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Jukebox Heroes: The best of Ys Online’s soundtrack
Stretching back to the late 1980s, the Ys role-playing series has had a long and fruitful run, with nearly five million copies of its...
Into the Super-verse: Ship of Heroes’ character creator is bare-bones yet still engaging
Every once in a while, Hollywood releases a pair of movies from different studios at the same time that cover, more or less, the...
WoW Factor: The big questions we still have about World of Warcraft Shadowlands
Remember just yesterday when I was all like, "Let's get hyped for Shadowlands, yo!" Well, here's the thing. As much as I'm genuinely excited...
Tamriel Infinium: Our biggest Elder Scrolls Online pet peeves
This week, fellow Massively OP writer Justin published a post on his personal blog detailing a pet peeve with his favorite MMO. I find...
WoW Factor: Getting hyped for World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands
That title up there isn't sarcasm, folks. I want to actually get hyped up about the next World of Warcraft expansion and talk about...
Vague Patch Notes: Ethics, PR stunts, and the BlizzCon apology
Are you all really tired of talking about ethics and Blizzard in the same sentence? I am too, but a large part of that...
Desert Oasis: Discerning the best purchases in Black Desert’s cash shop
I've always been someone who goes against the grain, and MMOs are no exception. Part of the reason I enjoy Black Desert so much is...
Hyperspace Beacon: How SWTOR added two Onslaught stories (but wrote only one)
Star Wars: The Old Republic prides itself on being a game with choices that matter. Fundamentally, one of the biggest choices a player can...
WoW Factor: Battle for Azeroth was a complete waste of time
Well, dear readers, I was totally wrong. All of you predicting that this expansion was a waste of time were right and I was...
Choose My Adventure: An intriguing and frustrating start in Citadel Forged with Fire
This one’s going to be a doozy, I can already tell.
My first arrival to Citadel: Forged with Fire was a bumpy, rough, unpleasant one....
Not So Massively: Diablo IV is going in all the wrong directions
I remain torn on whether to forgive Blizzard for its "Hong Kong liberation" fiasco. J. Allen Brack has already contradicted his own apology, but...
Massively Uplifting: Gamers and studios raise millions for Extra Life and other charities
Had enough of the tricks of October? How about some treats now that we're in November! Generous donations #forthekids were collected by gamers and...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.1 in review, part 1
I always think I can get these patch-in-review things done in one column. That never turns out to be the case. This time, though, I'm...
Fight or Kite: PvP games to play if you’re still boycotting Blizzard
The past couple of weeks in the land of Blizzard have made for a wild ride. Some of us have extremely strong feelings and...
BlizzCon 2019: When Blizzard prayed for rain and got a drizzle
So we all knew that this year's BlizzCon needed to be bigger than last year's BlizzCon. That was, on one level, not a high...
Despite BlizzCon apology, Blizzard stands behind ‘Hong Kong liberation’ suspensions
In case you missed it, BlizzCon's World of Warcraft Q&A session this afternoon was peppered with a few vocal protesters who both wore pro-Hong...
BlizzCon 2019: Mobile MMOARPG Diablo Immortal gets new content, videos, and preregistration
During this afternoon's BlizzCon Opening Ceremonies, Blizzard didn't so much as breathe the words "Diablo Immortal," in spite of multiple devs (and audience members)...
BlizzCon 2019: Here’s Blizzard’s apology for its Hearthstone esports disaster
Blizzard's Hearthstone Hong Kong fiasco was very much on our minds this morning as the Massively OP team prepared for BlizzCon, and we were...
BlizzCon 2019: Overwatch 2 angles toward PvE with co-op missions and hero leveling
It's the next evolution of Overwatch, and it's going to rock your trigger-happy world. At BlizzCon, the rumored Overwatch 2 was confirmed as a...
BlizzCon 2019: World of Warcraft officially announces Shadowlands for 2020
During this afternoon's BlizzCon Opening Ceremonies, Blizzard announced World of Warcraft's next expansion: Shadowlands.
"World of Warcraft players entering the fabled Shadowlands will find the...