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LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways to renew your love of Lord of the Rings Online
For a little bit of context, I have been playing Lord of the Rings Online since its beta and pre-launch period back in 2007....
Amazon’s game studio VP talks about New World’s launch and the company’s vision for future releases
Christoph Hartmann, Amazon’s vice president of games studios, has seen a lot of false starts and stumbles with Amazon Games' previous projects, but with...
Multiplayer extreme sports racer Riders Republic officially launches
After a number of delays, the time has officially come for Riders Republic, the large-scale multiplayer extreme sport racer, to officially launch on PC,...
Vague Patch Notes: The fuzzy reality of MMO expansions
So for some reason right now, I'm thinking a lot about expansions. It might be because we've got Final Fantasy XIV's next major expansion in...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPGs of all time, 2021 edition
Five years ago this week - back in 2016 - the MOP team and readers did an epic Massively Overthinking picking out their top...
Aliens Fireteam Elite promises new game modes, new kits, and new weapons in a year one roadmap
As we noted last week, things in the world of Aliens: Fireteam Elite aren't looking good, aren’t looking good, and not just because there...
WoW Classic announces the official start of Season of Mastery servers on November 16
It looks like the Season of Mastery over in WoW Classic is starting sooner rather than later. The official site has just updated announcing that...
Diablo Immortal launches closed beta today as Blizzard’s pre-investor call infodump continues
I joked to my husband this morning that Blizzard has been all over the map this week, with a critical investor call looming on...
Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons challenge mode strike missions will ‘feel like proper raid bosses’
If strike missions in Guild Wars 2 are your jam, you're going to want to take a peek at the dev blog ArenaNet's Encounters...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMORPGs you’ve already forgotten about
Not every MMORPG can remain in the spotlight forever. Time has a nasty habit of making us forget titles that used to rile up...
Elite Dangerous adds four-person multicrew, new missions, and megaship interiors to Odyssey
Today is a big ol' bit of updatin' for the space sandbox of Elite: Dangerous. Not only does today mark the launch of Update...
Everything people are grumpy about in New World, one month in
A timely email from a reader this morning reminded me to poke my head into the New World subreddit to see what's on fire...
The Daily Grind: What MMO made a terrible first impression with you?
One of the reasons that I really hold off from participating in most early access and beta rounds these days is that there really...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 344: Elyon’s infinite silence
Justin and Colin discuss Elyon's launch, Guild Wars 2's elite specs, Fallen Earth, World of Warcraft 9.1.5, and Legends of Aria, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, GW2, and LOTRO, plus mailbag topics on cinematic trailers, MMO hype, and weapons we miss from dead MMOs.
Lost Ark plots a course for beta, lays out its monetization and currency plans
Amazon-published Korean MMORPG Lost Ark published two documents for prospective players this week, addressing both how the upcoming closed beta will play out as...
One month away from its sunset, Pathfinder Online is still adding new content
Back in July, we wrote about the impending closure of Pathfinder Online, and now, that closure is almost upon us. At the time, Paizo...
Star Trek Online’s going to make your failure look fabulous
Dying in Star Trek Online has always been paired with a bit of a fireworks show as your starship blows apart and the kindergarten...
Final Fantasy XIV’s final live letter before Endwalker will be on November 5
The release date for Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion is approaching quickly, but producer and director Naoki Yoshida still has a little more information to...
Fallen Earth Classic is definitely happening, soon, and it’ll be free-to-play to boot
Last week, we noted that Little Orbit CEO Matt Scott had teased the possibility of a Fallen Earth Classic. As of today, it's more...
World of Warcraft previews the Legion Timewalking coming in patch 9.1.5 while promising to make old starter gear available again
The big centerpiece of content coming to World of Warcraft with patch 9.1.5 on November 2nd is actually an event full of old content, because...