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Massively OP Interview: Why Ship of Heroes is taking City of Heroes into space
What happens when a group of dislodged City of Heroes fans attempt to bring back the spirit of their favorite MMO while marrying it...
DC Universe Online releases new powers for stat revamp testing
A lot of testing needs to go into DC Universe Online's stat revamp to make sure that all of the game's powers and such...
The Repopulation will relaunch in Q1 2017, now owned by Idea Fabrik
"Great News! The Repopulation is coming back!" -- or so said a hastily deleted tweet from Idea Fabrik last night, which you might have...
DC Universe Online offers a free skip for players to CR 100
The DC Universe Online anniversary celebration is happening now, and as part of the celebration, you don't need to play DC Universe Online. Not...
EverQuesting: The loss of Landmark
Daybreak did it again. Boy, that phrase has come to mean a great many different things over the years. However, in this case it...
Massively Overthinking: Tab-target vs. action combat in MMORPGs
Massively OP patron Duane is kicking the new year off right: with a brawl over combat types in MMOs.
"Tab-target, action, or hybrid combat, for...
The Stream Team: DC Universe Online celebrates six years
Six years. For six years Massively OP's MJ has been able to don her Spandex and cape and help rid the streets of Gotham...
DC Universe Online’s sixth anniversary events have arrived
Daybreak's having a rough month, but the team working on DC Universe Online is indefatigable. Case in point: The game turns six years old...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead player housing blew my mind
I usually like to bury my opinion behind a bit of measured fact-checking and the weight of opposing opinions, but Elder Scrolls Online hit...
Jukebox Heroes: Six MMOs that need official soundtrack releases
For an avid fan of video game soundtracks, and of MMO soundtracks in particular, the most frustrating aspect of collecting and listening to these...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 99: Landmark goes into the dark
Justin and Bree discuss Landmark, Trove, Asheron's Call, WoW, FFXIV, WildStar, Hi-Rez, and Ashes of Creation before dipping into the mailbag to speculate on Daybreak's future.
Global Chat Extra: In remembrance of Landmark
Obviously, the reverberations of the news of Landmark's closure continue to be seen across the MMO community, including in our own comments sections. The...
Leaderboard: Which Daybreak MMO is most vulnerable in 2017?
In February 2015, following the SOE/Daybreak transition and ensuing mass layoffs, we polled our readers on the security of the rest of the studio's games....
One Shots: The Reaper comes for all MMOs
In light of this past week's sad Landmark news, it's perhaps too on-the-nose that I asked for players to send in pictures of defunct...
Dave Georgeson offers players encouragement on Landmark shutdown
Former Landmark lead Dave Georgeson took to Twitter on Friday with a note of encouragement for fans of the soon-to-be shuttered MMO: "To those...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned for Daybreak’s other MMORPGs?
Last night's startling news that Daybreak plans to sunset Landmark abruptly in February (while forbidding player emulators) sent the MMORPG community into... I'll call...
Landmark is shutting down on February 21
Sad news for fans of Landmark who were happy to see it have its own life after the closure of EverQuest Next; Daybreak has...
DC Universe Online pits players against the Anti-Monitor for the anniversary event
January 11th, 2017, marks the six-year anniversary of DC Universe Online. To celebrate, the game is rebooting everything. Or at least it's introducing the...
The MMOs we lost in 2016
If you thought we lost a lot of MMOs in 2014 and 2015, wait until you see 2016's list.
It's easy to shrug off some...
Choose My Adventure: Preparing to re-enter Lord of the Rings Online
The votes are in, and the next four weeks will be spent in Lord of the Rings Online! This one quite genuinely surprised me,...
