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Vitae Aeternum: Previewing New World’s Brimstone Sands, leveling revamp, greatsword, and more
New World is gearing up to unleash its largest patch since launch, and members of the press were recently invited to a virtual event...
Mad World opens up applications for its upcoming September 15 closed beta test
While grimdark horror multiplayer ARPG Mad World will apparently launch as a permanent open beta, there's going to be at least one closed beta...
The Secret World’s tabletop RPG sourcebook heads to Kickstarter in October
Last November we caught wind of the creation of a tabletop RPG game based on the long-neglected MMO The Secret World, which got the...
Requiem Online’s reboot goes live amid crashes, confusion
The latest iteration of the post-apocalyptic horror MMO Requiem Online went live yesterday, although you might have been hard-pressed to notice due to its...
Massively Overthinking: The most unusual subscriptions in the MMO space
A while back on the MassivelyOP Podcast, so long ago that I can't remember who or when, a listener asked us about unusual MMO...
Mad World’s Gamescom trailer delves into chaotic gameplay
"Despite endless despair, there is hope," proclaims Mad World's latest trailer. But is that hope endless too? Because players are going to need a...
Monstrum 2 is an asymmetrical multiplayer spook-em-up leaving early access on September 6
Fans of multiplayer asymmetrical titles with one player being a killer and the others being potential targets is something of a sub-genre all its...
Massively Overthinking: The real-world value of MMOs
A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a wildly contentious - one might even say transparently provocative - thread declaring that "f...
New World shares a lore post as players raise $2300 for St. Jude’s in a player-run fishing tournament
New World has a story to tell its players. A story about two enterprising pirates seeking the Heart of the Ocean - a jewel...
Trove’s Lunar Plunge brings back the battle against the minions of Q’bthulu until August 23
Eldritch horror that are boxy and colorful are still eldritch horrors, so players of Trove are going to want to perhaps handle the matter...
Requiem Online’s reboot opens its haunted house for pre-registrations
It was just a couple of years ago that we were asking, "Whatever happened to Requiem Memento Mori?" The bloody horror MMORPG launched in...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are better with fewer people playing?
In Tyler's longform piece on The Secret World a while back, he said something that leaped out at me: that the game isn't really...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming some more solo Secret World nightmare missions
MJ and Chris are back at the OPTV Drive-In for another Backseat Streaming show! This time, they're back in The Secret World taking in...
The Game Archaeologist: The origins of Blizzard, Mythic, Funcom, SOE, and BioWare
A good origin story always captivates me, especially when it gives me a new perspective on something I've come to appreciate over the years....
Fight or Kite: Love vampires and battle royales? Here’s what Bloodhunt brings to the table
The latest entrant into the world of BRs comes from the World of Darkness series Vampire: The Masquerade. Even though I’ve played a number...
One Shots: Songs for a sinking ship
Maybe it's just me, but whenever I see a screenshot with a Dutch angle, I naturally assume that either a ship or the entire...
The Stream Team: Celebrating The Secret World’s 10th anniversary
That feeling when a game that is is "dead" is still more fun to play than many live ones! Massively OP's MJ has made...
Why I Play: What keeps me coming back to The Secret World
Now and then I'll allude to being the weirdo who's still playing The Secret World -- not Secret World Legends, but the original. I've...
Secret World Legends holds its anniversary event while a livestreamer hosts his own event for TSW
It's time once again for the anniversary event of Secret World Legends to shuffle along for another year. Those who have experienced anniversaries past...
NetEase’s Once Human throws players into a ‘weird’ post-apocalyptic survival situation
Just because the world as you know it has ended doesn't mean it has to be any less fun. In fact, it can even...
