fantasy
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands season 3 kicks off in March with some big changes
With Patch 9.2: Eternity's End out the door, World of Warcraft gradually is turning on the rest of the features from the update. Namely,...
The most important reveals from the Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons influencer sneak peak
Guild Wars 2 fans are so close to Cantha, they can practically smell the incense wafting out of Shing Jea Monastery. And yet there...
The Daily Grind: Are you looking for reasons to *not* play MMOs?
Earlier this week, I was chatting with MOP's Chris about Conan Chop Chop when he mentioned that the game is surprisingly intense. "It will...
The Stream Team: Crawling through Neverwinter catacombs
MassivelyOP's MJ seriously needs new gear in Neverwinter, and in true D&D fashion, she needs to get it through adventuring. Instead of dungeon-diving, however,...
Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?
It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...
Aion NA gets updates to Apsaranta, new missions, and a new instance in 8.1 update
The North American version of MMORPG Aion has released its 8.1 update, bringing along some new things for players to do, whether it's completing...
March 9 brings Vanguard class to Lineage Aden, improved hunting zones to Lineage II, victory system to Lineage Classic
The running joke is that there are too many versions of Lineage to keep track of, and that perception is certainly not made any...
Massively on the Go: How pokedex building could be used for server-wide ‘science’ questing
Well, I'm sorry to report to multiplayer gamers that despite having online features like New Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Legends: Arceus is very much a solo game,...
Vague Patch Notes: Lore is not an excuse for bad MMO design decisions
In a previous column, I wrote about how gender-locking classes is bad. This is because it is bad. It is bad in all conceivable...
Enter to win a Guild Wars 2 Ultimate Collection, headset, mouse, and art print in our End of Dragons sweepstakes!
In celebration of the impending launch of Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons next week, ArenaNet has kindly granted MassivelyOP an epic prize pack...
MMO Business Roundup: The gaming industry reacts to the Ukraine crisis
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news.
Ukraine: First, there's no way around the news that Russia shelled and...
Lost Ark brings back Twitch drops for the weekend, addresses gold seller spam
If you missed out on Lost Ark's Twitch drops promo during the first chaotic week of the game, fear not: Amazon is bringing it...
DDO’s Update 53 goes live with adventure pack, free unlocks, and anniversary giveaways
Someone over at SSG really likes alliteration, apparently. Last week, LOTRO received its Rangers and Ruins update, and now Dungeons and Dragons Online is...
Final Fantasy XIV offers up a comprehensive guide to getting started with crafting and gathering
Crafting and gathering in Final Fantasy XIV are not sideline activities. A large number of classes are devoted to these activities, they have their own...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO armor is completely ridiculous
This is probably a rant best saved for another day, but I want to know when it became completely acceptable not to demand that...
EverQuest II’s level-agnostic progression server, Kael Drakkel, is open for play
EverQuest II's latest "lore and legend" progression server, Kael Drakkel, is live as of this week for subbers. First announced a month ago, the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Everything you’ve missed if you haven’t played Guild Wars 2 since Path of Fire
There are a lot of great MMORPGs out there, and even if you enjoy Guild Wars 2, maybe it's not your main game. Maybe...
Lord of the Rings Online unlocks the doors of its Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra raid this week
Lord of the Rings Online's newest 12-person raid is about ready to open for business. Standing Stone Games announced that the Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra...
World of Warcraft offers character transfer bundles while promising to strip rewards from recently suspended players
Patch 9.2 has arrived for World of Warcraft, and it's also arrived in short order with... well, some bugs. (Luckily, a bug with trading equipment...
Black Desert PC announces Mountain of Eternal Winter expansion for April 2022
Just because February isn't already absolutely packed with MMO news, here's one more big one: Black Desert PC is prepping a huge new expansion...
