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Vitae Aeternum: Five MMO tips for New World Rise of the Angry Earth newbies
With the hype around Rise of the Angry Earth, a lot of players are starting or restarting their journey in New World. In my...
One Shots: Halloween leftovers
'Tis the week after Halloween, and even as we put away our decorations (or say "whatever" and keep them up until February), the lingering...
Massively Overthinking: The ‘elements’ of MMOs
MOP reader Nibbana recently posed us a fun question: "As I play my Scrapper in Guild Wars 2, I thought to myself, man, I...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 443: Endless adventures in cyberdreams
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 Through the Veil, WoW Emerald Dream, BlizzCon 2023, Fractured early access, and Elder Scrolls Online Endless Archive, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, Fallout 76, and Garden Galaxy, plus a mailbag question on the best money sinks in MMOs!
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs as Saturday morning cartoons
My insane MMO and MMORPG thought experiments do indeed continue: Previously I considered what muffins MMO NPCs are, then I considered what flavor of...
One Shots: A night of masks and intrigues
The Princess Bride rightly taught me to be suspicious of anyone wearing a mask, which is why I keep my candy in a locked...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs could really use a PvP or PvE spectator mode?
Earlier this summer, MOP reader Stormsong Minstrel accidentally reminded me of a mechanic from classic Guild Wars that I shouldn't miss but do anyway....
Massively Overthinking: Are there any MMOs for which a spin-off mode would be welcome?
Pantheon's announcement that its developers are working on spinning out a monetized "247" extraction mode hasn't engendered a whole lot of hope for the...
The Stream Team: Mad King says check out the Stopped Clock Tower in Guild Wars 2!
What Mad King says, you do! That's just how the holiday works in Guild Wars 2. And who is Massively OP's MJ to argue?...
Guild Wars 2’s latest roadmap plots events, balance, and betas well into 2024
As we noted this morning, ArenaNet has announced Guild Wars 2's next Secrets of the Obscure chapter, Through the Veil, but as it happens...
Guild Wars 2’s Through the Veil and new zone launches November 7, followed by a weapon proliferation beta
If you take a peek at the 2023 calendar with Guild Wars 2 on the brain, you'll realize that it's been two months since...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO would actually be better if it killed its whole endgame?
Let's have some provocative fun this morning. Let's imagine that your favorite MMORPG suddenly decided to kill its entire endgame. The devs are shaving...
One Shots: Secret underwater garden
I don't know much about plants, as evidenced by all of my vegetable projects that withered and died this past summer, but I've heard...
The Stream Team: Rescuing Mabon in Guild Wars 2
Last week's work in Guild Wars 2 bore fruit: Massively OP's MJ can now follow Mabon's trail that Zizel picked up on. She just...
Guild Wars 2 introduces a ‘leisurely’ version of the Mad King’s Clock Tower for Halloween
As promised, Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King is live today across Tyria, bringing new and old content 'round for the Halloween...
EverQuest, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, and more fundraise for this year’s Extra Life push
It's the season for the annual push by gamers and game studios to support Extra Life, the charity that raises money for Children's Miracle...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best horror content?
A Friday the 13th doesn't come around in October very often, but it sure is a fun day to talk horror in MMOs. No,...
Guild Wars 2’s Halloween events return once again on October 17
"When is Guild Wars 2's Halloween event coming out?" my kids asked me last week.
"Probably not next week, or we'd already have a teaser...
The Stream Team: Mabon’s Fate in Guild Wars 2
Mabon is a mysterious figure in Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure, and now he's mysteriously vanished. After Massively OP's MJ found all...
Vitae Aeternum: Rise of the Angry Earth mounts and flail are the lift New World needed
New World's first expansion is here, although if I'm being honest it feels more like the second expansion, considering the scale of the Brimstone...
