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Massively Overthinking: How much are you spending on MMOs every month right now?
A while back, MOP's Justin joked that his wife, who loves econ PvP in MMOs, was funding a year of his play on Classic...
Old-school MMORPG Ravendawn has a whole lot in common with Tibia
If you've been reading the MMORPG subreddit lately, you'll know that the mods there are making an attempt to feature indie MMO developers and...
Black Desert’s companion app, Black Desert+, is available now
If you play a lot of Black Desert, you might wish there were a way to get a little bit more of the game even...
World of Warcraft opens up pre-orders for the Sylvanas novel
Are you a World of Warcraft fan eager to get some more Sylvanas content? Really? Well, you're an odd one, but you're going to get what...
Final Fantasy XIV posts the full event schedule for its digital fan festival
It's just a little more than three weeks until Final Fantasy XIV holds its digital fan festival, and if you'd forgotten it in the wake...
Albion Online confirms summer mobile launch, opens preregistration and German test
RuneScape isn't the only MMO with major mobile news today: Sandbox Interactive has opened registrations for Albion Online's mobile version too. If you follow...
Neverwinter announces the end of PvP seasons as the devs ‘explore ways to evolve PvP’
It looks like there's a paradigm shift to PvPing on the way to Neverwinter. While Season 14 is still coming -- specifically between now...
Almost four years after its first announcement, RuneScape is finally hitting mobile this summer
We've been eyeballing RunesScape mobile for a really long time, folks: We covered the original announcement for a mobile client all the way back...
Lord of the Rings Online rings in its 14th anniversary
It was 14 years ago that the shadowy forces of evil in Middle-earth faced an incoming horde of intrepid adventurers who were dedicated to...
Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore is a new ‘high risk-reward’ old-school MMORPG, now in alpha
Let's have a peek today at Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore (formerly Blocky Ages), which is listed on Steam as an early access alpha MMO,...
Black Desert PC unleashes the Awakened Sage, launches new events, and introduces rare hunts
Can't you hear, can't you hear that thunder? No, it's not Men at Work calling to you; it's the arrival of the Awakened Sage...
Lord of the Rings Online players hits level cap by baking millions of pies
If you thought that you were super hardcore because you have raided all the things and are so drenched in purple that other colors...
Four Winds: Why are Asian MMOs monetized the way they are?
Welcome to Four Winds, Massively OP's newest column, dedicated to Asian MMOs and the culture around it. As the resident Black Desert columnist, I'm...
Dungeons & Dragons Online adds the Perils of the Planar Eyes and spikier damage calculations
The latest update for Dungeons & Dragons Online is adding some spikes. No, not with the game's newest set of adventures that are available to...
Project Gorgon brings out its Attack of the World Bosses event with new signposts and fewer adds
Eager to go fight some world bosses in Project Gorgon? The Attack of the World Bosses event is kind of the time to do that,...
The Feast of Swords returns to Final Fantasy XI
Despite its name, the Feast of Swords in Final Fantasy XI does not actually allow you to eat any swords. You will be given no...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 318: Middle-earth no more
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO's cancelation, LOTRO's Bilbo patch, FFXIV's 5.5, and SWG Legends' Bespin expansion, with adventures in WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, Albion Online, and Cozy Grove, plus mailbag topics on ugly duckling MMOs, reconciling immersion, and superhero MMOs.
Interview: Mortal Online 2 CEO on stress testing, persistent plans, and the MMO market
It's not every day that I actually get an answer, let alone a number, when I ask an MMORPG developer how many people showed...
Choose My Adventure: Further group adventures (that weren’t IAs) in RIFT
Once again, the polls from last week were a split between people saying I should queue for normal dungeons and others saying I should...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Possible futures for Guild Wars 2’s strikes and dragon response missions
Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga gave us a new type of endgame group content starting with its prologue chapter: Strike Missions. Each episode introduced...
