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Battle Bards Episode 136: Overlooked MMO soundtracks
Ever feel like the Battle Bards have covered every MMO soundtrack in existence? It’s actually far from true, and today’s episode is Exhibit A...
The Survivalist: Seven survival game features I want to see in 2019
A new year is all about new hopes, new goals, and -- hopefully -- new features and content. I am talking about games, of...
The Stream Team: A forest flight in ARK: Extinction
One of the very last places Massively OP's MJ has to explore in ARK's Extinction map is the massive forest underneath the city. And...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs to watch in 2018
Love it or hate it, MMOs are going mobile in ever-increasing numbers. Last year saw a crop of acclaimed titles making their way to...
The Stream Team: Getting the drop on ARK: Extinction drops
Massively OP's MJ loves presents that drop from the sky. However, other than Raptor Claws she has yet to participate in an ARK: Extinction...
Steam lists Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, and Warframe among 2018’s best sellers
While not technically an awards show, Steam's "Best of 2018" page effectively serves as one as it looks at the best-selling and most-played titles...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Christmas in ARK
Just because Massively OP's MJ needs to fight for her life amid monstrous corrupted dinos that want to tear her face off doesn't mean...
Smilegate taps Mail.Ru to run Korean MMORPG Lost Ark in Russia as early access package sale goes live
Smilegate is continuing its global rollout of Lost Ark, now with the selection of a publisher for Russia and the CIS region, according to...
Interview: New World’s Rich Lawrence on solving PvP problems and defining the sandbox
I think it's fair to say that New World is the biggest MMO currently under production in the west, at least among those games...
Pirate MMO Atlas is trying to psych you up for tomorrow’s early access launch
We here at Massively OP don't know everything there is about sailing, but we're guessing that in about thirty seconds, that giraffe up there...
More details emerge about Studio Wildcard’s Atlas as next week’s launch looms
Even with a slight delay, the launch of Studio Wildcard's Atlas has come out of nowhere this holiday season and sent many MMO gamers...
Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
The Stream Team: A day in ARK’s desert dome
Massively OP's MJ already took a trip to the ice dome on ARK's Extinction map, and it was pretty productive. So now can she...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions
As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later?
So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.
ARK’s Studio Wildcard is launching a 40K-person-server pirate MMO called Atlas next week
If you blinked during the Game Awards on Twitch, you might have missed the announcement of a new MMO launching next week from the...
The Stream Team: Raiding ARK: Extinctions drops
Drops on ARK: Extinction are quite different than on any of the other maps. Instead of a floating box gracefully descending for a survivor...
Tame dinos in ARK Survival Evolved on the Switch starting… today
It's launch day for ARK Survival Evolved... on the Switch, that is. Do note that it includes the original base game and hasn't been...
The Survivalist: ARK’s Extinction makes bases extinct
It had to be too good to last! We were all pretty shocked when Studio WildCard actually launched ARK's newest expansion on the right...
The Stream Team: ARK Extinction on ice
You've heard of the Thunderdome? ARK: Extinction has the ice dome. Well, it has two domes, but Massively OP's MJ loves ice and snow....
The Survivalist: Giving thanks for survival, from the genre to Conan Exiles
Since my column falls on Thursday, I always have the honor of sharing in the spirit of Thanksgiving by discussing what I am grateful...
