fantasy
World of Warcraft previews the Shadowlands hub of Oribos
When World of Warcraft opens the gates to the land of the dead in Shadowlands, players are going to need a place to congregate,...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of underwater MMO zones and content?
Underwater zones in video games has been a hot topic lately. I don't know who started it, but I noticed when I saw the...
The Stream Team: On to Ebon Downs in Neverwinter
With Helm's Hold completed, Massively OP's MJ and her team can move on to the adventures awaiting in Neverwinter's Ebon Downs, an area that...
Massively Overthinking: The more things change in MMOs, the more they stay the same
A while back, in the wake of our Desert Oasis column on Black Desert's guild system, Carlo and I were discussing guild wars -...
Path of Exile outlines the lore of the Synthesis League and how it made it into the challenges
It'd be easy to think of Path of Exile as having a whole lot of fun systems and having only the most cursory references to...
Black Desert spin-off Shadow Arena has just hopped into Steam early access
If Crucible isn't cutting it for you, Shadow Arena would definitely like to have a go at your time right about now. The Pearl...
Blade & Soul’s Steel Bonds update is now live
The first part of the Steelbreaker raid in Blade & Soul lies broken behind you. It doesn't lie lifeless behind you, or at least,...
Classic EverQuest’s server merge update turned into almost two days of downtime
Crucible wasn't the only game struggling with downtime yesterday. Over in the land of classic MMOs, EverQuest fans were in agony over an extended...
Pantheon shares its progress for May, promises to be close to its next round of pre-alpha testing
The developers of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen are pretty excited about their progress so far. More specifically, producer Benjamin Dean is, as evidenced...
Tamriel Infinium: Getting ready for Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor chapter
Are you ready for Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor chapter release next week? I mean, are you really ready? Here at Massively OP, we’ve got...
WoW Factor: Impressive Influence and the ongoing half-hearted Battle for Azeroth apology
To my great disappointment and chagrin, Blizzard turned out to not catch the same winds (of wisdom) that influenced the extending of experience boosts...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing its limited-time PvP server
This might go down as one of the strangest experiments that Lord of the Rings Online has ever fielded. Coming soon to the game...
Daybreak has apparently registered another substudio: Wandering Monster Games
Back in 2019, we started covering Daybreak's moves to register trademarks and domain names and social media accounts for a bunch of groups that...
Steampunkish Elyon proposes ‘massive’ Korean beta test this summer
If you cast your mind back a couple of years, you might recall that steampunk MMO fans were hanging their hopes on the then-newly...
The Stream Team: Age of Conan turns 12
What are you, a twelve-year old? "Why yes, yes I am," Age of Conan proudly declares! And all of Hyboria is celebrating the milestone....
TERA dons Little Red Riding Hood costumes for PC anniversary as Gameforge takes on Russian publishing
Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Certainly not many of the classes in TERA, especially those that wield weapons as large as their...
Wurm Online shows off its graphical overhaul work
Things in Wurm Online are getting a whole lot prettier soon. The devs have posted a variety of looks at the sandbox's graphical overhaul....
Albion Online’s newest patch balances for Season 9 while improving mobile play
There are two sides to the most recent Albion Online patch, and they're both about improving the game's environment. One side is fairly simple, because...
NetEase financials Q1 2020: A revenue boost ahead of EVE Echoes and Diablo Immortal
NetEase joins NCsoft in having a big first quarter financial report for investors, and it didn't have to bluster about merely surpassing low expectations...
Crowfall outlines the 11 classes of its current alpha
The classes of Crowfall might certainly sound fantastical -- Champion, Confessor, Duelist -- but at the brass tacks level, they're really just the classic...
