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Space colony sim MMO SEED offers a look at how its AI operates
Alessia Nigretti, one of the AI engineers of the in-development space colonization MMO SEED, seems pretty happy about her job and eager to share...
Into the Super-verse: How City of Heroes welcomed me into MMOs
As we approach the first anniversary of City of Heroes' revival on the rogue server circuit, I wanted to take this opportunity to share...
New World details its semi-instanced player housing system
Amazon knows the best way to make me set aside my worries about New World: a dev blog on player housing. Will it work?...
Perfect Ten: Dead MMOs resurrected via rogue servers
Last December, the Massively OP 2019 Awards gave its "Best Trend" nod to the rise of rogue servers in the MMO genre. Preservation of...
Classic EverQuest PvPers plan a protest to agitate for a PvP progression server
If you've paid attention to EverQuest over the years, you likely recall that one of its hallmarks is lots of different types of servers,...
Jack Emmert isn’t sure Daybreak will publish his next MMO, says DCUO is as big as it was four years ago
In January, Daybreak finally announced the fruits of its "realignment" that we'd been covering since last summer: It was splitting off new substudios for...
Global Chat: How fares WoW Classic at the six-month mark?
The phases (i.e., patches) for World of Warcraft Classic continue to roll out, and as the endgame takes form and Darkmoon Faire arrives, it's...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG do you wish got a glow-up?
No matter how much we love mechanics, even our most cerebral writers and readers still admit to being graphics snobs. It's human: We like...
The Stream Team: MOP’s 5th birthday party, evening edition
When you are celebrating Massively OP's 5th birthday, you can't just limit it to one party. No you need at least two! MJ is...
EverQuest II brings back its Valentine’s Day event with a new quest and new rewards
The season of love has arrived to EverQuest II once again. It's Erollisi Day and this year's event is promising some new quest rewards,...
EverQuesting: Building a story brought me back to EverQuest II
Before we start: Yes, I know about the Daybreak news. And yes, I have some thoughts and questions about it. I considered tossing aside...
Massively Overthinking: The undeath of the MMORPG genre
Last week, there was a provocative thread on the MMORPG subreddit that subverted the tired idea that the genre is "dead." It's not, u/Selphea...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO spin-off?
A successful online game has the potential to draw in crowds and revenue. If it's successful enough, the studio might even splurge for a...
Vague Patch Notes: Chronicle of a Daybreak death foretold
On Tuesday, Daybreak Games announced what amounts to a form of slow death. Technically, sure, what it announced was that the company is splitting...
Daybreak formally announces the new substudios for PlanetSide, EverQuest, and DCUO
Last year was riddled with rumors coming out of Daybreak Games, as last summer the once-glorious MMORPG company registered multiple websites and trademarks for Darkpaw Games, Rogue...
