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It’s always highly bittersweet when MMO fans sit back and consider the games that never were — the projects that got far along in...

We're talking about in-game shopping, mind you, not photoshop or cash-shop or workshops or whatever. I've joked before - not entirely facetiously - that one...

MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...

Last year, when Ultima Online turned 25 years old, I did a piece reminiscing on those early days and marveling that so much of...

Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on MMOs that are fun but not especially memorable, throwing it back to a quote from...

To the patient gamer who waits long enough, most everything becomes free. It's a hard but thrifty strategy for the budget-minded among us, and...

Last week's EverQuest II patch is a big one for those who use items and abilities that engage when there's a damage proc. A...

Last week, when No Man's Sky released its native Mac client, MOP's Chris and I fell into a discussion about the game being so...

The EverQuest franchise is heading into midsummer events this week, both in EverQuest II and Classic EverQuest. In original flavor EverQuest, Daybreak has unleashed...

There's nothing worse as a fan of games to buy into all of the hype and previews of a promising-looking project only to see...

This year's Pride Month has been celebrated across multiple MMOs and MMORPGs with free cosmetic items, and it looks as if both EverQuest and...

So now that Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out, there is a very funny meme that is going around, but it...

Enad Global 7 aka EG7, the company that owns Daybreak, Standing Stone Games, and Piranha Games and is effectively still being run by Daybreak...

At the end of April, Niche Worlds Cult ran a stress test for throwback MMORPG Monsters & Memories, and the MMO community apparently came...

When The Sims launched in 2000, what seemed like a dull and laughable concept on paper proved to be one of the most compelling...

In the lore of EverQuest, the arrival of spring means the god Karana blesses the lands with wind, flowers, and nourishing rains. In the...

From grocery store worker to customer support agent to video game artist, Daybreak's Aaron Bisnett has had quite the ride in his career. In...

Wanderlust hits even the most content MMO adventurer from time to time, and while there are worlds a-plenty to visit, sometimes it is easy...

It was just five years ago in 2018 that MassivelyOP formally recognized an interesting and heartening trend in the MMO space: the rise of...

It's been an almost egregiously long time since the Battle Bards turned their attention to the EverQuest II soundtrack -- but now that wait...