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GDC 2018: Rend is looking to ‘WoW’ the survival genre
I'm already old and bitter when it comes to survival games. I've killed zombies, dinosaurs, infected bears, maybe even infected dinosaurs, and people. Lots of...
GDC 2018: Game developers push for unionization in Game Workers Unite
Back in 2016, we covered the voice actors guild strike against multiple game companies in its an attempt to secure better compensation and working...
GDC 2018: Hearthstone’s Witchwood goes monster hunting
Massively OP is at GDC 2018 this year, and like Hearthstone, we're kicking things off with a bang: with monster hunting! No, not the dino-esque...
MMO designer Raph Koster reveals ‘Trust Spectrum’ research for online games
If you'll be at GDC this week (we will!), you're in for a treat, as research from MMORPG designer Raph Koster will be on...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest MMO peripheral you’ve ever seen?
Massively OP is heading to GDC this year, which means we're being deluged by PR from techware and software companies that'll be on site....
How one MMO flash game racked up 75 million players
The Bard once famously wrote, "There are more MMOs in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." And we are...
Colony MMO Seed secures additional funding
Last week we reported that Klang Games is making an interesting-looking colony survival game called Seed that is utilizing SpatialOS to create this expansive...
Seed lets you build your own colony using SpatialOS
Not to be confused with the extremely short-lived 2006 sci-fi title of the same name, Â Klang Games' Seed is an upcoming MMO where players...
Greg Street discusses balancing League of Legends for all skill levels
How do you balance a video game? It's kind of an ongoing question, but it's also one that Greg Street (aka Ghostcrawler) has been...
Massively Overthinking: It’s the end of The Secret World as we know it
I think I can speak for most of our staff in saying that in November when Funcom first promised a "major upgrade to both retention and...
Chronicles of Elyria recaps development over the month of March
It's been a busy time for Chronicles of Elyria as the development team has worked on putting together a portion of the game to...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Lothgar Online, Little War Online, Age of Rivals
When I add news to our newsroom for our reporters to pick up, I often add links that just say "such-and-such a game exists"...
Snag an AQ3D ‘GDC blade’ from Artix and Massively OP
Back at GDC, AdventureQuest 3D whipped up a special in-game sword for folks who stopped by the booth: the GDC Blade. But as Artix's...
Conan Exiles on this week’s patch, The Purge, and a ‘partial wipe’
DualShockers has a new interview out with Conan Exiles' Joel Bylos. It's from GDC, but it's still worth a look given that it includes...
League of Legends on LGBT representation and pro team mistreatment allegations
League of Legends will probably introduce non-straight characters eventually, a new interview on Polygon with Riot Games' Greg Street suggests. The publication asked Street...
The Stream Team: An AQ3D afternoon with Artix in Ashfall
Did someone say story? AQ3D recently released its big Ashfall update, the game's first big story-driven saga, and you know Massively OP's MJ is...
No Man’s Sky reaches 1M players in its Foundation era
Love it or hate it, No Man's Sky was the buzz around the video game water cooler last year. And while the space exploration...
Funcom shares its future plans for Conan Exiles from the GDC show floor
It's full speed ahead for Conan Exiles development this year, with no plans to slow down the game's pace over the next several months....
Conan Exiles previews 2017 plans, throws shade on early access abusers
Though it's fun for the broader industry, GDC has been a bit of a dud for our genre for years now. If you're willing to...
Pokemon Go: Japan’s snorlax event, gyms, PvP, and trading
Despite what I may think, Niantic is still calling Pokemon GOÂ an MMO at GDC 2017.
Senior Product Manager Tatsuo Nomura referred to it as one...
