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The Daily Grind: Are you playing Guild Wars 2 SOTO today – or another big launch?
August is always a super overwhelming month for me, in MMOs and out. I'm always trying to finish up projects in real life before...
The Stream Team: Returning to Dungeons & Dragons Online with Diplomatic Impunity
It's been a long while, but Massively OP's MJ and the D&D night crew can finally return to DDO! And they will be jumping...
Dungeons and Dragons Online releases its new Vecna Unleashed adventure DLC and Update 61
Today is the day when Dungeons and Dragons Online players can "experience the thrilling climax of the Codex of the Infinite Planes Saga" and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 433: Throne & Delay
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's delay, WoW's upcoming patch, DDO's mini-expansion, and financial reports for NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and Square-Enix, with adventures in Palia, LOTRO, New World, and Star Trek Online, plus mailbag topics on rich economy-centric sandboxes and MMOs that need graphical refreshes.
EG7 Q2 2023: Daybreak’s MMORPGs are ‘predictably stable’
It's starting to look as if the Daybreak-run EG7 conglom is finally at the end of its bonkers revenue run: According to the Swedish...
Dungeons and Dragons Online previews Vecna Unleashed patch notes ahead of August 16 release
The Vecna Unleashed expansion for Dungeons and Dragons Online isn't due until Wednesday, August 16th (even if pre-orders have been open since July), but...
One Shots: Yet not as messy as my teen son’s room
Some weeks we begin our One Shots tour with breathtaking vistas that leave you an emotional wreck as you silently cry at your computer...
LOTRO and DDO return to service after a full day of productive downtime
While Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online players had to go touch grass instead of play their MMOs yesterday, it...
LOTRO and DDO go offline for 23 hours to add new storefront, LOTRO adds River Hobbit starting instance
Here's hoping that all you Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online players have alternate sources of entertainment today because pretty...
The Stream Team: Going to the Marketplace for quests in Dungeons and Dragons Online
The D&D adventures continue on OPTV and this time Chris is headed back into Dungeons and Dragons Online for some more adventuring! This time...
SSG opens preorders for Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Vecna Unleashed
Dungeons and Dragons Online's update 60 has launched today, but never mind all that: Buy Vecna Unleashed! You think I'm kidding, but that's pretty...
Dungeons and Dragons Online surveys players on module interest, but ‘be careful not to read too much into it’
What module would you like to see from the TTRPG adapted into Dungeons and Dragons Online? That's the question that Standing Stone Games is...
One Shots: Rotisserie Rogue
For our headlining picture this week, we spy Hirku Two creeping around the Cogs in Dungeons and Dragons Online. While I applaud the use...
One Shots: The hero of your story
No matter how legendarily humble you are, it's hard to escape games trying to make you the central hero. When a cutscene literally shines...
Massively Uplifting: Spring and summer philanthropy and farewells in MMOs
'Tis the season! What season? Why, spring and summer! Spring is a time of growth, and our gaming-verse certainly saw growth of the generous...
Dungeons and Dragons Online increases incentives to be a monster-killing machine
Dungeons and Dragons Online is one MMO that's never afraid to do its own thing in a different way than other titles, including not...
Dungeons and Dragons Online releases limited-time supporter pack bundles for its cash shop
We don't typically highlight cash shop items exclusively as their own story, but the arrival of some new items to the Dungeons and Dragons...
The Stream Team: Dungeons & Dragons night begins its first adventure
Now that the D&D night crew have made their characters, it is time to embark on their first adventure. Massively OP's MJ is ready...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs divorce experience from mob kills?
If you look at the wider field of computer RPGs, especially old ones, there's one very notable difference between their design and MMORPGs: Several...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs as Jell-O flavors
During last year's April Fools' Day, I wrote about the important topic of MMO NPCs as muffins. At the time, I felt my work...
