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The Daily Grind: Have you ever gone a long period without playing MMORPGs?
I was thinking about this topic a few weeks ago when chatting with MOP's Eliot about some of our formative experiences in the genre....
One Shots: What am I looking at here?
Sometimes a screenshot ends up in my lap that I stare at for a long time and still have no idea what's going on...
Black Desert makes class adjustments on PC, changes accessory upgrades on console, revamps mobile instances
Black Desert doesn't appear to be resting on its laurels despite the game celebrating 3,333 days of life, as every version of the MMORPG...
Albion Online’s latest Crystal Raiders patch makes large scale battle-focused weapon tweaks
Players of Albion Online already know that the Crystal Raiders update has been about guild fights, but that doesn't mean things can't be improved...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert has grown so much in its 3333 days of life
Black Desert is celebrating 3333 days of operation today. That's a little over nine years, with plenty more in store. The Scholar class just...
Survival sandbox MMO Myth of Empires launches its 1.0 build on Steam today
Myth of Empires is flinging open its doors today - right now, in fact - as the sandbox survival MMO launches on Steam at...
The Stream Team: Stuck in Guild Wars 2’s Secrets of the Obscure grind
It was a case of close, but no cig... er, skyscale. Last week, Massively OP's MJ excitedly finished up all the achievements to get...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 458: PlanetSide 2 in limbo
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak selling PlanetSide, Nightingale's early access, Islands of Insight's launch, and NCsoft's financials with Guild Wars 2 and Throne & Liberty, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on features we want to see in features for Amazon's LOTR and ZeniMax's Star Wars MMOs.
Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure: The Realm of Dreams episode launches February 27
The third quarterly chunk of Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure finally has a name and a date: It's called The Realm of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG’s graphics hold up long past their due?
When Dark Age of Camelot first hit beta a million years ago, I remember being super impressed with its graphics. Up until that point,...
Reign of Guilds has begun its last playtest ahead of the ‘final sprint’ to early access
The PvP sandbox MMORPG Reign of Guilds is making its final moves before entering an early access launch, as developer Atlant Games began the...
Classic Guild Wars just count six straight years of uninterrupted uptime
One of the admirable hallmarks of ArenaNet's Guild Wars franchise is that the studio is able to deliver hotfixes, patches, and even expansions without...
Massively Overthinking: The last great year of the MMO genre
I was randomly reading an article about shitposting when I came across a phrase that haunts me. The author referred to 2015 as "what...
Guild Wars 2 previews pre-launch updates to its class weapons proliferation
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet dropped a fresh dev blog last night on V-day to herald the impending launch of the game's new weapon...
Black Desert celebrates anniversaries and Valentine’s Day on PC and console, applies minor updates on mobile
It's a season of celebration in the console and PC versions of Black Desert this week, as both MMORPGs are marking some specific anniversaries...
The Stream Team: The final steps for a Guild Wars 2 Skyscale
It has been a long road, but Massively OP's MJ is finally on the last steps to getting her very own skyscale in Guild...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends dropped a massive player city upgrade (with roads!) for Valentine’s Day
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is the home of the event we called the most cursed Valentine's Day event in MMOs as...
NCsoft Q4 2023: Guild Wars 2 is a bright spot for NCsoft as Throne & Liberty stumbles
NCsoft's Q4 2023 financials weren't the perk-up that investors surely wanted to see: The Korean gaming giant reported a 31% drop in revenues in...
The Daily Grind: Do any old MMORPGs provoke trauma for you?
A while back I fell down a rabbit hole digging into Blade and Soul NEO Classic (trying to figure out whether the NEO was...
NCsoft updates EULAs for Lineage II, Aion, and Blade & Soul as part of move to Purple
At the top of February we reported on NCsoft's decision to migrate many of its MMOs to its bespoke Purple platform, specifically affecting Blade...
