The MOP Up: Grab your Harry Potter nickname now!
When Harry Potter: Wizards Unite arrives later this year, by which name will you be known and feared? Lord Scooby? Mr. Cheddar? Fluffybutticus? The...
Global Chat: Do you think you could design a better game than World of Warcraft?
Let's be honest: We all are so egotistical and opinionated that we totally think we could design a better MMO than World of Warcraft....
Storyboard: On the art of verisimilitude in MMO roleplaying
Those of you who remember this column from Massively-that-was are invited to take a shot, as was the running joke. Because it turned out...
Lawful Neutral: The future of MMO game design in a streaming gaming world
It’s been an interesting few weeks for gaming. We saw the announcement of Google’s game streaming service, Stadia, and then Apple’s subscribe-to-access game service,...
Mobile dinosaur sandbox MMORPG Durango opens pre-registration
It's no launch date, but that date must be close: Durango, the mobile sandbox MMORPG that's not exactly full of sand but instead is...
Bethsoft has just launched Elder Scrolls Blades into mobile early access
Did not see this one coming, but in retrospect, it makes sense: The Elder Scrolls Blades has apparently just launched into early access on...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 213: FFXIV’s first world problems
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's controversial reveals, WoW level squish, Albion Online F2P, Glitch, Age of Conan, and Google Stadia, with adventures in Trove, SWG, Starmourn, LOTRO, and Rock Band, and mailbag letter on feeling perpetually behind in MMOs.
Apple reveals Apple Arcade, yet another subscription service for games
File this one under things you probably didn't ask for: At its conference today, Apple announced Apple Arcade, a multi-platform sub service "that will...
Steam plans game library and events revamp as Discord begins monetizing ‘insights’ for game devs
The battle for your game dollars and storefront participation is on, and we're not sad to see the competition heating up, finally.
At GDC this...
The Daily Grind: So, do you think Google’s Stadia will revolutionize gaming?
Yesterday's Google presentation and announcement of Stadia - and all its attendant accoutrements - set the internet as well as our staff chattering about...
Google is launching Stadia, a ‘game platform for everyone’ in a ‘new era of gaming,’ this year
In its presentation from GDC 2019 this afternoon, Google announced Google Stadia: It's not a console but a platform that will run even the...
MMO Business Roundup: Bethsoft E3, Unity+Tencent, Stray Bombay, Wargaming MMOs, and Google at GDC
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO business tidbits!
Remember last year's phenomenal Bethsoft presentation at E3? The one with not just Elder Scrolls Online...
MMO Business Roundup: Gaming inclusion, Peria Chronicles, Google, and PUBG’s Brendan Greene
Welcome to another fast roundup of MMO-related business news!
Bookmark this research study so that if ever the loud angry gatekeeping trolls of gaming are...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is basically Pokemon Go with wands and deatheaters
Today, Niantic let loose with a big blast of official details of its upcoming ARG mobile game that takes place both in our world and...
Mobile MMO AxE: Alliance vs Empire launches today
There's a new trend in reveal-to-launch-time ratio, and we can't say that's a bad thing: Having less wait between learning of a game and...
Epic Games yanks Fortnite ads from YouTube over super gross child exploitation expose
Welp, if there's anything that might finally convince Google to overhaul its horrible, awful, no-good YouTube video algorithms that somehow start you with puppy...
Get a mobile EVE-like experience with Stellar Invictus
While we are still waiting on the release of EVE Echoes, the mobile version of CCP's scifi sandbox, there is another option for those...
Mobile MMORPG Rebirth M launches in North America after aborted Kickstarter
Live today for iOS and Android is another new free-to-play mobile MMO, this one Caret Games' RebirthM. The game's been playable in Brazil since last...
Aion: Legions of War brings NCsoft’s franchise to mobile
While some of the team that built it is now looking for work elsewhere thanks to layoffs, Aion: Legions of War has released worldwide as...
Two months later, classic Ingress has better reviews than the buggy Ingress Prime reboot
When Niantic rebooted Ingress as Ingress Prime back in November, it was after a year of work effectively porting the classic MMOARPG to Pokemon Go's...
