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Xbox X developers include Blizzard, Bungie, Pearl Abyss, and Square Enix
With the console still on track to release sometime during the holiday season later this year, the Xbox Series X is preparing a huge...
Massively Overthinking: The oldest MMORPGs we still play
When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...
Battle Bards Episode 168: Big bad boss battles of FFXIV
Final Fantasy XIV fans know full well how Square Enix loves to dote on its huge and often bizarre boss battles — and includes...
Neverwinter gets a small patch with quest improvements and ability adjustments
Alas, Black Ice Warhorse, your old ability was too complicated for Neverwinter. So now it has been made simpler and adjusted to be more...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon writes a thank-you note to its players for its three year anniversary
It's been three years since Darkfall: Rise of Agon went live and five years since the project first saw life as DFO Returns, so...
An Old School RuneScape fan has started making an audio drama based on the MMORPG
What do people who love theater do when they can't partake in the theater due to the pandemic? They turn to audio dramas, apparently,...
Guild Wars 2 makes Whisper in the Dark free this week while the community creates an anthology of hopeful stories
While this free episodic stuff was brought up by us near the end of April, consider this your gentle reminder that Guild Wars 2...
Working as Intended: Sparking joy in MMOs
On this week's podcast, I mentioned that I'd just finished off Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, something that superficially seems unrelated...
Vague Patch Notes: What causes the preponderance of disconnected MMO endgames?
Yesterday, I wrote a whole column about how WildStar had some really great stuff in it. I did not mention its endgame at all....
New pictures hint at the potential look of Final Fantasy XI’s mobile version
Remember ages ago, when we first heard about Final Fantasy XI getting a mobile version in collaboration with Nexon? Remember how we've barely heard...
Albion Online adds mobile improvements like a virtual joystick and Outland banks, raises €42K for COVID-19 relief
If you've been exploring Albion Online on mobile or if you just like the option when you're not at home (there was a time...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands gets a new alpha build with updated abilities and new models
A new alpha build of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has arrived, and naturally that means it's time to start datamining the heck out of...
Half a million people played Albion Online in April, so its studio is hiring again
Blizzard is far from the only company making bank thanks to millions of gamers stuck at home sheltering from the pandemic right now. Sandbox...
En Masse celebrates TERA’s eighth birthday with supercute dragon baby pets
May is TERA's anniversary month - on PC, specifically - and En Masse is now rolling out the red carpet for the next few...
MMO fan creates an infographic to help you choose a game
With such a wide field of MMORPGs out there, it may be pretty daunting to figure out where to start -- or where to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best Necromancer class?
Do you like to play with dead things? Heck, who doesn't? It's one of the most well-adjusted activities that any person can do while...
The Stream Team: Learning the story of EverQuest II’s Luclin
For weeks Massively OP's MJ has been denied her showdown, so this week she will just focus on EverQuest II's Blood of Luclin signature...
Wurm Online fixes a number of weird bugs in its latest patch
The most recent patch to sandbox MMO Wurm Online is mostly all about improving the game and crushing bugs, which is all well and...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2020: Blizzard MAUs flat at 32M, but revenue jumps ahead of Shadowlands
It won't surprise you, given the current global health crisis, that a large portion of Activision-Blizzard's first quarter revenue report and conference call focused...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 270: Words of Warcraft
Justin and Bree discuss Age of Conan, Defiance, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, and COVID-19 delays, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, and mailbag topics on Blizzard and freeform character building.
