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Jukebox Heroes: The best of Ys Online’s soundtrack

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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

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Every once in a while, Hollywood releases a pair of movies from different studios at the same time that cover, more or less, the...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: The big questions we still have about World of Warcraft Shadowlands

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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

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This week, fellow Massively OP writer Justin published a post on his personal blog detailing a pet peeve with his favorite MMO. I find...
Get back.

WoW Factor: Getting hyped for World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands

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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...
Oh my.

Vague Patch Notes: Ethics, PR stunts, and the BlizzCon apology

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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

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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)

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Star Wars: The Old Republic prides itself on being a game with choices that matter. Fundamentally, one of the biggest choices a player can...
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: Battle for Azeroth was a complete waste of time

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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

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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

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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

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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...
Whee!

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.1 in review, part 1

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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...
Please love me again.

Fight or Kite: PvP games to play if you’re still boycotting Blizzard

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The past couple of weeks in the land of Blizzard have made for a wild ride. Some of us have extremely strong feelings and...
Twists.

BlizzCon 2019: When Blizzard prayed for rain and got a drizzle

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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

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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

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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)...
Oh my.

BlizzCon 2019: Here’s Blizzard’s apology for its Hearthstone esports disaster

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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...
AC/DC in the background.

BlizzCon 2019: Overwatch 2 angles toward PvE with co-op missions and hero leveling

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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

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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...

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