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The Stream Team: My first melee in honor of Path of Exile’s Legion launch
Massively OP's MJ has never played a melee class in Path of Exile, but in honor of the mega melee revamp in today's launch...
Final Fantasy XIV details the quality-of-life improvements on the way for Shadowbringers
A lot of big improvements have arrived in Final Fantasy XIV to make Shadowbringers more fun to play. But there are also a lot of little improvements...
Bless Online’s western version will sunset on September 9
Yesterday, we covered the news that Bless Online was sunsetting in Japan, leading many of us to wonder whether the Steam version live in...
Path of Exile’s Legion league is now live and launched – and hitting record concurrency
Here's the bad news: Path of Exile is offline for the next three hours. But there's good news too, and that's that when the...
Into the Super-verse: Why didn’t Champions Online do better?
A while back I was flipping through the backlog of my personal gaming blog, looking at the history of my gaming trends, particularly in...
The ArcheAge consumer lawsuit against Trion Worlds is still inching onward
It seems weird to be writing about Trion Worlds again, but here we are. MMO players will recall that back in 2015, three gamers...
Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?
Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Wandering Wraeclast: Bring on more Path of Exile super league of leagues
I am not sure how everyone else felt about the special Synthesis super league in Path of Exile these past few weeks, but I...
Bless Online’s Japanese server is sunsetting in August
It looks like yet another version of Bless Online is calling it quits, as the Japanese server admins announced yesterday it'll close down that...
The Stream Team: Double your dose of adorable with MapleStory 2’s expansion
When a cynical world bites, what can you do? You get an antidote! Massively OP's Chris and MJ are looking for a double dose...
Interview: Astellia’s westernization covers everything from monetization and VO to dodging and grouping
It seems as if every time we write about incoming MMORPG Astellia, confusion over its guiding principles dominates the ensuing discussion. One of those...
Blade & Soul previews the item changes arriving with its next major patch
When the next major Blade & Soul patch arrives on June 19th, Skyforge and Shadowforge weapons are getting cheaper to upgrade, so players getting ready...
Blizzard cans another secret game after two years of development, this one a StarCraft shooter
Add another game to Blizzard's development graveyard.
According to Gamespot, the World of Warcraft studio decided to cancel an unannounced game project that has been...
Runes of Magic sings you a song of a music festival
Returning to a former MMO may be like picking up an old song and learning the notes all over again. Maybe you haven't set...
Classic MapleStory’s new Pathfinder class is officially launching June 26
Classic MapleStory knows that you secretly want to be Legolas but cool, and it's giving your heart what it desires most: the Pathfinder class....
Desert Oasis: Comparing Black Desert and Blade & Soul’s design philosophies
One of my favorite MMO stories is how I got into Black Desert in the first place. It was right after I tried out...
World of Warcraft clarifies Battle for Azeroth season timeline, still no date for Rise of Azshara
I don't know why since I'm not even going to play it, but not knowing when Rise of Azshara is launching for World of...
Perfect Ten: SNES games that would have made for amazing MMORPGs
I think many of us hold a fond nostalgic torch for a specific console or computer that meant a lot to us growing up,...
Path of Exile drops patch notes and a walkthrough of 3.7.0 Legion’s big changes
Grinding Gear Games' MMOARPG Path of Exile is launching its Legion expansion next week, which means the studio is cranking out info ahead of...
Black Desert has launched Star’s End, a brand-new quest zone, for PC players
It sounds like it ought to be a cantina in a galaxy far, far away, but nope: Star's End is a major content drop...
