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SWTOR expansion trailer is nominated for a Webby
Here's a welcome shot of publicity for Star Wars: The Old Republic this week. Knights of the Eternal Throne's "Betrayed" trailer was nominated for...
The Game Archaeologist: SOE’s The Agency
The graveyard of Sony Online Entertainment and Daybreak Game Company is certainly full enough to be considered a threat if there was ever a...
Leaderboard: How much did your family support gaming as a hobby when you were a kid?
I was chatting with my mom this morning when I was surprised to hear her say that she was impressed with how good my...
Wizard101, Pirate101 newsletters tease big ‘monstrology’ update for the Spiral
KingsIsle has just put out a pair of monthly newsletters for its 101 games -- heads-up to any lost Club Penguin peeps that there...
The Soapbox: Why is Pokemon GO still a tech demo?
I've been a bit frustrated with Niantic lately. I love some of its ideas, but I watched someone else play Ingress prior to Pokemon GO's...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most stable MMORPG (besides WoW) right now?
Massively OP reader Gail made an interesting observation in one of the City of Heroes Master x Master drama threads about what she called "corn...
Guild Chat: Tips for meeting guildmates in real life
Welcome along to Guild Chat, my column in which I join forces with commenters to help a reader in need with a guild-related concern....
Massively Overthinking: The City of Heroes Master X Master debacle
On Tuesday, NCsoft announced that it plans to introduce Statesman, from the long-sunsetted City of Heroes, as a playable character in its MOBA, Master...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 109: We are all Dragonborn
Justin and Bree discuss our PAX awards, Guild Wars 2, Wizard101, WoW, LOTRO, DDO, The Repopulation, EverQuest, Eternal Crusade, and Pathfinder, with mailbag questions on Funcom's mystery game and Landmark-like sandboxes.
WildStar’s Jen Ortiz leaves Carbine
WildStar is down another high-profile member of its development team this week with the loss of Carbine Senior Product Manager Jen Ortiz.
On Twitter Friday,...
Hi-Rez puts SMITE Rivals development ‘on hold’
Bad news for those who were looking forward to another SMITE spinoff game; it appears that the digital card game version of the game, SMITE...
Roblox is taking the online kid world by storm with 48M monthly users and $92M in new investment
Have you ever heard of this game Roblox? If not, you probably will be in the future, because this title has come out of...
Ship of Heroes will seek $400,000 in Kickstarter funding
Indie superhero MMO Ship of Heroes has just announced the details of its planned Kickstarter campaign, which was previously noted to begin on April...
Free Realms Sunrise emulator vows to bring back some of the fun
Were you there when they turned the lights out on Free Realms? The title went dark on this family-friendly MMORPG back in March 2014,...
Hyperspace Beacon: Why I’m taking a break from Star Wars: The Old Republic
I've been considering writing this for awhile now, but I've not been sure how to broach the subject. I've not been playing Star Wars:...
The Doomfist has been stolen on Overwatch’s test server
There have been hints of it flying around for quite some time from Overwatch datamining, but now it's happened. A Twitter update first posted...
Tragedy strikes during World of Tanks livestream
This is the sort of story that we never like seeing here at Massively OP. During a 24-hour charity livestream, a World of Tanks...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s The Head of the Snake
Now that I've had a little time to sink my hours into completing the episode after my initial impressions piece two weeks ago, I'm...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?
Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers.
"I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
Chaos Theory: The Secret World predictions 2016 vs 2017
It's no secret that The Secret World had a rough year in 2016. I just really wish I could say differently. And it's especially...
