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Daybreak, Cryptic, City State, Frontier, and more MMO studios affected by worldwide pandemic shutdowns
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make itself felt, we've got another quick roundup of news relevant to MMO players.
First, we've...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot widens its F2P doorway
St. Patty's day is alive and kicking in Dark Age of Camelot through next Wednesday, but the big news here is that Broadsword is...
Coronavirus roundup: Blizzard, free APB Reloaded, EA esports, HPWU, and how your PC can help humans win
Feel pretty surreal to be reporting on a global crisis like the coronavirus in our indie pages here on MOP, but it affects everyone...
Coronavirus roundup: EGX Rezzed, Pokemon Go, and using MMOs to learn from home
We're capping off an odd week of coverage here in our little corner of the online gaming world, as even those of us who've...
Roblox gets timey-wimey with Doctor Who cross-promo
I'm not actually sure how much overlap between the audiences of Roblox and Doctor Who fandom there really is, but maybe that's the point...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best type of MMO class for hiding scrubs?
Last week, the MOP staff were idly chatting about the early days of MMO, when one of us (who shall remain nameless!) mentioned being...
For Science: Academics blast APA’s updated resolution on games and aggression
My Twitter feed was on fire about three things today: politics, coronavirus, and violence in video games. The last entry there is all because...
The Daily Grind: What one thing in an MMO do you wish devs would delete instead of fix?
The house I live in borders a park on the back, which means I can look out my kitchen window and see a zillion...
Massively Overthinking: What one piece of knowledge would you like to impart to new MMO gamers?
A while back, I was reading on a non-MMO subreddit some comments from some younger people that made my head spin: They were informing...
Roblox is worth $4 billion now, clocks over 115 million monthly users
Hey, you know what's worth $4 billion these days? It's not your Magic: The Gathering collection, that's for sure. No, it happens to be...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 260: New World needs new ideas
Justin and Bree discuss Project Nova, Final Fantasy XIV, PAX East and the coronavirus, WoW subs, New World, and Daybreak, with mailbag topics on positive MMO stories, rogue servers, binge listening, and sandboxes.
Into the Super-verse: How City of Heroes welcomed me into MMOs
As we approach the first anniversary of City of Heroes' revival on the rogue server circuit, I wanted to take this opportunity to share...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What Eye of the North means for Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga has so far been filled with plenty of nostalgic callbacks to the original Guild Wars’ Eye of the North...
The MOP Up: Outlaws of the Old West wipes its servers
The survival sandbox that brought you Bigfoot (for some reason) is now triggering a region-wide apocalypse. OK, it's just a server wipe for Outlaws...
Massively Uplifting: Saving lives and wildlife, studios and gamers start 2020 with compassion and charity
A new year has begun, and many folks are looking ahead to a better 2020. And who might be making it better? Gamers! Many...
WoW Factor: Oh no, Visions of N’zoth is real bad
Based on a wholly informal poll based on what's going around the community right now, I've compiled most of the agreed-upon positives for the...
The Stream Team: To the rescue in AdventureQuest 3D
Storytime in AQ3D continues! The mayor of Darkovia, Gottfried Granemore, needs Massively OP's MJ to rescue his children, who were kidnapped by the vampires...
GTAO, Apex Legends, Warframe, and H1Z1 are among PlayStation’s most-downloaded games of 2019
One of the frustrations we always have when reporting on playerbase size in the MMO industry is that the console market is way more...
CNBC runs down the debate of violent video games and their effect on gamers
Yes, we're back on this again. The subject of video games, violent content, and their affect on players is arriving once more, this time...
World of Warcraft botches its third Battle for Azeroth PvP season
"Oops" is not something you want to hear from your surgeon, your kids in another room, or your MMO development team. But an "oops"...
