the 10 best MMO box art designs -- at least in his opinion....
EverQuest II rolls out the barrel for the return of the Brewday Festival
"Want some rye? 'Course you do." Or more specifically you should enjoy some fine in-game Dwarven ale from EverQuest II as the Brewday Festival...
Interview: The Wayfinder team on group size, customization, monetization, and more
Perhaps you're interested in Wayfinder because you like the idea of a small-group dungeon-running game published by Digital Extremes. (The studio made another game...
EverQuest II celebrates Classic EverQuest’s 24th anniversary with the return of the Chronoportal Phenomenon
No, the Chronoportal Phenomenon isn't a progressive electro band name; it's a recurring event in EverQuest II, and it's back once again to mark...
Avalon is the latest blockchain metaverse project from old-school MMO devs
I know, I know, another one of these metaverse-blockchain-Web3 startups, but this one is one that MMORPG fans will want to at least take...
Jukebox Heroes: Six great EverQuest II expansion tunes
When's the last time you stepped back and realized just how big and expansive some of your MMORPGs have become over the decades of...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
EG7 Q4 2022: Revenues are up thanks to mobile as LOTRO sees ‘mainstream resurgence’
Enad Global 7's Q4 2022 investor report dropped over the weekend, with a recap of the year for Swedish games corp EG7 and its...
EverQuest Online Adventures fans toast the console MMO’s 20th anniversary
EverQuest Online Adventures might well be one of the oddest spin-offs from the rather expansive EverQuest franchise. And while this late, great PlayStation 2...
EverQuest II kicks off its Valentine’s Day celebration with new achievements and items
The season of love has once more swept across the entirety of EverQuest II as this week sees the return of Erollisi Day to...
The Daily Grind: Are you the fashion police in your MMO of choice?
Since the dawn of the genre, MMOs have allowed players to "snoop" each other and check out what their fellow players were wearing and...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
Classic EverQuest’s Valentine’s – sorry, Erollisi – Day event is live, with new quest content this year
Valentine's Day has returned to Classic EverQuest once again as Erollisi Day, and as promised in Daybreak's roadmap, it includes some new content in...
Perfect Ten: 10 dead MMOs that should be revived for a second chance
I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most-played MMOs in 2023?
Last week in Massively Overthinking, we discussed our three most-played MMOs of 2022 - and whether we'd guessed right at the top of that...
The Daily Grind: What do you think LOTRO’s new class will be?
Last night, Standing Stone Games dropped a huge 2023 roadmap for Lord of the Rings Online, and buried at the very end was the...
