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Elite Dangerous players rediscover a unique gas giant that has been missing for seven years
How do you miss a planet? Pretty easily, to be fair, especially when the original discoverer didn't wite down how it was found. This...
Vague Patch Notes: The perils of comparing MMOs to each other
So the other day I read perhaps the worst Tower of Fantasy review I could have possibly read. It was most certainly not the...
EVE Echoes launches a Project Discovery science initiative, EVE Online preps for next Alliance Tournament
Regular players of EVE Online are likely very familiar with the game's Project Discovery "citizen science" initiatives that let players help out scientific research,...
Star Citizen begins its Ship Showdown, promises a roadmap update and new mission feature details this week
Fans of Star Citizen who have strong opinions about the game's various spaceships can now argue over the matter in the game's annual Ship...
The Daily Grind: Is the MMO genre thriving in scarcity?
I want to talk about the MMO genre in the meta sense for a sec this morning. Every time I see another game pivot...
Here’s how Star Citizen’s in-development kart racing tracks work – from the dev who designed them
Like it or loathe it, Star Citizen is getting kart racing, and response to this reveal has been so impressive that this week's Star...
Elite Dangerous confirms PC’s 4.0 version will still have a split between Horizons and Odyssey owners
In the beginning of August, Elite: Dangerous detailed the code merging happening for PC players, which would effectively move PC pilots to a version...
Whatever happened to The Repopulation? (2022 Edition)
A few weeks back, I was working on a column that includes a reference to The Repopulation, and I realized I hadn't heard anything...
The Game Archaeologist: MegaWars, the Star Trek online sim from the ’70s
When we look at the early days of online computer gaming, it shouldn't be a surprise that the geeky crowd that was working on...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases pilot and player city updates, counts almost 20K new player houses in 2022
It's been a relatively quiet summer for the Star Wars Galaxies rogue servers, but that's only because devs are heads-down working on fall updates....
Star Citizen’s latest video shows progress on ships, salvage, and new UI elements
The newest weekly video out of Star Citizen is once again an all sprint report episode, which runs through several smaller progress reports and...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming’s exposé on SWG crafting and decoration
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...
Elite Dangerous’ David Braben steps down as Frontier CEO into president role
David Braben, founder and CEO of Elite: Dangerous developer Frontier Developments, is going to be switching roles as he steps down as CEO and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 384: The World of Warcraft we’ll never see
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard's financials, the canceled WoW mobile MMO, LOTRO remastered, the Riot MMO, and Legends of Aria's monetization, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and Fallout 76, plus a voicemail wishing for an MMO amnesia button.
Elite Dangerous applies several fixes and closes the Azimuth Saga with a literal bang in today’s Update 13
Elite: Dangerous has released its newest update to the sandbox today, and it went off like a firework in a narrative sense. The actual...
Star Citizen shows off how it makes visual effects during its latest developer livestream
A spaceship sandbox like Star Citizen has got to have all sorts of flashy visual effects. After all, why bother having sexy spaceships and...
Elite Dangerous Update 13 launches tomorrow as the Azimuth Saga’s end draws near
Update 13 of Elite: Dangerous is on the way tomorrow, releasing on Tuesday, August 9th, and with it will release the final piece of...
EVE Echoes’ second anniversary adds a new enemy group and an implant system, preps for an August 19 parade
This week marks two years since the release of EVE Echoes, the alt universe mobile edition of EVE Online, and the devs are celebrating...
Global Chat: Is Phantasy Star Online 2 a shallow MMO?
In a recent post on trying out Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, blogger Virtual Bastion made the observation that the MMO offered "slick...
One Shots: I’m lost in her eyes, send help
Today we need to issue a serious warning about our first One Shots: Those who scroll to the full color image may find themselves...
