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Final Fantasy XIV will add Steam account linking in early March

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So, are you playing Final Fantasy XIV on Steam? It might not be the majority of the playerbase, but it's still a portion of it,...

Lord of the Rings gaming rights are going up for sale – what will this mean for LOTRO?

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Hobbits everywhere woke up yesterday to signs across the Shire declaring that it was for sale. And not just that neighborhood, either; all of...

Skyforge’s Valentine’s Day event features matchmaking quests, new cosmetics, and hostile flowers

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When we mention "hostile flowers" in the Valentine's Day event going on now in Skyforge, we don't mean that player characters are seeing their...
No, smaller. Smaller.

Albion Online offers a straightforward video guide to its Arena PVP

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If you want to engage in all of the thrill of PvP combat in Albion Online but don't want to risk the not-actually-thrilling consequence...

The Stream Team: Joining in on the head start launch of Lost Ark

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After quite some time, Lost Ark has finally made it to the west, and MOP's Chris has already been in the world of Arkesia...

Black Desert’s Gyfin Rhasia Temple underground rework is live in today’s update

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You know it's a Wednesday when Black Desert's PC version has released no less than 11 announcement posts on its front page. Chief among them...

Perfect Ten: Ten reasons your MMORPG creates a bad first impression

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While MMOs may ask us to experience them for the long haul, first impressions still count. And if those impressions aren't favorable right out...

EverQuest’s 64-bit servers and clients are coming next week

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It's time, finally, for EverQuest to level up. Daybreak announced that the long-running MMORPG will receive a major upgrade next week, as the studio plans...

New World had to disable its Valentine’s cosmetics over… crash bugs

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Lost Ark may be Amazon's new baby, but that doesn't mean New World is being entirely neglected, even with an ever-ensmallening playerbase. This week,...

Over half a million people showed up at the same time to play Lost Ark’s headstart last night

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In spite of its rocky start on Steam, Lost Ark has already rocketed to (almost) the top of the charts, even before its free-to-play...

Global Chat: Is free-to-play in MMOs universally awful?

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I think a lot of us sport a wide range of opinions on free-to-play business models, particularly depending on the way it's applied to...

Black Desert Mobile merges servers, Black Desert PC discusses planned quality-of-life updates

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The world of Black Desert Mobile is shrinking. Sort of. The game's world isn't getting smaller, but the number of servers is, as the...
Bundles.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 359: Tearing down the faction wall

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Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, World of Warcraft, Blizzard's financials, Star Citizen's roadmap mess, Mortal Online 2's rollback, New World's merges, and Lost Ark's headstart, with adventures in WoW Classic, Zenith, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and Monster Hunter Rise, plus a mailbag topic on the future of SSG and Daybreak.

The Stream Team: Talking Neverwinter Dragonbone Vale with Cryptic

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Do you prefer your dragons alive or undead? Massively OP's MJ prefers them alive, so Valindra Shadowmantle's return in Neverwinter's Dragonbone Vale isn't going...

Blade and Soul will be the Valentine’s date you can’t get this year

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Hey, can we talk real right now? It's not your fault that you peaked with Valentine's Day in the sixth grade when you got...

Krafton and Bluehole announce a partnership to create NFT avatars to sell in a future metaverse

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The classic set of questions for journalists, investigators, and general critical thinkers to ask is the Five Ws: who, what, when, where, and why....

Neverwinter’s latest epic adventure, Scaleblight Mythal, is live on PC today

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Neverwinter fans have some juicy content to look forward to today, as Cryptic has just released Scaleblight Mythal, the game's latest adventure, which slots...

Nexon is counting on a strong MMO pipeline to offset losses in 2021

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Nexon didn't have the best year, and I feel as if I've been saying this a lot with MMO company investor reports the last...

Hands-on: Lost Ark is a solid MMO that falls just short of true greatness

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After years of waiting, the MMOARPG Lost Ark launches in the west today, at least for those who bought founder's packs. The rest of...

Lost Ark’s headstart begins today at noon – here’s the new trailer and patch notes

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(We've updated the end of this article with the latest on the download issues.) It's launch day for Lost Ark, sort of, as headstart is...

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