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Disney’s Club Penguin has sunsetted, replaced by Club Penguin Island
We're sad to follow up on the January announcement that Disney was closing kid-centric Club Penguin to say that it has indeed happened: Yesterday marked...
South Korea’s Netmarble to launch ambitious IPO
South Korean Tencent affiliate Netmarble announced today that it will launch an initial public offering to the tune of $2.35 billion US. That works...
Club Penguin players make a game out of getting speed banned
If your MMO's overlords suddenly announced that they were going to shut down your game in a month's time, how would you spend those...
The Daily Grind: How young were you when you played your first MMO?
We were remarking in the Massively OP office the other day how weird it was that Club Penguin's shutdown was getting mainstream news attention...
Blizzard sells toys, ZeniMax buys VR studio, and Jagex brings RuneScape to Amazon Echo
Consider this your triple dose of MMO industry news for the day so that you can be the talk of the water cooler tomorrow.
Activision...
Disney’s Club Penguin to close down in March to make way for its sequel
After an 11-and-a-half year run, Disney's Club Penguin is preparing to close its doors. Don't cry too hard; the move is one of those...
Battle Bards Episode 90: Wizard101
Expecto MMOsium! The Battle Bards have donned their robes and taken to casting nasty spells on each other with their wands, all in the...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO music for the holidays
I absolutely adore Christmas music -- in moderation and in season. I keep to strict personal rules not to listen to it before Black...
Guardians of Ember denies misappropriating League of Legends concept art, tackles server issues
Following the early access launch of Runewaker's Guardians of Ember this week, Massively OP was made aware of player-floated allegation that the studio had misappropriated...
Hyperspace Beacon: Where can SWTOR go from here?
Have you ever watched a great movie and ever wished that the director would make a sequel but also not make a sequel, all at the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 95: Rising from the ashes
Justin and Bree discuss end-of-the-year coverage, ArcheAge, Ashes of Creation, Elder Scrolls Online, CCP, Cold Iron, The Secret World, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on MMOs we wish we liked and the New World's timeline.
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 1
When you bring up the name "Mythic Entertainment," chances are that most gamers are going to immediately think of the studio's two major MMOs,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Amazing Guild Wars 2 in-game Halloween costumes
I've devoured all of my homemade pumpkin pasties and downed the last of my butterbeer while enjoying the Halloween festivities in Guild Wars 2, gaining...
Jukebox Heroes: MMORPG music for a haunted Halloween
You simply can't have a good and proper Halloween without a perfect soundtrack to back you up. Sure, you could just pop in one...
Game companies launch countermeasures against striking voice actor union with website
A coalition of companies targeted by the voice actor strike ongoing since earlier this month have created a website to argue their point of...
Jennifer Hale argues in favor of voice actor strike
If you play video games with sound on, you've probably heard Jennifer Hale's voice more than once: She's a voice actress with countless credits...
Video game voice actors to strike on October 21st
Voice acting, increasingly, is a big part of MMOs; while Star Wars: The Old Republic puts it forth as a core feature, games like...
Our favorite costumes and cosplay of DragonCon 2016
It was literally impossible to capture all the great costumes at DragonCon -- almost as impossible is being able to accurately identify every single character;...
Post-Endor Darklight SWG emulator seeks to be Star Wars Galaxies 2.0
If the core SWG emulator and its many spinoffs aren't to your liking, Darklight SWG might be.
Lead developer Jameson "Levarris" Connors explained to us...
Hyperspace Beacon: Five reasons I still play Star Wars: The Old Republic
It’s hard not to be negative about your favorite game when it appears that it’s changing its original goals. “What? You’re just now realizing...
