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Massively OP Podcast Episode 366: A blunder and a blunderbuss
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's next expansion, New World's latest patch, Gamigo's layoffs, Black Desert, and Elyon, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, GW2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on MMO longevity and volunteerism in MMOs.
Gamigo has suffered yet another round of layoffs, including some RIFT and Trove staff
We've got more bad news for fans of RIFT and Gamigo's other MMOs: RIFT's community manager, CM Vilya, announced on Discord Friday that she...
The MOP Up: Wakfu conjures up a cosmetics inventory
Wakfu's newest patch, Update 1.75, goes live this week with a cosmetics inventory, a revamped Osamodas class, an inventory search bar, and far more.
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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming hops into Elyon
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...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 365: Free Middle-earth
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's monetization shift, NCsoft's Throne and Liberty, Albion Online, New World, Elder Scrolls Online, Elyon, and ArcheAge, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on SSG support and our favorite MMO zones.
Elyon announces PvP flagging, new classes, new instances, progression system tweaks, and more
This year is apparently going to be bringing a whole bunch of content to Elyon. A video letter from the game's producer discusses new...
Elyon and ArcheAge line up huge releases for the coming months
On Thursday, Kakao hosted an informative livestream in which the studio revealed some major updates coming to both Elyon and ArcheAge in the near...
Kakao is set to unveil its game showcase in today’s livestream
Kakao, the company behind MMORPGs such as Elyon and ArcheAge, is getting ready to unveil a brand-new livestream showcase this week. The studio announced...
Elyon adds new events and raises the level cap in its latest update
Badges? Elyon thinks you'll need some stinkin' badges! See, the game is giving out badges when completing the Commander's Training Field to celebrate the opening...
Fight the Woof and Meow Commanders for adorable onesies in ArcheAge’s latest event
There's a threat looming in the world of ArcheAge, its name striking terror deep into the hearts of those who have the misfortune of...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
Kakao’s Project Ares is a new MMORPG called Ares: Rise of Guardians
Kakao has this week announced yet another MMORPG, this one in partnership with studio SecondDive. According to multiple East Asia-centric gaming sites, the game...
ArcheAge addresses compensation miscalculations that zeroed out player credit balances
It flew under the radar, but earlier this week, Kakao addressed a messy situation in ArcheAge we can charitably call a credit compensation caper....
Breaking down Tencent’s extensive holdings across the video game industry
Riot Games, Epic Games, Netmarble, and Kakao. What do these companies have in common? If you said that they're all companies we talk about...
ArcheAge begins events that provide synthesis discounts, double XP and loot
The newest patch to ArcheAge is thin on content (unless you consider new marketplace items to be content), but it does have a couple...
Elyon updates its battle pass and balances classes, announces end of Spanish localization support April 6
Elyon is still online and operating, and is still getting some updates of note. Last week saw new rewards to the 1v1 arena and...
Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?
It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...
ArcheAge kicks off territory claiming and sieges on fresh start servers, reopens a limited marketplace
Today is patch day for ArcheAge, which means there are (obviously) some patch notes to highlight. This week's update is a bit on the...
Elyon completes its server merging and kicks off growth events in latest patch
Players of Elyon have known about the server merging that was coming, and right on schedule, yesterday's patch has condensed NA and EU servers...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best boats as of 2022?
In fewer than two weeks, Guild Wars 2 is getting something we've never had before in the game: boats. In fact, you might even...
