Disambiguation:
– Final Fantasy XI, an MMORPG released in 2002
– Final Fantasy XIV, an MMORPG released in 2010 and re-released in 2013
– Final Fantasy series, a series of video games that began in 1987
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2020 saw lots of Fortnite coverage, retweets for FFXIV, and nearly half of global market value in mobile
If you like to look back at the year in gaming through data in infographic form, then your favorite post is here. GamesIndustry has...
Final Fantasy XIV presents the man behind the design of the game’s official websites
A lot of members of the Final Fantasy XIV team are pretty well known at this point to the game's community, but there are...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2021
Really, there's only one valid resolution for 2021: make it suck less than 2020.
That aside, it's customary to ask the Massively OP writers to...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMORPG of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMORPG of the Year, which was awarded to Elder Scrolls Online last year.
Longtime...
The Stream Team: Merriment and Miqo’tes in FFXIV’s Starlight Celebration
What cat doesn't like Christmas? Or, in this case -- what Miqo’te? The Starlight Celebration is underway in FFXIV, and Massively OP's Chris and...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Expansion of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Expansion of the Year, which was awarded to Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2020 was better than expected, worse than planned
Here's something interesting to consider in the abstract: Bereft of any further outside context and looked at purely from a content standpoint, Final Fantasy...
Heavensturn returns to Final Fantasy XIV for an oxtraordinary time
As with every year, it's time for Final Fantasy XIV to steer its course into the new year with the annual Heavensturn celebration. And...
MOP Awards: Best MMO Player Screenshots
Every Friday morning after breakfast, I crack open the comments to the previous week's One Shots column and pick the most eye-catching and interesting...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best console experience at the end of 2020?
I thought 2019 was a big year for console thanks to Black Desert's multiple console launches, but 2020 was far from shabby itself. The...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Crafting
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Crafting, which was awarded jointly to Final Fantasy XIV and EverQuest...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Music of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Music of 2020, which last year wasn't directly awarded; instead, we...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2020
With so many delays, it's a wonder that anything released this year at all! And while new patches and expansions trickled rather than flowed...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2020
It'd be spectacularly easy -- routine, even -- to look back at the year gone with derision, bitterness, and all sorts of acrid snark,...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 story
It'd be wrong to say that this patch is our first patch back on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. We've been splitting our...
Battle Bards Episode 183: Theme parks
This episode is your ticket to the greatest amusement park experience known to gamers! With cotton candy and ride tickets in hand, the Battle...
One Shots: Memories in crystal
We don't just take screenshots of MMOs to impress each other but to cement memories that would otherwise fade away to the ravages of...
Global Chat: Is RIFT the Volvo of MMOs?
If you're not familiar with the blog 24 Hours In, you really should be. The author takes on 24-hour challenges (not consecutively) to investigate...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2021
So... 2020 didn't go exactly as anyone planned. Our predictions for this past year were pretty janked up by that whole pandemic thing and...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Business Model
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Business Model, which we could not reach a staff consensus on...
