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Guild Chat: How to have fun as an MMORPG guild
Welcome along to another instalment of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we break down the issues and questions...
Guild Wars 2 promises less grind, faster progress with spring update
Can you believe that it's already been more than three months since Heart of Thorns came out for Guild Wars 2? As players settle...
Giveaway: Pick up a Forsaken World Volos pet and gift pack from PWE and MOP
Forsaken World's latest expansion, Awakening, went live earlier this week, and to celebrate, Perfect World has granted Massively OP a thousand key bundles to hand...
WoW Factor: Why Legion’s alpha/beta label is a hair worth splitting
The Legion alpha is back, and it is still an alpha. And I want to to stress, not for the first time, that I...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s story stream talks about resuming romance and future story developments
The next chapter of Knights of the Fallen Empire is coming out in early February, and it's reintroducing a major character to players of...
PWE’s 2014 wuxia MMORPG Swordsman Online lands on Steam
These days, if you're not on Steam, you're throwing money away, a lesson more and more MMORPG studios are learning lately. Perhaps that explains...
Path of Exile demos Ascendancy Berserker, Hierophant, and Pathfinder classes
Fresh off making public the news that Path of Exile's business is booming and the team is expanding to suit, Grinding Gear Games has produced...
The Division plans three paid season pass expansions alongside free updates
Adding further hype to the multi-platform beta tests kicking off this weekend, Ubisoft has opened up on the company blog about The Division's post-launch...
WoW’s latest Legion alpha build revises talent loadouts, glyphs
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is rolling along and getting just a little bit bigger. Another build has been deployed,...
Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration
The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...
Star Wars: Battlefront delivers huge nerfs, announces DLC plans
If you've been playing Star Wars: Battlefront since the series was rebooted back in November, you've probably noticed that a few of the weapons and...
Path of Exile updates players on Ascendancy release dates and staffing changes
In a development that will no doubt shock and confuse many of our readers, January is almost over. If you're a Path of Exile...
RIFT forces players to use cash shop for expansion gear upgrades
Back when RIFT launched Nightmare Tide, it introduced earring slots and a new type of gear that required a "Planeswalker: Water" label. Both of...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Shatterer Unleashed
In the last edition of Flameseeker Chronicles, I discussed the Guild Wars 2Â Winter 2016 update that releases today in great detail, so I'm really...
How Star Wars: The Old Republic won me over with its endgame
I walked away from last week's Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream pretty happy. Considering that I repeatedly say how much I absolutely loathe...
Wisdom of Nym: Potential jobs for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
We're going to be hearing about the next expansion to Final Fantasy XIV in... several months, actually. We're in no kind of rush here....
Hands-on with HEX: Chronicles of Entrath’s PvE
What do you know about HEX: Shards of Fate? If you've ever played it, probably more than me. But what do you know about...
EVE Evolved: Should CCP start developing Walking in Stations again?
In all the time that I've been writing about EVE Online, one of the most common recurring comments is that the game badly needs...
Mytheon releases its Egypt DLC (and it’s on sale)
You might recall that last month, Petroglyph Games brought back Mytheon, a cute isometric MMO that's steeped in cultural mythology. You might also recall...
WoW Legion makes major changes to specializations and transmog sets
Are you tired of dealing with dual specs in World of Warcraft? It was revealed at BlizzCon that the existing spec system was going...