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The Daily Grind: Should MMOs bring back the fog of war?
The other day, I was reminded by a fellow Lord of the Rings Online player of something that I had completely forgotten: That the...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Wizard101’s 14th birthday in Krokotopia
Massively OP's MJ is sad that she wasn't able to celebrate Wizard101's lucky 13th birthday, but she's very glad she can make it this...
Riot’s new League of Legends head honcho discusses updating old content and experimenting with PvE
Longtime veteran character designer Andrei Van Roon has been promoted to the head of Riot Games' League Studios, the subsection of the company that's...
Path of Exile mulls over player feedback and outlines another series of gameplay adjustments
Grinding Gear Games is once again in the news for a similar headline: the fixing of Path of Exile and retooling of various systems...
Camelot Unchained offers up a whole newsletter about gathering tools and processes
What are Camelot Unchained fans waiting for nine years after its Kickstarter? Presumably, finalized launch information and more signs that the game is getting...
MMO dev Raph Koster disambiguates sandboxes, themeparks, simulation, and stagecraft
Veteran MMO developer Raph Koster, who himself is working on a sandbox MMO couched in a metaverse, is back with another dev blog this...
WoW Factor: When your MMO design is hooked on a feeling
To start this off, I want you to summon up a feeling. I want you think back to the first time you can remember...
Lord of the Rings Online defends controversial Minstrel changes
This week's out-of-the-blue announcement that Lord of the Rings Online was testing a massive overhaul to the Minstrel class caused no end of consternation,...
World of Warcraft brings back the glory days of graph paper with its Dragonflight UI revamp
After years of leaning on the modding community to make World of Warcraft's user interface a better place in which to live, Blizzard's picking...
Bless Unleashed on console becomes the latest Bless title to shut down
Stop me if you've heard this one: Bless is shutting down.
It's Bless Unleashed this time. Our readers will remember that Bless Online originally launched...
The Daily Grind: Will New World’s big overhaul lure you back?
I have to say that I'm a little surprised at how little the New World preview earlier this week rippled across the MMO genre....
The Stream Team: Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Dragonblood Prophecy
With a game called Dungeons & Dragons Online, you expect there to be dragons. And there are! Massively OP's MJ is embarking on an...
Massively Overthinking: Who’s really paying for MMOs?
Two years ago, we did a piece on dark patterns in MMO design, and in the comments, a reader named Shadex De'Marr penned a...
World of Warcraft announces two new esports events for September
Those who love their PvE or PvP esports events and World of Warcraft are going to be getting more of what they crave this...
World of Warcraft opens up the whole of Dragonflight for beta testing today
Want to test everything that's available in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight? The good news is that players who have opted into the beta may...
Mortal Online 2’s latest patch adds a tower shield, Myrland POIs, and a fix for ghost players
I ain't afraid of no ghosts, especially in the case of the ghost player bug that was in Mortal Online 2, which is now...
Vague Patch Notes: The gating of time in MMO content
People are over the moon about the Island Sanctuaries added in the most recent update to Final Fantasy XIV, and I entirely include myself...
Global Chat: How is WildStar’s rogue server doing?
Plenty of people both here on Massively OP and out in the MMORPG community continue to hold a torch for the late, great WildStar....
Albion Online announces upcoming language support for Italian and Japanese players
Players of Albion Online whose mother tongue is either Italian or Japanese are waking up to some good news. The devs at Sandbox Interactive...
Path of Exile outlines changes coming to Archnemesis foes, minions, and Kalandra league
Path of Exile is once again laying out another series of adjustment plans as Grinding Gear Games continues to turn the dials on several...
