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Black Desert’s Eternal Winter is live along with a free-play event through April 13
Pay no attention to the warming temps outside: It's Eternal Winter in Black Desert as of today. The promised expansion, which studio Pearl Abyss...
Blade & Soul plans smoother mid-tier progression, continued updates based on feedback, and third Warden spec
While Blade & Soul isn't getting an itemized roadmap, what it is getting is an address from the game's producer team that offers up...
Lost Ark teases the Glaivier and Destroyer advanced classes, might hold back some spring raid content
Amazon and Smilegate dished out more details for its roadmap entry for Lost Ark last night, telling players the studios want to "keep the...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs focus more on the midgame?
Hey, midgame MMORPG players! I see you! Yeah, you. You don't really like playing baby toons or "finished" characters; you gets tons of characters...
GDC 2022: How ‘game stressors’ mix and match for repeatable content development in MMOs
Continuing our GDC 2022Â coverage of Bungie Principal Technical Game Designer Alan Blaine's talk on building challenges and reusable content in Destiny 2, we're going...
GDC 2022: Learning from the seven game stressors in Destiny 2
GDC 2022 coverage has a bit slow this year thanks to virtual tickets being kind of a misnomer (if the panel isn't live and...
New World delays Heart of Madness patch to Wednesday
Last night, Amazon announced that it was planning to drop New World's Heart of Madness patch today - but it's already been delayed.
"After testing...
The Stream Team: Sailing the seas in search of island adventure in Lost Ark
Yes, it's time for another Lost Ark endgame stream! This time, however, it's going to be solely focused on the variety of islands that...
Perfect Ten: Obnoxious MMO buzzwords found in press releases
So say that you write for MassivelyOP. Or say that you work for another news site while wistfully refreshing MassivelyOP's front page hoping to...
Myth of Empires plans fast-progression season servers for April
Myth of Empires isn't letting that whole copyright infringement lawsuit get in the way of game development, oh no: Over the weekend, Angela Game...
Guild Wars 2 promises fourth expansion, brings back first Living World season as proper episodes
ArenaNet has just dropped a press release and dev blog full of good news for Guild Wars 2 and its players. Let's go over...
New World’s spring-to-autumn roadmap promises new expeditions, events, greatsword, and dungeon group finder
Amazon has just dropped its March developer video for New World - and it comes with a roadmap in tow, or at least a...
Lost Ark says it’s slowing content rollout to bolster economy and avoid rushing players to endgame
Amazon and Smilegate delivered a joint address to the Lost Ark playerbase late last night, though whether it sufficiently assuages the core community concerns...
Four Winds: The good, the bad, and the weird of Lost Ark’s endgame
So here I am, at the top of the mountain of Lost Ark, but then another rise greets me. I've been moving at a...
Old School RuneScape discusses potential mid-bosses and shares rough update timelines
Several devs of Old School RuneScape came together to answer player questions during a livestream earlier this month, but if you happened to have...
The Daily Grind: Do you find endgame or leveling more interesting in MMOs?
There's a case to be made for leveling being the most fun you'll have in an MMO. You're acquiring new abilities and new systems,...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
Guild Wars 2 addresses Jade Sea meta mechanics and siege turtle acquisition
If you caught our piece about problematic expansion choices or listened to our End of Dragons-centric podcast this week, you already know about the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the quickest way to derail an MMO expansion?
I think that if I polled veteran MMORPG players about expansions that bombed, they'd probably point to Star Wars Galaxies' Trials of Obi-Wan and...
Lost Ark’s T1 and T2 content nerf is now live as Amazon sees T3 as the real endgame
If you were still unsettled by the mild controversy over Lost Ark's planned dungeon difficulty balancing update, well, continue being unsettled, as those changes...
