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The Stream Team: Investigating Secret World Legends’ Egypt
These Secret World Legends' investigation missions won't solve themselves! Massively OP's MJ had taken a break from completing her run-through of The City of...
Riot is launching a premium esports viewing option for League of Legends
Do you wish to be counted among the elite of esports viewership? Do you desire the prestige of delicately consuming caviar-flavored Doritos and drinking...
The Stream Team: Back to Balmorra and Belsavis for SWTOR datacrons
Last time, Massively OP's Larry and MJ actually hunted SWTOR datacrons on Balmorra instead of Balsavis. However, with the mix-up (#BlameLarry), the duo got...
RIFT just launched a mount datamined back in 2018 – and it’s in a lockbox
RIFT players' eyebrows are sky-high at the moment thanks to the addition of a new random mount in the Regulos Brooding Supply Crate lockbox...
Tencent is apparently giving up on the Western port of Honour of Kings, Arena of Valor
Here's a fun bit of statistical data for you on this Tuesday:Â Honour of Kings is literally the most successful mobile game in the entire...
Grab a World of Warships gift bundle from Wargaming in honor of update 0.8.4 and the launch of Soviet battleships
Wargaming has rolled out a big patch for World of Warships today, as update 0.8.4 introduces new Soviet battleships, a new unique historical commander,...
Dauntless attracts over 6 million players in the first week following its official multi-platform launch
It's been only one week since Phoenix Labs' free-to-play monster-hunting MMORPG Dauntless officially launched on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, but in that...
The Stream Team: Shooting through Path of Exile’s Synthesis super league
Last week, Massively OP's MJ finally took a look at the Synthesis Super League in Path of Exile, and she was sorry she waited...
Path of Exile answers some of the frequently-asked questions about the Legion league
The bell tolls for Path of Exile's melee in its upcoming league, but it's the celebratory sort of bell. According to the latest set of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 222: A good EVEning to be invaded
Brendan joins Justin and Bree for a sponsored segment on EVE Online's upcoming expansion and Fanfest world tour, plus news from FFXIV, Dauntless, Astellia, Black Desert, and DCUO, with mailbag topics on Old School RuneScape and MMO cinematic trailers.
New MMO Starbase pretty much sounds like EverQuest Next in space plus robots
Finnish developer Frozenbyte just dropped a brand-new MMO on the Steam store: It's called Starbase, and it's set to launch into early access "later...
Warframe of Mind: Should Digital Extremes ditch RNG in endgame loot drops?
Here's a question for you: Should a game that eschewed random loot boxes at the request of players use RNG loot drops for rare...
City of Heroes: Community harassment ramps up as Homecoming counts 91,000 players
What should have been a fun Memorial Day weekend in Paragon City turned into nightmares for some members of the City of Heroes rogue...
The Daily Grind: Is the esports bubble about to burst?
Last week, Kotaku put up a compelling piece about the online gaming industry's obsession with esports - specifically, how the esports bubble is about...
Not So Massively: StarCraft II co-op is one of online gaming’s greatest hidden gems
Between the disappointment of the current World of Warcraft expansion, the abandonment of Diablo III, and other... unpleasantness, I find my lifelong fandom of...
Aion: Legions of War promises to pump up PvP while also delivering co-op action
Aion: Legions of War, the mobile spin-off of NCsoft's high-flying MMO, has been a busy bee since its release earlier this year. NCsoft recently...
Path of Exile previews improvements to map boss fights coming with the Legion update
Taking on big, scary bosses in Path of Exile is pretty much par for the course. Some of those boss fights are looking to...
The MOP Up: Conan Exiles pops its god bubbles
Bubbles. They are marvelous things that thrill children, turn gum into an art form, and apparently ward off evil barbarians from being naughty. Of...
RuneScape: Banks are bettered, RuneFest approaches, and Old School gets better support
There's a lot buzzing and swirling about in RuneScape's neck of the woods, so let's catch up with this long-running title. In fact, that...
Wurm Online is about to preview its big May 30 update
Venerable MMORPG sandbox Wurm Online is gearing up for an update on May 30th, and while we don't have complete patch notes yet, we...