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Daybreak’s $300M sale to EG7 is all wrapped up just in time for Christmas
Just days before Christmas, one of the biggest MMORPG studio deals this year has fully completed. Enad Global 7 announced that it closed the...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten, is live today
The time has arrived for players in Final Fantasy XIV to start forging a new future. The bleak outcome that had been predicted for the...
Lawful Neutral: The Epic vs. Apple lawsuit – when titans are tweens
The MassivelyOP Golden Yacht was anchored someplace off the coast of Maine when the first news about Epic suing Apple hit. We had sailed...
Final Fantasy XIV interviews main scenario writer and lore director Banri Oda
Every single interview with the Final Fantasy XIV development team makes it clear that the people working on this game have a deep and passionate...
Massively Overthinking: What one MMO mechanic or system would you like to banish to the ends of the earth?
Back in September, one of our dear readers Aldristavan sent in a fun question for the Massively OP Podcast: What's one outdated MMO mechanic...
Legends of Aria’s Toil and Trouble season six content gets spookier and longer
It's time to get spooked on in Legends of Aria as season six: Toil and Trouble is bringing all sorts of Halloween-style content for...
Blade & Soul will add a new class, new dungeon, and new talisman tier in the Cosmic Horizon update
Players of Blade & Soul will soon be able to control phenomenal cosmic power in an itty bitty package when the Cosmic Horizon update...
PSA: The Division is free for the next week
As the world continues to deal with the ongoing pandemic, there's nothing like jumping into a video game that... deals with a pandemic? OK,...
Ashes of Creation recaps August progress, promises more details about nodes soon
The month of August was certainly a busy one for Intrepid Studios and Ashes of Creation, so if you happened to have missed any...
Minecraft-built MMO Hegemony releases the Traders from the East expansion on September 6
Hegemony, the self-described "classic" sandbox MMORPG built upon the framework of Minecraft, is expanding. As in literally releasing an expansion. Or at least an...
Riot Games’ Neom esports fiasco came about because people are bad at email
At the tail end of July, Riot Games managed to piss off gamers, streamers, esports stars, and its own developers by unilaterally announcing a...
Massively Overthinking: How much should MMOs cost in 2020?
MOP reader Castagere recently wrote to us with a nod to the growing sentiment across the gaming industry that might indicate a shift in...
Desert Oasis: How should Black Desert handle class balance?
Last week, I wrote about how the recent tamer changes in Black Desert resulted in a write-in campaign. Ever since then, I've had game...
DC Universe Online seeks player feedback on three new Artifacts arriving with the Wonderverse update
We all know that the Wonderverse update coming to DC Universe Online in August is mostly going to be about Wonder Woman but that's...
Wisdom of Nym: Job extension ideas for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
One of the interesting things about each given expansion for Final Fantasy XIV is that we always get new tricks along the way... sometimes...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s healer problem and how it’s kind of unsolvable
I quite like Final Fantasy XIV's healers. I really enjoy both Scholar and White Mage, and considering that this expansion is one in which I'd...
Fallout 76 players come together to aid an in-game doctor with real-life medical needs
Members of the Fallout 76 PS4 community are likely familiar with Brent “CJ Martin” Fairchild, a person who roleplays as an in-game doctor. Dr....
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV 5.3 Live Letter in review
Well, that sure was a thing, huh? Another live letter in the books, and given the circumstances it's a lot more understandable why Final Fantasy...
No, the Valorant influencers running all those stream giveaways aren’t being paid by Riot
We've talked before about how Valorant has been making big numbers on Twitch spurred mostly by beta keys being dished out for watching streams,...
Legends of Runeterra previews the Noxus region and confirms an April 30 launch date
Riot Games' digital CCG Legends of Runeterra is about to step out of open beta and into fully-launched product, confirming its launch on PC...
