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Path of Exile 2 shares a gameplay overview of the Witch class in latest video
When is a necromancer not a necromancer? When it's a Witch, obviously. If you're the sort of ARPG player who takes the suggestion of...
SGF 2024: Path of Exile 2 is fun and satisfying, but it’s still no cakewalk
MJ is MOP's resident Path of Exile person, and I'm sure she'll get the core-fans some red meat once she gets her hands on...
Gamigo reopens transfer window for RIFT players on closed servers
Remember back in spring when Gamigo announced it would be merging down the RIFT servers into four remaining shards? There followed a period in...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Update 41’s new crafting event and PvP improvements
The first beta test for Lord of the Rings Online's summer content update is here, as Update 41 revved up on the Bullroarer server...
The Stream Team: SWTOR’s Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival event
Even if Massively OP's MJ cannot participate an the latest content updates like obtaining the Mandalorian war machine B3-S1 in SWTOR, she can participate...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online’s new birding hobby a flight of fancy?
My father-in-law is an obsessive birdwatcher. He took it up as a hobby a few years ago, and now he travels all over the...
One Shots: The portents of the heavens
When you look up at the night sky and everything's going nuts, it's either the end of the world as we know it or...
The Stream Team: Acquiring rubber ducky and Cosmic Raiment hats in AdventureQuest 3D
Hats off to Friday! Or for AdventureQuest 3D, it's more like hats on. This week introduces two great new hats for Massively OP's MJ...
The Daily Grind: Would you trade places with any of your MMORPG toons?
Most of my MMORPG characters do not live gentle or safe lives. My Lord of the Rings Online hobbit Hunter is constantly being set...
Massively Overthinking: If you lost your account in your main MMORPG, would you start over?
The other day, MOP's Justin came into our work chat understandably nervous because he couldn't log into his Lord of the Rings Online account;...
War Thunder and World of Tanks mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary with special missions, vehicles, and rewards
Today is officially the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the operation that saw Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, and once again the multiplayer...
Tarisland’s latest videos recap class choices and the casual Memory Maze minigame
Tencent is obviously in the home stretch for its release run for Tarisland, as it's been dropping new videos all week.
The latest is a...
The Stream Team: Star Trek Online’s Unparalleled and space cockroaches
It's all about the Borg, baby! No, not Borg babies (though they might still be cute!). Borg are just everywhere. They are really space...
RuneScape and Old School RuneScape celebrate Pride Month with colorful new capes and shark plushies
Pride Month events continue across the MMORPG landscape with another pair of celebrations happening in both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape; fans know that...
Path of Exile projects a late July release for its next expansion on PC and console
Sure, Path of Exile players are likely continuing to dig through the Necropolis league, but very soon they will have to look ahead to...
LOTRO celebrates Christmas in June, outlines major Lore-master changes
Whether you're feeling hot or cold this summer, Lord of the Rings Online has a festival for you. Today the MMO is releasing Update...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 471: A Gold Road to the promised Tarisland
Justin and Bree discuss Tarisland, Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road, Corepunk's alpha, WoW Classic Cataclysm, SWTOR, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on industry jargon, IGN's buying spree, and Embracer.
Co-op RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 readies official modding support for this fall
For a select slice of the Baldur's Gate 3 community, this fall's Patch 7 will be the update they've been waiting for since the...
Pride Month celebrations begin in DC Universe Online, EverQuest, City of Heroes, and more MMOs
The month of June is Pride Month around the world, and that means that multiple MMORPGs and multiplayer games are going to be celebrating...
First Impressions: Corepunk’s MOBA-esque closed alpha was fun – with lots of room to grow
I've got a pretty good poker face, especially when nobody can see my face. So I've been pretty subtle about my excitement for Corepunk...
