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The FTC commits to investigating video game lootboxes following US Senate subcommittee hearing
Readers following the long-running lootbox/lockbox debate will recall that back in February of this year, New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan, who sits on the...
Red Dead Online leaks hint at battle royale mode as beta begins for the cool kids
If you bought an Ultimate Edition of Red Dead Redemption 2, what are you doing reading this article? Go play Red Dead Online. It's...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you saw something truly heartwarming in an MMORPG?
A few weeks ago, my husband found himself in a bit of a reorienting Overwatch match. There was a young kid on chat sounding super depressed,...
The Game Archaeologist: Castle Infinity, the MMO that was literally rescued from a dumpster
In the grand history of MMORPGs, kids games seem to have it rougher than most. Developers have had a hard time cracking into that...
Nearly a third of the kids surveyed in the UK Gambling Commission’s study admitted to buying lockboxes
The UK Gambling Commission's Young People & Gambling 2018 report was released this month with disturbing statistics for the role gambling is apparently playing...
Massively OP’s 2018 gift guide for the MMO fan
Hello, readers! It's pre-holiday-shopping-season sale time again, and our sales team has put together a selection of artisanal hand-crafted MMOs and not-so-MMOs for the...
Warframe hits the Switch tomorrow – here’s the tea on migration, Fort2na, and Baruuk
One of the reasons I'm excited that my family's getting a Switch for Christmas (don't tell my kids!) is that Warframe is gonna be...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that cater to the time-limited player
Every once in a while we receive emails here at Massively OP that share a similar sentiment. Usually that boils down to, "I love...
The MOP Up: Pagan Online slams ARPGs and MOBAs together
Tack this on your list of action-RPGs to watch. Mad Head Games announced that it is developing a blend of ARPG and MOBA with...
Wizard101’s Empyrea story arc concludes in Empyrea Part 2 update
The conclusion of Wizard101's ongoing Empyrea story arc is at hand, as KingsIsle Entertainment has this week released the game's Empyrea Part 2 update,...
MassivelyOP previews the winter wonders of Warframe’s Fortuna expansion
Hey MJ, want to come play in the Fortuna snow? When Digital Extremes invited me to come get as closer look at the snowy...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you were wrong about your snap judgment of an MMO?
This weekend I finally got to dig into MapleStory 2 beyond the character creator, and I have to say my initial reaction was oh...
For Science: Why ‘screentime’ is a useless measure of media consumption
A few weeks ago, my eyes skimmed over a discussion some of our commenters were having about video game science - I can't even...
Halloween blows through RIFT, Trove, ArcheAge, Atlas Reactor, and Defiance 2050
Something sinister is brewing over at Trion Worlds, and soon the whole world will pay the price as Scott Hartsman's corgi transforms into its...
The Stream Team: Happy 6th birthday Pirate101
Six year olds love to play pirates, but Pirate101 has loved playing its whole life! And today is its sixth birthday. Massively OP's MJ...
Skyforge launches into open beta in Japan on October 11
If there's one thing Japanese people like, it's science fantasy action RPGs. (If there are two things, the other one is not having kids.)...
The MOP Up: Sony’s PlayStation 3 sunset apocalypse
Sony's decision to shut down several online servers for some past PlayStation 3 games on October 25th is shaping up to be a sunset...
Tencent is working on locking kids out of Chinese games using facial recognition tech
So add this one to your creepy dystopian nightmare-fuel bin: In the war on supposed gaming addiction, at least one corporation is hoping to...
Perfect Ten: Failed MMOs that could have succeeded with more love
Hindsight is 20/20. Unless you're blind in one eye from nostalgia, in which case hindsight is 0/20. In any case, you understand that it's...
The last remnants of Club Penguin are sunsetting, again, as Disney lays off Club Penguin Island staff
Back in 2017, Disney announced that it was shutting down kid-friendly MMO Club Penguin after 12 years of play, replacing it with a new...
