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Massively OP Podcast Episode 225: The slash and burn of Amazon Game Studios
Justin and Bree discuss E3, Black Desert, Warframe, Last Oasis, Amazon, New World, Ship of Heroes, SWG Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag questions on monetizing character costuming and beating bad launch dead horses.
Recapping Black Desert’s massive E3 and Heidel Ball announcements
I said this morning that I thought Black Desert stole the show for E3 players - apart from the Phantasy Star Online 2 announcement,...
The Daily Grind: What was the best MMO-ish reveal or announcement of E3?
Another E3 has rolled in and rolled out, and it wasn't the worst E3 we've seen in recent years at all. In fact, insofar...
Black Desert’s new hot air balloons are a boon for explorers
Ya know, we might have forgiven Pearl Abyss and Kakao if they'd decided to phone it on on this week's Black Desert update. This...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 224: Black Desert, Bless Online, and boats
Carlo, Bree, and Justin discuss Black Desert, Bless, Phantasy Star Online 2, E3, LOTRO, SWTOR, GW2, POE, City of Heroes, and boats.
E3 2019: Black Desert announces Great Expedition expansion and adorable Shai class
Black Desert brought the good stuff to fan con Heidel Ball this weekend thanks to a slew of announcements about new content inbound for...
Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?
Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Desert Oasis: Comparing Black Desert and Blade & Soul’s design philosophies
One of my favorite MMO stories is how I got into Black Desert in the first place. It was right after I tried out...
Black Desert has launched Star’s End, a brand-new quest zone, for PC players
It sounds like it ought to be a cantina in a galaxy far, far away, but nope: Star's End is a major content drop...
Kakao and Netmarble both bid for a controlling stake in Nexon last week
Our days of playing the fun "who's buying Nexon this week" game are quickly coming to a middle as apparently the auction has finally...
One Shots: Larger than life
If there is one thing that MMORPGs are able to do regularly and impressively, it is to give us a sense of massive scale....
TERA Classic is heading to mobile devices in South Korea over the summer
Oh what a tangled web we weave when we are TERA, apparently. You see, while the mobile version of the title, TERA M, is running under...
Black Desert serves up better guild and attendance rewards as BDO on Xbox launches Awakening
The team that works together stays together, and you can't work with anyone if you don't log in to start with. Black Desert Online wants...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 222: A good EVEning to be invaded
Brendan joins Justin and Bree for a sponsored segment on EVE Online's upcoming expansion and Fanfest world tour, plus news from FFXIV, Dauntless, Astellia, Black Desert, and DCUO, with mailbag topics on Old School RuneScape and MMO cinematic trailers.
Choose My Adventure: The Agent, the Eagle, and the Sith in Star Wars The Old Republic
Things have come to a head in my Star Wars: The Old Republic adventure, and it all wrapped in rather neat fashion for the...
Massively Overthinking: What are your favorite MMO ‘chores’?
A few months ago, The Outline ran a piece on Red Dead Redemption 2 titled I don't wanna do my video games chores, and...
Desert Oasis: In praise of the charmingly chaotic Black Desert community
One of my favorite dishes is dinuguan (dinu-goo-ahn). It's a pork dish covered in a sauce with the consistency of curry and the dark...
Black Desert’s Underwater Ruins expansion is live today, with Star’s End planned for June 5
As promised, Black Desert's western PC version is under water this week, literally, thanks to the Underwater Ruins expansion that's just washed ashore as...
Massively Overthinking: Unpopular MMORPG opinions
Unpopular opinions: We all have them. In fact we have so many that it's a straight up meme. This week's Massively Overthinking is one...
Black Desert Online offers up a new poacher to hunt while starting a guild attendance event on Xbox One
Who wants to go beat the snot out of a very specific poacher in Black Desert Online? The game's newest patch adds in a poacher...