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The Daily Grind: Have you ever learned anything useful from MMOs?
Earlier this fall, my family went on a hike in our favorite spot to check out the autumn foliage, and my husband started talking...
WoW Factor: So Blizzard just lost China
Sometimes it's not fun to work in this particular industry. Not in the sense that it's horrible, but in the sense that you've written...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Before the Shadow’s new starter area and skirmish
You know that agonizingly delicious sensation of encountering an MMO drop that has so much stuff to explore that you hardly know where to...
For Science: New study finds positive association between excessive gaming and kids’ cognition
Academics offered up another good reason to play video games this past October: A new study of around 2000 kids found that video game...
Wizard101’s Novus update arrives to PTS with new region, new mechanics, and an Archmastery system
There's a pretty significant update landing in Wizard101 in the near future, but that will only happen after the content has gone through its...
Multiplayer action RTS Minecraft Legends is due to launch in 2023
It probably is not unknown to you, but just in case you were not previously aware of this fact, a lot of kids really...
Wizard101 works to correct guild and raid issues
In case you've been away from Wizard101 for a while now, you might be surprised to discover that the family-friendly MMO added guilds this...
The MOP Up: Crossout revs up a major engine upgrade
Just because the world's ended doesn't mean it can't look better. That's the philosophy of vehicular MMO Crossout, which is prepping a major engine...
Global Chat: Landing boots on WoW Classic’s Wrath shores
With WoW Classic's Wrath expansion officially out, plenty of veterans of the Northrend Wars of '08 returned for another tour of duty. Among these...
The Stream Team: Pirate101 turns 10 for Halloween!
Hitting double digits is a big deal, and Pirate101 just turned 10 today! In honor of the occasion, Massively OP's MJ is getting gussied...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs more or less than you used to?
I try - try - to live by the rule that if I wouldn't get up early to play games, I shouldn't stay up...
MultiVersus brings on its Halloween event, adds Gizmo and Stripe to its roster of fighters
The latest open beta patch for character brawler MultiVersus has a little something special for the '80s kids in its audience (or at least...
Albion Online drops goofy new trailer, apologizes for downtime
"Overly enthusiastic announcer guy shouts a game at you while making cheeseball hello fellow kids dad jokes and the whole thing sounds like a...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most challenging boss fight you’ve ever attempted in an MMO?
If you're a PvP dungeoneer or raider, you probably have at least one good story about a seriously challenging boss. I don't mean the...
One of Wizards101’s most iconic voice actors passed away last week
The passionate Wizard101 community is holding up a goblet of remembrance this week in honor of Dell Fife Aldrich, who passed away on October...
Riot Games sponsors design challenge centered on making online spaces safer
Riot Games is not a gaming company most folks in our industry would consider a paragon of community in or off the court. The...
One Shots: Hey Hobbit, what’s ursine?
Lord of the Rings Online's recent loosening of class/race restrictions is either the greatest or the worst thing that's happened to the game, depending...
Bloomberg’s Twitch report exposes a platform rife with children and predators
Bloomberg has a deeply disturbing exposé this week on Twitch that demonstrates how the streaming platform intended for video games is being used by...
Wizard101 admits the in-game alert system hijacking last weekend was an external hack
Over the weekend, we covered the bizarre news that someone was filling up Wizard101's in-game alert system with malicious text and vulgar messages attacking...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 389: Grinding out them dailies
Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge 2, WoW Classic Cataclysm, Fractured Online, LOTRO's 2023 ocean expansion, and the Wizard101 hack, with adventures in Guild Wars 2 and WoW Classic, plus meta discussion on how The Daily Grind works and how game studios handle pesky journos like us.
