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The Daily Grind: What’s the most challenging boss fight you’ve ever attempted in an MMO?
If you're a PvP dungeoneer or raider, you probably have at least one good story about a seriously challenging boss. I don't mean the...
The Stream Team: Sky island hopping in Neverwinter
As Massively OP's MJ continues to help fight the air elementals causing havoc in Spinward Rise, she has to hop between the various sky...
Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?
Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
One of Wizards101’s most iconic voice actors passed away last week
The passionate Wizard101 community is holding up a goblet of remembrance this week in honor of Dell Fife Aldrich, who passed away on October...
Black Desert PC dates its next seasonal servers, unveils ambassadors, and changes fishing and farming
The PC version of Black Desert once again a cornucopia of news items for players to check out, so you know what that means:...
Dungeons and Dragons Online exhumes its Halloween event for another showing
When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake, spooks come out for a singing wake -- in Dungeons and Dragons Online! That's right,...
Vague Patch Notes: Why are mobile MMOs Like That?
If you have read my writing a bunch over the years, you have probably observed me mentioning how much I like Final Fantasy Tactics...
Blade & Soul’s first-ever mounts are lockbox drops
Mounts are arriving to Blade & Soul once the Symphony of Destruction update goes live. That would probably be enough information for most, but...
Guild Wars 2 players are no longer seeing double in the Black Citadel thanks to hotfix
A hotfix applied to Guild Wars 2 has generated some discussions among the game's community, but maybe not for the reasons one might expect....
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming goes to Guild Wars
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
Albion Online’s latest patch introduces some zesty new victory emotes
Sometimes it's just not enough to win a PvP battle; you've got to make the person you take down feel humiliated, and while the...
Mortal Online 2 puts out a call for players to join a server-stressing large scale battle October 6
Would you like to get into a big ol' fight in Mortal Online 2? Then you're cordially invited to one this Thursday, October 6th,...
Lineage 2M adds a mythic class and opens the Tower of Insolence’s fourth floor
If you're going to call your new class "the all-powerful one" and "mythic," it should probably hit pretty hard. Players of the mobile MMOARPG...
Echo of Soul comes back to the west once again as Echo of Soul Ragnarok thanks to a new publisher
Echo of Soul has had a long and drawn out history of death and rebirth here in the west as well as across the...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks battle royale and new stories while preparing for the next live letter
If that headline worried you, relax; Final Fantasy XIV is not being fully retooled as some kind of battle royale and doesn't even have...
Perfect Ten: Ten quirky and interesting MMOs worth trying
Quite often while I'm writing columns for Massively OP, the catalyst behind a given topic is what interests me right then -- and, I...
Dungeons and Dragons Online makes it harder to overlook class archetypes
While Dungeons and Dragons Online now offers advanced class archetypes, thanks to August's content update, apparently it was possible for players to completely overlook...
EverQuest II opens preorders for December’s Renewal of Ro, EverQuest announces Night of Shadows expansion
Mainstream gamers might be out of the loop, but MMORPG players know that the EverQuest franchise kicks into high gear every autumn, and we're...
The Stream Team: A Charr decoy in Guild Wars 2
In order to protect the informant, Massively OP's MJ continues her first big mission with the Order of Whispers by planning a bait and...
Final Fantasy XI plans on more Sortie and Ambuscade content for its October update
If you're a big fan of the Voracious Resurgence storyline in Final Fantasy XI, we're sorry to tell you that October's version update will...
