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SuperData: ‘The esports market has finally hit the mainstream’
In promotional materials associated with its new paid "Esports Scoreboard," gaming anaylsis firm SuperData - known best to our audience for its monthly revenue...
Legends of Aria awakens something nasty during its final alpha
Something evil and sinister has awakened in Legends of Aria, but that is actually pretty exciting news for alpha testers seeking new challenges and...
Perfect Ten: Why no one should recommend World of Warcraft ever
Last week, MOP's Justin (friend to man and beast alike) posted his list of MMOs he would recommend people play. It was a pretty...
Dungeons and Dragons Online reveals its expansion’s head vampire
Every MMO expansion needs a great headlining villain, a character who inspires fear, dread, and most importantly of all, makes you so infuriated that...
World of Warcraft Demon Hunter solos normal Gul’dan
A Demon Hunter should be able to kill demons. That's their one job description, and so it should be no surprise that World of...
Naoki Yoshida apologizes for Final Fantasy XIV housing mess, outlines future plans
If you missed this particular bit of drama, here's the TL;DR recap. Final Fantasy XIV releases patch 4.1, which includes the new housing wards....
Final Fantasy XI’s October update improves gear purchasing and skillchains
You would think that if you've been playing Final Fantasy XI long enough to care about skillchains, you would probably have memorized the various...
PSA: Wurm Online is dirt cheap in the Humble ‘Endless RPG Lands’ Bundle
Sandbox fans, if you've never tried Wurm Online, you're about to get a pretty cheap chance, as Wurm Online - specifically, its Wurm Unlimited...
Halloween 2017: Dark and Light, Villagers & Heroes, and MapleStory
Halloween comin' at ya fast, so fast even we can't keep up.
In Dark and Light, Gobboween has descended on the gameworld. Expect prowling wolves, enchanted...
Facebook announces $199 Oculus Go, drops core Oculus bundle to $399 permanently
Facebook has announced that it's once again dropping the price of the Oculus Rift: The device-with-headset bundle will fall from $499 to $399, making...
Lord of the Rings Online reverses course on incomparable gear rollback compensation
It took 'em a day, but it looks as if Standing Stone Games is going to do the right thing for Lord of the...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online T6 Tzenkethi Shuk-din Escort or Accelerated Officer Training Pack from PWE and MOP
In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online Season 14: Emergence on PC last week, PWE has granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to raffle...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV has a serious housing problem for basically no reason
Patch 4.1 arrived in Final Fantasy XIV, and the Shirogane housing rush came and went exactly how everyone familiar with the game had been...
Crowfall’s hour-long stream previews the game’s next big patch
Testing for Crowfall is still in full swing, and that means that when you watch something like the most recent hour-long stream, you do...
Black Desert’s Wonderland-themed Halloween arrives next week
Halloween is coming to Black Desert next week! Some of the new additions are clearly inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass,...
Lord of the Rings Online drops update 21, immediately rolls back upgrades
Update 21 has arrived for Lord of the Rings Online, which means the two new dungeons that have been getting tested for the past...
Chronicles of Elyria unveils its official launch kingdoms
Monty Python and the Holy Grail forever gave us the perfect test for whether or not someone is the king: see if he's got...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.
Here’s the in-game swag you’re getting with a BlizzCon virtual ticket (including WoW mounts!)
How many of you buy the BlizzCon virtual ticket as much for the in-game swag as for the actual streams? Even if not, you're...
Neverwinter details the latest skirmish in the Swords of Chult module
So there's a merchant prince in Port Nyanzaru in Neverwinter, and wouldn't you know it, he's greedy. He's so greedy, in fact, that he...