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H1Z1 struggles to counter rapid player strafing
Well here is something that we learned today: the meaning of ENAS. If you're not deep into the PvP shooter scene, the East North...
Trademarks, copyrights, and patents: What they mean for you and for video games
Has the pace of news moved so quickly that we've already forgotten about Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene's statement that video games lack any IP copyright...
The Daily Grind: Is ‘naming-and-shaming’ MMO cheaters a good idea?
Last week on Reddit, an EVE Online player begged CCP to organize a wall of shame for botters - essentially an online list of...
Just Survive wipes and starts over for the sake of ‘fair play’
Yes. There is indeed a yeti with a sniper rifle in the header. Let us all pretend that he doesn't exist and he might...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2018
This is, bar none, the column I hate doing most on a regular basis. None of the games I highlight in here is something...
Steam’s best-selling 2017 games include ARK, Warframe, and H1Z1
With 2017 officially over and done, Steam's taking a moment to report on its best-selling games over the course of the whole year. While...
Perfect Ten: 20 multiplayer games to watch in 2018
A couple of weeks ago I covered 20(ish) MMORPGs that we are looking forward to seeing develop, test, and launch in 2018. But as...
Lizard Squad leader convicted for 2014 cyberattacks on H1Z1 and John Smedley
You do the cybercrime, you do real world time. Cast your mind back to 2014 and 2015, when a hacker group called Lizard Squad...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2018
With 2017 drawing to a close and 2018 rushing up to meet us, the Massively OP team has regrouped for another round of bold...
The MMOs of the Steam winter 2017 sale
Another December, another Steam sale to entice you to spend money on games you don't have time to play just to have them for...
Massively OP’s Winter Holiday 2017 guide!
It's that time of year again where the airwaves of certain radio stations are clogged with the same songs from the 1950s, television broadcasts...
Just Survive plugs in anti-cheat measures and performs server wipe
Watch out, evil-doers: Just Survive is coming for you. The zombie MMO patched in a slew of new anti-cheat measures this week to keep...
The developer of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds laments the lack of video game IP protection
Did you know that there's no real IP protection for video games? We didn't know that either; we seem to recall a lot of...
H1Z1 preps first-ever free week and holiday outfit
Ever been curious about original-flavor H1Z1 and its battle royale sauce? You can try it out without having to drop any money during the...
H1Z1 will be called King of Survival when Tencent ports it to China
This week's rumor that Tencent may be porting Daybreak's H1Z1 eastward has proven true, as the Chinese megacorp and Daybreak announced late last night...
Tencent may be bringing H1Z1 to China
The easiest way to ensure that no one is really fighting over who gets to be at the top of the battle royale genre...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO stories of 2017
One thing you can say for the MMO industry: It never ceases to surprise all of us. No matter what predictions we may make...
Betawatch: Moonlight Blade is defying gravity (November 24, 2017)
For those of us in this part of the world, this has been a quiet week of little news, because, well... Thanksgiving. (That is,...
Just Survive gives players a choice of maps, hands out free reward crates
Just Survive, the H1Z1 castoff that is looking to... just survive, made a bold play this week with a significant update to some of...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2017
Stately resting between the gaudy purple and orange of Halloween and merry red and green of Christmas is the earth tone-saturated Thanksgiving. While no...