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Massively Overthinking: Frames of reference in MMORPGs
Last week on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a heated discussion about terminology in MMORPGs (terminology we'll probably talk about in a separate thread...
The Stream Team: Tackling ship engineering in Elite Dangerous
MOP's Chris is hopping back into the cockpit of Elite: Dangerous again, only this time he's taking on a new goal: engineering his favorite...
Perfect Ten: The best MMOs from the years before we started counting
You know what bothers me? Our annual awards recap. We always list all of the games that we've given awards to in the past,...
Almost 3000 characters broke the SWG Legends server this weekend celebrating the SOEclipse
Earlier this afternoon, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends hosted a massive event called SOEclipse, essentially the precise moment when the Legends Omega...
Star Citizen kicks off a week-long free fly event and previews Pyro’s non-combat gameplay
Star Citizen is celebrating its ships once again and using that love of internet spacecraft to pitch the game to new money players. The...
SWG Legends celebrates outliving original Star Wars Galaxies with events and a free level 90 booster
Prepare to feel the weight of time in your bones: Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is officially celebrating its "SOEclipse" tomorrow. That's...
Massively Overthinking: Do the little things make or break an MMORPG?
Earlier this year, I did a video showcasing Star Wars Galaxies Legends player city overhaul, and in it, I admitted to something silly: A...
Stars Reach begins testing this weekend as Raph Koster talks playstyle and the anti-endgame
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is continuing his weekly dev blogs about Stars Reach's intended audience this week - though he does say this one...
Perfect Ten: My 10 favorite MMO pet classes of all time
I've had to face the fact that among the MOP team, I'm in somewhat of a minority who actually likes -- nay, passionately loves...
Star Citizen shares some additional details about alpha 4.0’s jump points
While Star Citizen already talked about the two jump points that will link the Stanton system and the Pyro system together in a video,...
This is not a drill: Star Citizen ship interiors can catch fire in alpha 4.0
There are more than a few things that can go wrong while piloting a spaceship in Star Citizen, but when alpha 4.0 drops, players...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an MMORPG that limited you to just one character?
When Star Wars Galaxies originally launched back in 2003, it had a rule that was fairly peculiar for its day: Players were limited to...
Pearl Abyss Q2 2024: Equinox bolstered EVE Online revenues as Crimson Desert waits in the wings
The dog days of August bring a whole deck of financial results for companies - including MMO companies like Pearl Abyss. The Korean gaming...
Stars Reach’s Raph Koster on MMO trust, fear, and freedom: ‘We understand how nervous players are about griefing’
Regular MOP readers know that our commenters have already spilled a lot of ink about Raph Koster's in-development MMORPG Stars Reach - and he's...
The Stream Team: Back in the spaceship saddle with Elite Dangerous’ new update
Today is the day when MOP's Chris and his best friend see for themselves whether the latest update for Elite: Dangerous fixes one of...
Elite Dangerous deploys its new ship and engineering revamps in the Type-8 Update
Today is a pretty exciting day for a lot of Elite: Dangerous players (this writer included) as Frontier Developments is deploying the Type-8 Update...
Choose My Adventure: Mission runs cap off a welcoming return to Elite Dangerous
What a difference a month makes. When I first started these series of Elite Dangerous posts for Choose My Adventure, I had gone into...
Star Wars Galaxies legends teases Jedi Themepark part 2, the Endor revamp, and a chef overhaul
At the tail end of July, the devs behind rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends released a new dev blog discussing development of the...
Star Citizen takes a look at the space stations, asteroid bases, and FFA PvP of alpha 4.0’s Pyro system
Star Citizen's weekly video series is now starting to look past alpha 3.24 and towards alpha 4.0, especially the addition of the game's second...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO you wish had never been made?
Before I dig into today's Daily Grind, I want to make clear that I don't seriously wish any MMOs had never been made, not...
