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End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs going into 2021
It is only natural that, when you are shopping around for a different MMORPG to play, to consider the health of potential play candidates....
Massively Uplifting: Giving while giving thanks as ARK, Ashes of Creation, Rainbow Six Siege, and more support charity
Around these parts, November highlights giving thanks (though no country has a monopoly on the practice!), and this past month not only gave us...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO blessings to be thankful for in 2020
There is no doubt that this has been a much more difficult year than most in many respects, almost to the point where it's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 298: The one with the chocobo
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2 Truce, Final Fantasy XIV, and Wizard 101, with adventures in New World and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on WoW marketing and our defining MMORPGs.
Global Chat: Are login rewards actually evil?
What could be evil about game studios giving out daily treats to its players? Settle back, folks, because Going Commando is going to tell you...
One Shots: Rising sun, setting slaughter
"After a short break from Final Fantasy XIV, I’m back with my /gpose addiction," reader Josh said.
Josh, you're breaking our hearts here. We thought...
Massively Overthinking: No-thank-you bites in MMO gaming
One of the things I always try to have my kids do is take a no-thank-you bite of new foods. They have to at...
Wizard101 opens the world of Karamelle and a new story arc in its latest update
I'm going to be honest, the new world that's been added to Wizard101 sounds absolutely delightful. The newest update has introduced the region of...
The Stream Team: Honey, I shrunk the survival Saturday with Grounded’s free weekend
Are you a fan of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? Are you a fan of survival games? Massively OP's MJ loves both, and she...
Not So Massively roundup: Main Assembly, Atlas, ARK, Grounded, Runeterra, and Minecraft Dungeons
We may be an MMORPG website, but we still keep an eyeball on multiplayer games that our audience is interested in. Here's a quick...
Ashes of Creation raised over $83k for Extra Life, so Intrepid’s Steven Sharif had to shave his beard
Extra Life, the charity devoted to raising funds from gamers for children's hospitals, has the motto "Play Games, Heal Kids." We may suggest adding...
The Daily Grind: What does your gaming space look like?
Oh, I'd love to have rocket recliners and popcorn dispensers at hand, but the truth is that my gaming space is pretty tame. I...
Massively Uplifting: Supporting small businesses, grieving through games, and lending helping hands
Did you go trick-or-treating? There's still time! Here, have a handful of warm fuzzies! Take some full-sized good deeds! October has been full of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best ‘affordable’ MMO?
We're fast approaching the end of 2020, which means we'll be cranking up our end-of-the-year machine with some of our recurring pieces. One of...
Massively Overthinking: Doing crimes and getting punished in MMORPGs
A couple of weeks before Dual Universe's snafu banning beta players for taking advantage of a developer's poorly permissioned structure, I saw the game's...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 guide to Halloween across the MMO world
Take a pro-tip from a Halloween gaming expert: If you shout "Bloody Mary" three times at any MMO login screen, you'll unlock a secret...
The gamer who circumnavigated the galaxy in a ship of Elite Dangerous’ own making
By god, the kids have done it: They've circumnavigated the entire galaxy in a carrier. In Elite Dangerous, that is.
According to his now much-loved...
Roblox invites kids to a virtual Halloween block party to make up for lost trick-or-treating
It goes without saying -- but I'm going to say it anyway -- that this year's Halloween isn't going to be quite normal due...
Blockchain-powered creative MMO Blankos Block Party announces closed beta for November 17 and launches founder’s packs
If you're hearing the sound of furniture being flipped from somewhere, that's evidently Bree's kids upending tables in excitement over Blankos Block Party, a...
Explaining Genshin Impact’s impact: Is it actually worth your time?
In Explaining Genshin Impact’s impact: The reinvention of gachapon, I went into the nitty-gritty of the gacha system and how it's actually pretty easy...