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Square Enix has canceled most of its Final Fantasy XIV and FFXI PAX East festivities over the coronavirus
Whether or not you think the Coronavirus scare is overblown, it's been impacting launches, ports, and conventions for the last month. The latest such...
Final Fantasy XI brings the doll festival around once more
The doll festival is back in Final Fantasy XI from February 25th to March 11th. That's it! Post over.
Wait, you need context? See, that's the...
Blue Protocol announces timing for closed beta in Japan and unveils new details in a developer video
The developers of the Bandai Namco-published anime action MMORPG Blue Protocol have put out a developer update video and it is chock full of...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival officially announced for San Diego, Nagoya, and London
The announcement of this year's Final Fantasy XIV fan festival is probably not going to shock players; after all, where else would the next expansion...
Phantasy Star Online 2’s North American Xbox One beta begins February 7
Get out your "it's happening" gifs or maybe just your "thank goodness, some good news today" signs: Sega formally put a date on Phantasy...
Phantasy Star Online 2 promises closed beta testing dates ‘soon’
Calm down, Phantasy Star Online 2 hopefuls! Why would everyone be so antsy about a lack of any firm dates for the game's closed beta...
EVE Online’s charity campaign to support victims of Australian bushfires is now live
Last week, CCP Games announced that it was reviving its PLEX for GOOD campaign specifically to raise funds for victims of the Australian bushfires...
Pokemon Go crushed it in 2019, trouncing its 2016 revenues
You folks remember 2016 when Pokemon Go absolutely blew up, right? Made a ton of money, spawned lawsuits and deaths left and right, started...
EVE Online will run a PLEX for GOOD charity campaign to support victims of Australian bushfires
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I answered an email from an Australian reader (hi Jack!) and mused on how odd it...
Wheeee Phantasy Star Online 2 is now accepting closed beta signups in North America
One of the big surprises of 2019 - and also one of the most welcome ones - was the revelation that Phantasy Star Online...
Black Desert Mobile has officially launched now around the globe
Pearl Abyss has officially done it: It's launched Black Desert on four total platforms now, three of them this year, now that Black Desert...
Dauntless lands on the Switch today with the Stormchasers update for everyone
If you had told me when Phoenix Labs first announced Dauntless three years ago that it was eventually going to be one of the...
Final Fantasy XI brings out some extra style for this year’s Starlight Celebration
Are you tired of sitting down in the most boring and tedious fashion possible in Final Fantasy XI? Do you feel your muscles clench as...
Camelot Unchained’s knockback will send your heart (and torso) soaring
Just because Camelot Unchained is switching from a weekly to a monthly developer update doesn't mean that it is skimping on the news. From...
G-Star 2019: Netmarble’s Ni no Kuni boasts five classes and a new trailer
Near the end of October, we caught wind of a mobile MMORPG based on the Ni no Kuni franchise, but there weren't alot of...
Lost Ark open beta kicks off in Russia and there’s already ways for English-speaking players to hop in
We wholly expect Lost Ark to make its way to our shores soon enough, but that certainly hasn't stopped many from getting ahead of...
The MOP Up: KurtzPel is getting a dash of Lime
KurtzPel is getting its newest hero, Lime, very soon, and to lead up to her release the game is winging a CP and AP...
Current and former Blizzard employees congratulate the Final Fantasy XIV staff on Shadowbringers
It would be perfectly accurate if you picture Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft as rivals, but if you think that means two gangs of...
Perfect Ten: Solo prequel games to MMORPGs
When studios go about making MMORPGs, risk comes along with the effect as a matter of course. The only question is how to reduce...
First impressions of Caravan Stories: More a gacha game than an MMORPG
When I was in college, my algebra professor once told me to curb my enthusiasm because inevitably, some thing or other will disappoint me....
