fantasy
PSA: Level up your Black Desert Shai by July 24 for serious in-game rewards
As I write this, I'm scrambling to get my Black Desert Shai leveled up to 58. Why? Well if you get your Shai to...
The Stream Team: Listen to a little of Lord of the Rings Online’s annual Weatherstock
Last week offered a taste of the famed annual Weatherstock concert in LOTRO, and now you can experience the main show! Massively OP's MJ...
Storyboard: Never forget that all MMO lore is made up
Let's take a trip back to the dewy slopes of June 2006, when Chris Metzen addressed the question of how the lore of the...
Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce departs the studio
When Blizzard Entertainment was created in 1991, three men were at the center of this new venture: Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce....
The Daily Grind: What MMO challenge took you the most tries to beat?
There's kind of a running joke of sorts that happens in most MMO dungeon PUGs that I've seen, where a group will tolerate exactly...
TERA’s Antiquities update next week comes with a solo scavenger hunt
The next episode of TERA's Skywatch rollout is launching next week on July 23rd, and it's called Antiquities, so you can probably already guess...
Aion news: Mobile gets XP gifting, EU previews the Painter for 7.0, NA celebrates summer
Welcome to a big chunky bundle of Aion news! The mobile and PC versions of the game all look to be extremely busy recently;...
Lost Ark is launching the Assassin class for Korean players on July 31
Still watching Lost Ark develop across the pond with hunger in your heart, hoping it'll come this way? Yeah, we are too, especially as...
Gloria Victis previews mounted combat, freebuilding, and guild improvements
Gloria Victis developer Black Eye Games popped on the MMORPG subreddit this morning with some interesting news about the game's development, specifically a "huge...
Some Assembly Required: A Stage Reborn brings live theater to Final Fantasy XIV
There's roleplaying in MMORPGs, and then there is playing a role! We're talking pixelated actors performing live theater within a virtual world. Yes, it's...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever forgotten about an MMO character you played?
MOP's Tyler dropped an amusing remark in our work chat a while back about forgetting stuff in MMOs - in his case, an MMO...
Massively Overthinking: Revisiting sheep and wolves in MMOs
One of the meta discussions we've been having here on MOP this week has centered on PvP sandbox titles like Albion Online, specifically how...
The Stream Team: Unraveling the mystery of AQ3D’s Arcangrove Tower
Massively OP's MJ has begun to unravel the mystery of the newly opened Arcangrove Tower in AQ3D, but she's suspecting that there's either a...
Blade & Soul outlines item changes arriving on July 24
The next patch for Blade & Soul is bringing some item changes when it arrives on July 24th, including the ability to send PvP...
RIFT’s Summerfest 2019 drops surfboards, weapons skins, and masks
RIFT has not had the best run of things since Trion handed over the keys to Gamigo last year, from the premature end of...
A lawsuit against Jagex for muting a player is thrown out in five days
Let's tell a story about one Amro Elansari, a player of RuneScape who was muted for undisclosed reasons (so almost certainly involving his being...
Vague Patch Notes: Datamining, leaks, unforced errors, and messaging
So now that Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has been released, basically everyone playing the game has completely forgotten that the expansion actually prompted some...
World of Warcraft’s Classic global stress test delayed as Operation: Mechagon gets a difficulty nerf
If you were looking forward to jumping into the World of Warcraft Classic stress test next week, then I'm afraid I've got some bad...
Daybreak filed for yet another studio trademark just a week ago
Last week, we covered some odd happenings over at the MMORPG company formerly known as SOE and now known as Daybreak, and today we've...
The Stream Team: Happy second birthday, Albion Online!
What's better than a first birthday? A second! Albion Online is celebrating its second year, and Massively OP's MJ is on hand to join...