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Not So Massively: StarCraft II has quietly become Blizzard’s best-managed property
While I do think the studio's actions at BlizzCon are encouraging, it still feels weird heaping praise on Blizzard right now. But I also...
Blizzard sends out a Burning Crusade Classic survey, says farewell to Diablo III’s community manager
It's time to throw a whole armful of kindling onto the smoldering fire that is rumors of a WoW Classic Burning Crusade server. Wowhead...
LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Hytbold experiment
The landscape of any long-running MMORPG is bound to be littered with various developer experiments that were tried and later abandoned. Lord of the...
The Daily Grind: When you return to an MMO, do you start over or continue?
Recently I loaded back up Guild Wars 2 after a multi-year absence. While I still have a strong roster of decked-out level 80 characters...
Fallout 76 previews two new events that will arrive with Wastelanders
While we all know that Fallout 76 has had to push back its Wastelanders expansion by a week, that isn't stopping Bethsoft from continuing...
Villagers and Heroes has announced its next expansion, called Eclipse
Villagers & Heroes is a staff favorite here on MOP - it took our indie of the year award in 2019, after all. And...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Legion
Ah, good. This one is more fun than last week. As much as the latter half of World of Warcraft expansions heads into more...
World of Warcraft adds in Legacy Loot mode for Legion raids and dungeons
As the saying goes, it's better late than never. Adding in Legacy Loot for World of Warcraft's prior expansion (Legion) certainly feels late at...
Bethsoft has delayed Fallout 76’s Wastelanders expansion again – but only by a week
Fallout 76 players have been waiting for the Wastelanders expansion for a long time, it's safe to say. It was originally meant to come...
Final Fantasy XIV shows off the sound design that went into Shadowbringers in a new video
The sound design of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers was a strong part of the expansion from the moment the first trailer showed up at...
Skyforge postpones its anniversary, gives a month of free subscription
Not even tinpot gods can make everything in the game universe bend to their will -- when delays happen, they have to sit on...
Wisdom of Nym: Expected expansion features still unseen in Final Fantasy XIV
We're still not into the period of time in which we'll learn about patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV. Indeed, there's a lot of life left...
The MOP Up: Big huge numbers for Monster Hunter World and Sky
We assume that there are some of you out there who get an injection of dopamine anytime that we mention Big Huge Numbers here...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever changed your mind on an MMO expansion over time?
At the time Final Fantasy XI launched its second expansion, I loathed it. Not only did it offer no new jobs or the like, but it...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Warlords of Draenor
Oh barf.
Yes, folks, it... it had to happen. We had to get to this expansion. I know, none of us really want to. World of Warcraft...
Fallout 76’s free stuff, Population Zero’s giveaway, and Hearthstone’s private events
A very slight but real silver lining of the global situation is that many game studios are using this opportunity to throw all sorts...
Final Fantasy XIV shares its latest Shadowbringers design video about the visuals of monsters and bosses
It can take about six months to get a larger boss enemy ready for deployment in Final Fantasy XIV, from concept art to a...
Hearthstone unveils the Demon Hunter class and new expansion as part of the Year of the Phoenix
During Blizzard's livestream yesterday, Hearthstone made a number of big reveals as part of a 2020 showcase, unveiling among other things content and updates...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands gets another encrypted alpha build
If you're one of the World of Warcraft players eagerly awaiting more news about Shadowlands, you may be a bit nonplussed that the latest...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 263: Cantha or bust
Justin and Bree discuss the coronavirus' impact on online gaming, Guild Wars 2's Cantha expansion and recent departures, WoW's essence switcharoo, Phantasy Star Online 2's open beta, Albion Online's roadmap, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, and mailbag entries on so-called dead games and new engines for old MMOs.
