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The MOP Up: KurtzPel’s early access rolls out globally
While it was already accessible to North American players, the anime-styled KurtzPel is now open to a much wider audience thanks to this past...
Massively Uplifting: Supporting St. Jude Children’s Hospital and PRIDE month
April showers bring May flowers, but big-hearted gamers bring forth good deeds any month of the year! And May was no different. Generosity with...
Kakao and Netmarble both bid for a controlling stake in Nexon last week
Our days of playing the fun "who's buying Nexon this week" game are quickly coming to a middle as apparently the auction has finally...
Lawful Neutral: Why Josh Hawley’s lockbox regulation Senate bill is dead-on-arrival
There's a special place in my heart for lootboxes and exploitative monetization, and that place is somewhere below the revulsion I feel for Martin...
Tamriel Infinium: Keep playing Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr – the story gets better
Like many of you, I have been participating in the early access for Elsweyr for this last week. In fact, I played some of...
City of Heroes: Community harassment ramps up as Homecoming counts 91,000 players
What should have been a fun Memorial Day weekend in Paragon City turned into nightmares for some members of the City of Heroes rogue...
One Shots: Armed and fabulous
Last week I invited Massively OP's readers to share pictures showing off faction pride in some way, shape, or form. But who knew it...
Battle Bards Episode 144: Colors of the rainbow
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet: Combined, these forces create the awesome power of Roy G. Biv — otherwise known as the...
Perfect Ten: The 10 most adorable MMORPGs ever
We all like to think of ourselves as cultured and deep individuals who routinely calculate square roots and recite Gilbert and Sullivan at dinner...
Choose My Adventure: The thrilling escapades of a Star Wars: The Old Republic sniper
I have to say, I've made a really good choice this month. Yes, I used the word "good" to describe something Star Wars: The...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online delves into the mysteries of Yard 39
Star Trek Online is all about the Discovery these days, and in a new lore blog, the team gives some backstory to the mysterious...
The Survivalist: The highs and lows of Conan Exiles, one year after launch
In an industry that never seems to see games move out of early access, it feels strange to get to celebrate the first launch...
Massively Uplifting: Destigmatizing mental health in games, celebrating loved ones in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Elite
Spring started splendidly this year. While all may not come up roses in the world at large, plenty of good deeds and uplifting stories...
The Game Archaeologist: Minions of Mirth
While large teams with big budgets and studios backing them are expected to push out smash hit MMORPGs, to me it's always vastly more...
Star Wars MMOs pay tribute to the life of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew
Star Wars fans are in mourning tonight as the original actor behind everyone's favorite walking carpet Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, is now one with the...
Daybreak deletes H1Z1 Maui lootbox skin citing cultural representation concerns
While the war over lockboxes rages on in online games, there's another war brewing about the nature of what's in them, as a move...
‘Secret’ City of Heroes emulator operators address SCORE leak drama, rebut personal info database rumor
If you've been around the post-sunset City of Heroes community long enough, you've probably heard the rumors that there's a secret City of Heroes...
Free Realms Sunrise devs show off incredible progress in bringing back a sunsetted MMO
Free Realms is dead -- long live Free Realms Sunrise!
For the past few years, this emulator project has endeavored to return the beloved family...
Adventure Academy is an ‘educational massively multiplayer online game’ launching May 1
Adventure Academy is going to mystify the typical gamer: There are no dragons to fight and no lockboxes to fight over. But if you're...
Tamriel Infinium: The power of community in five-year-old Elder Scrolls Online
Given the volatility in today’s video game industry, it’s nice when an MMO is able to celebrate some longevity. Elder Scrolls Online has not...