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Massively OP Podcast Episode 336: Bards and battleships
Justin and Bree discuss World of Warships, Roblox, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Elyon, and Neverwinter, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, GW2, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on repurposing nostalgia and transplanting MMO systems.
Multiplayer co-op shooter Aliens Fireteam Elite officially launches
It's been a very weird and winding road to get to this point, but Cold Iron Studios' long-teased co-op shooter Aliens: Fireteam Elite has...
DC Universe Online takes you to the House of Legends tomorrow
Where do you go to hang out when you've got a pair of spandex tights, unlicensed superpowers, and a desire to hobnob with fellow...
Choose My Adventure: A quick spot of building and crafting in Trove
I have to admit, this one didn't take long at all to get through. I sort of assumed that building things in Trove was...
Guild Wars 2 counts 16M accounts, drops fall roadmap, teases End of Dragons fishing and skiffs
Remember how excited everyone was to get the Guild Wars 2 summer roadmap out of ArenaNet earlier this year? Prepare to get excited all...
PlanetSide 2 offers a rundown of the new player experience arriving in the next update
The first few steps of life in PlanetSide 2 are about to get a big reset with the game's next update. Lead designer Michael...
EverQuest II’s player-run Festival of Unity is back this weekend with a variety of games and events
The self-described longest running player event in EverQuest II history has returned for another year of in-game summer fun. It's the Festival of Unity,...
Perfect Ten: My top 10 MMO pet peeves
In general, I try to be an optimistic fellow. When it comes to MMO gaming -- you know, that hobby we apparently love and...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about taxes in MMORPGs?
Today I want to talk about everyone's least favorite thing: taxes. I snagged the idea from a Reddit thread a while back that was...
EverQuest II’s ongoing server hardware upgrades should produce results by September
EverQuest II has suffered some legendary outages in the last year - one even kept players offline for over a week, and there were...
PlanetSide 2’s NSO faction revamp arrives to PlayStation 4 on August 25
If you've been following along with the news coming out of PlanetSide 2, you know that it's been mostly about the Nanite System Operatives...
SOE’s Jeff Butler gives an epic three-hour interview on EverQuest, Vanguard, and EverQuest Next
If you're going to interview one of the most notable names behind EverQuest and Vanguard, it helps if you also worked at SOE back...
EverQuest designer’s throwback MMO rebrands as Monsters & Memories
You may recall that earlier this year we reported that former EverQuest and DCUO developer Shawn Lord was working on a "throwback" MMO, which...
Daybreak breaks up with the Wandering Monster studio trademark
Sorry, brain-hungry zombies, it's not going to work out. Just know that it's not you; it's Daybreak Game Company.
Last year we noted that Daybreak...
How to make 18-year-old Star Wars Galaxies look pretty on one rogue server
If you read my trip through Star Wars Galaxies Legends for Choose My Adventure, you already know I made a lot about the help...
EverQuest II’s Toil and Trouble update brews up unholy dungeon runs
A dark and twisted summer treat arrived for EverQuest II players this week in the form of Toil and Trouble update. At the core...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite type of MMORPG raid?
Raiding is one of those very simple MMO concepts that has somehow become a contentious one in the broader discourse. A "raid" in MMO...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that would actually benefit from a Classic server
Here's the thing about having a classic server for a lot of MMORPGs: It doesn't actually do much. In order for a classic server...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 334: New World’s fourth delay
Justin and Bree discuss Bless Unleashed's PC launch, Blizzard's financials and Brack's departure, New World's latest delay, Dungeon and Dragons Online, the gender and survey, with adventures in Ship of Heroes, LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion, CoH, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on deadly difficulty in LOTRO and why FFXIV has become the landing zone for WoW refugees.
Galaxies of Eden is a new sandbox MMORPG with all the Star Wars Galaxies trappings
So here's a new MMO that just landed in our inbox: It's called Galaxies of Eden, and studio MIR Cybernetics Corporation is billing it...