economy
Massively Overthinking: Grouping, kill-stealing, and open PvP in MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic arrived in our inboxes from longtime reader Leiloni. It's a timely one all about newly launched Tree of Savior -- and...
Daybreak says it’s ‘cracked the dupe bug’ plaguing H1Z1: Just Survive
Daybreak updated the H1Z1: Just Survive website this morning with abbreviated notes for the patch currently on the test server. "We cracked the dupe...
There’s never been a Landmark hotfix patch like this one; you’ll have to see it to believe it
A whole mess of bugfixes are on the table today for Landmark players, making the experience of crafting landscapes and mining for resources that...
Sub-based survival MMORPG The Skies hits Steam early access next week
Survival MMORPG The Skies is launching what developer Eforb is calling closed Steam early access next week on April 8th, with an open early...
Landmark hotfix patches bugs, Daybreak addresses currency issue
Landmark's patch week has been a bumpy one, with repeated downtimes that made it hard for anyone to play consistently. This morning's downtime hoped...
Global Chat: ARK invents new types of griefing
Just when you thought you've seen every type of online griefing known to man, here comes another. In An Age grouses about how ARK:...
Raph Koster on Crowfall’s social gameplay and robber-baron badasses
This month's Crowfall Q&A video is all about social systems, which means design consultant and MMO industry veteran Raph Koster is on camera to...
Entrada Interactive announces the development of Rebel Horizons
One cannot claim that the official announcement of Rebel Horizons implies a lack of ambition. The newly announced title promises players that it will...
The Stream Team: The makings of a Black Desert merchant
One of the aspects of Black Desert that MassivelyOP's MJ has been looking forward to the most is trade; she's always preferred waging economic warfare...
EVE Evolved: Analysing EVE’s new Economic Reports
EVE Online's massive and largely player-run economy has been a frequent topic of discussion on MMO blogs and gaming news sites over the years. The unregulated...
Neverwinter promises June campaign, Icewind Dale stories
Cryptic Studios has just released a positively massive state-of-the-game letter for MMORPG Neverwinter. Executive Producer Rob Overmeyer begins by recapping 2015, noting that last...
RuneScape’s DarkScape will sunset in March
Jagex is retiring RuneScape's DarkScape "experiment" at the end of March.
"DarkScape offered an intriguing twist on the traditional RuneScape gameplay, and the experimental mode...
Neverwinter refuses to add items back into trade bar store, offers apologies and compensation
A couple of days ago Massively OP reported that Perfect World Entertainment purposefully removed several items from Neverwinter's Xbox One trade bar store (namely blood...
EVE Evolved: The right way to reboot DUST 514
This week we heard the news that CCP Games will be officially shutting down PS3 online shooter DUST 514 in May to start work on...
Indie Russian airship sandbox LuckCatchers is on Steam Greenlight for voting
For reasons which remain shrouded in mystery, there are still very few games in which players take control of airships simply as a matter...
The Daily Grind: Are OARPGs the future of the MMORPG genre?
Toward the end of 2014, genre academics popularized the idea that the MMORPG genre was becoming "unbundled" -- that MMORPGs were splintering, "with sociality,...
The Daily Grind: Does powergaming ruin the MMORPG experience?
A recent article on Kotaku tells the author's tale of being powerleveled by a friend through Diablo III. "You might think that there's no 'wrong'...
Working As Intended: What Star Wars Galaxies got wrong
If you've listened to Massively's staff and readers talk about Star Wars Galaxies a little bit, you might come away with the impression that...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Cognitive performance and your brain on games
So far in our exploration of the topics in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...
Massively OP’s guide to choosing an online ARPG
Bored of MMOs, despondent about the industry, or simply looking for something a little different? Turning to something similar to MMOs, yet offering a new...
