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Vague Patch Notes: Stop taking your released MMOs back to the drawing board
This is not a column about Kingshunt, but it is. It's not a column about Crowfall or Deathverse: Let it Die or even Crucible....
Global Chat: Would Secret World have done better if it had been set in the 1920s?
Thanks to a recent piece by MMO Folklorist, I learned something that I had never known about The Secret World: Apparently, in early development...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming is dying to watch Dead by Daylight
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2022
This has been a pretty challenging year for a lot of reasons, and my 2022 in Choose My Adventure certainly didn't feel any different...
Vitae Aeternum: The uncomfortable truth of New World’s lax monetization
I have a pretty laid back approach to monetization in online games. Bar mandatory subscriptions and a few egregious outliers, I am generally fine...
Vitae Aeternum: A measured response to New World’s 2023 roadmap
When New World released its roadmap for the first half of 2023 a few days back, the initial reaction from fans was... not great....
Guild Wars 2 adds new challenge mode, new skin collection, and promised profession tweaks
Collecting skins might sound like the plot of a horror thriller, but it's actually a completely innocent activity in Guild Wars 2, at least...
The MOP Up: SWTOR spins a Bounty Hunter yarn
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it was nearly your bedtime and Star Wars: The Old Republic sat down next...
Vitae Aeternum: The storm clouds on New World’s horizon
New World has improved considerably since launch. I've had a lot of praise for the changes Amazon has made, and I'm looking forward to...
NetEase’s survivalbox Once Human readies a November beta test and projects a Q4 2023 launch window
Back in June we were aimed in the direction of Once Human, a multiplayer survival sandbox from developer Starry Studio and publisher NetEase that...
Perfect Ten: The players you’re likely to meet in MMO hell
We've all met folks in game who leave an unpleasant taste in our mouths for a long time after. With all of the good...
Krafton Q3 2022: PUBG earns ‘steady retention’ after F2P switch as the company angles to expansion
The third quarter earnings report from Krafton, aka the company that owns PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and TERA, isn't full of what one might call mind-blowing...
Vitae Aeternum: Tackling New World’s endgame as a solo player
After nearly a year of stopping to smell the roses, I finally made it to level cap in New World shortly before the launch...
Star Anvil’s Secret World TTRPG Kickstarter successfully funds with $150K raised
Secret World fans, prepare yourself for the only Secret World content you're going to get in the foreseeable future: Star Anvil Studios' The Secret...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 395: The grandma who stole Halloween
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Dragonflight prepatch, New World's fresh start, Ashes of Creation, Secret World's community mess, and AQ3D's Elvira event, with adventures in WoW, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes.
One Shots: Hamming it up for Halloween
It's that time of year again! That's right, it's National Cat Day (October 29th)! So find the nearest cat, bow deeply to it, and...
The Stream Team: Another evening with Elvira in AQ3D
What's better than an evening with Elvira? Another one! Massively OP's MJ played through the first B-horror adventures in AQ3D last week, and now...
The Secret World Classic won’t have a Halloween event this year thanks to… player feedback?
Over summer, fans of the original version of The Secret World were delighted to see the game's anniversary event activated for the first time...
Vitae Aeternum: First impressions of New World’s greatsword and world revamp
We come now to part two of my early impressions of New World's sprawling Brimstone Sands update. Previously in our Vitae Aeternum column, I...
Vitae Aeternum: First impressions of New World’s Brimstone Sands and Nightveil Hallow
It's finally here: New World has launched its fall update, and the Soulwardens of Aeternum now venture into the wastes of Brimstone Sands.
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