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The Daily Grind: What made you leave the last MMO you quit?
The last few years, I think I've had a healthier relationship with MMOs, chiefly because I've pressured myself less into playing things I knew...
Path of Exile previews improvements to map boss fights coming with the Legion update
Taking on big, scary bosses in Path of Exile is pretty much par for the course. Some of those boss fights are looking to...
The MOP Up: Conan Exiles pops its god bubbles
Bubbles. They are marvelous things that thrill children, turn gum into an art form, and apparently ward off evil barbarians from being naughty. Of...
RuneScape: Banks are bettered, RuneFest approaches, and Old School gets better support
There's a lot buzzing and swirling about in RuneScape's neck of the woods, so let's catch up with this long-running title. In fact, that...
Global Chat: Catching the WoW Classic fever
You've got the fever, she's got the fever, everyone's got the fever for WoW Classic these days! The launch announcement and beta testing has...
One Shots: Armed and fabulous
Last week I invited Massively OP's readers to share pictures showing off faction pride in some way, shape, or form. But who knew it...
Wurm Online is about to preview its big May 30 update
Venerable MMORPG sandbox Wurm Online is gearing up for an update on May 30th, and while we don't have complete patch notes yet, we...
LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO does Lord of the Rings justice
Oh. Oh no you didn't, Kotaku. You didn't just sit there, scratching your head for an easy post, and then write up an essay...
The Daily Grind: How far behind are you in your MMO’s main storyline?
From LOTRO to FFXIV, from Guild Wars 2 to SWTOR, the backbone of the modern solo MMORPG experience is the main storyline. And whether...
Conan Unconquered slides its release date ahead a day to May 29
Well, this is a pretty different sort of release date adjustment. Conan Unconquered has decided that Thursday, May 30th, is just too round a...
TERA has officially moved over to the En Masse launcher on PC
TERA isn't moving anywhere by itself, but its launcher has changed. The game has moved from its dedicated launcher to the En Masse launcher,...
Crowfall’s three-week Maeve campaign has begun as ArtCraft releases new War Stories video
The Trial of Maeve has begin for Crowfall following last weekend's Kierlan campaign. Maeve, however, runs much longer: through June 12th, with no reset...
The Stream Team: Little Shop of Oddities in AdventureQuest 3D
Is it odd? Weird? Totally off-the-wall? Then chances are Massively OP's MJ will like it! And AQ3D has just opened a shop that basically...
WoW Factor: Crazy speculation on turning back the clock for World of Warcraft
There's a game I like to play - wait, no, that's a lie. There's a game IÂ do play called "Oh, I Made Myself Sad."...
WoW Classic schedules a two-hour make-up stress test next Wednesday
It's the hottest ticket in town, and it's straight from 2004. The World of Warcraft Classic beta test is drawing all sorts of attention...
Final Fantasy XIV releases job action trailer, benchmarks, and 16M player count ahead of Shadowbringers
The gates have not yet been thrown wide for Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion, Shadowbringers, but players can now see what's on the other side pretty...
Massively Overthinking: What are your favorite MMO ‘chores’?
A few months ago, The Outline ran a piece on Red Dead Redemption 2 titled I don't wanna do my video games chores, and...
Path of Exile demonstrates its new Blood and Sand melee skills
You know now that with the Legin update, Path of Exile wants you to hit things. It wants you to hit things a lot, and one...
Funcom is now working on seven new games with 15 total projects, according to Q1 2019 financials
In our Overthinking roundtable last week, MOP's Andy McAdams posted as one of his "unpopular MMORPG opinions" the assertion that "Funcom is one of...
Guild Wars 2 is planning a big overhaul of attribute-selectable gear
For a flat-progression MMO that wasn't originally designed to be heavily focused on gear, Guild Wars 2 has certainly trended that way in recent...