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Massively Overthinking: Canaries in the MMO coal mine
A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...
COVID-19 roundup: Rockstar and Jagex help save the UK’s National Videogame Museum and more
COVID-19 is still very much a thing in most of our staff's and readers' lives, and it's still very much impacting the games industry.
A...
Amazon says New World’s territorial sieges represent a ‘social dynamism that no other game has’
Amazon Game Studios may have delayed New World and changed its PvP up dramatically, but it's apparently going to keep on pumping out preview...
Guild Wars 2’s next living story episode, No Quarter, will launch without voice acting thanks to the pandemic
While business is booming for online games during this pandemic-related quarantine, story-centric MMORPGs seem to be having trouble getting specific types of work done...
Vague Patch Notes: The ESRB is not your friend, gamers
So, hey, the ESRB is taking action about lockboxes! Well, sort of. It's adding a notification about lockboxes that doesn't expressly mention or clarify...
The Stream Team: Completing the SWTOR datacron collection
Is today the day? Will Massively OP's Larry and MJ finally complete the datacron collection in SWTOR? They have a couple more to gather...
Elder Scrolls Online previews Greymoor’s world-spanning, largely non-combat antiquities system
With Greymoor now scheduled to launch May 26th, we're less than a month away from Elder Scrolls Online's next big thing, and probably the...
Dungeon Fighter Online now lets players climb to level 100
There are some new heights of power to climb for in Dungeon Fighter Online with the introduction of Season 6, Act 1, otherwise known...
Global Chat: The problem with being bad in MMOs
Have you ever felt weirdly reluctant to go the full "dark side" in a video game that offers morality meters? MMO blogger Yeebo Fernbottom...
The Game Archaeologist: The history of play-by-email games
For most all of human history, people who wanted to play a game together usually had to be in physical proximity with each other....
Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?
Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s GU 6.1.1 is live with the personal conquests revamp
It's patch day for Star Wars: The Old Republic, though the patch is a week late and short some of the content players were...
The MOP Up: Grand Theft Auto Online mugs its players
Here's a perfect example of irony. Grand Theft Auto Online tempted players to log in this month with the promise of a free $500,000....
Lawful Neutral: Leakers, trade secrets, and lawsuits in the online gaming world
In recent years, you might have noticed a new type of lawsuit coming out of game companies, as some of the more litigation-happy studios...
Massively Overthinking: MMO business models in the face of recession
MOP reader Sray posed us an interesting question this past week focused on how MMO business models interface with the global economy. "The last major...
COVID-19: Gamescom goes digital, Star Trek Online honors medics, Raph Koster tackles pandemic denialism
Welcome back to another roundup of how MMOs and the gaming industry are handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yesterday we reported on the news that Germany...
The Stream Team: Birds and boxes, a SWTOR story
Did you know there was a hidden quest to get a pet in SWTOR? Massively OP's MJ learned about it last time, and now...
Perfect Ten: Sports-themed MMOs
Here's something we don't talk about much here on Massively OP: sports games. When we think of "MMOs," we tend to run right toward...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 267: Who had ‘New World delay’ on their bingo card?
Andy, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands, LOTRO, Chronicles of Elyria, New World, SWTOR, FFXIV, RuneFest, Champions Online, and EverQuest, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, Elite, SWG Legends, and Animal Crossing, and a mailbag entry on Secret World Legends and maintenance-mode MMOs.
One Shots: Fine, who needs you, planet?
When a planet has stiffed you one too many times and yanked you around, it's time to put it at your back and head...
