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Leaderboard: What was the best new NSM game in 2017?
A few weeks ago, we posted our pick for best not-so-Massively game of 2017. Warframe narrowly won our award, firmly validated by the reader...
Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running in 2017?
Those of you who've been following Massively OP for a while know that many our writers have a fondness for old MMORPGs - that's...
The best Massively OP MMO reader polls of 2017
Polls are a quantitative sort of magic that we don't often get from our other articles - at least when they aren't being brigaded...
Leaderboard: What was the best mobile MMO of 2017?
Mobile MMOs have a bad reputation among core MMORPG players here in the West; people are absolutely convinced they can't possibly compare (even when...
Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2017?
Every year for the last many years, we've done some sort of award for the most underrated MMO, or even the year's sleeper hit....
Leaderboard: Which MMO gameplay type encourages the worst player behavior?
One of the common tropes held by MMORPG players is that PvP, particularly free-for-all environments prone to ganks, generates the worst type of behavior....
Leaderboard: How should MMORPG studios communicate to players?
The most peculiar comment thread erupted in MJ's recent post about Secret World Legends' Krampusnacht. In response to the casual note that the holiday...
Leaderboard: Is Destiny 2’s marketing brilliant or just plain nuts?
So this morning I'm dishing out cheese crackers for my kid, who was up all night barfing. (If my posts have typos today, it's...
Leaderboard: What do you expect out of live MMORPG events in 2017?
Earlier this month, Black Desert GMs ran a live in-game event. I was super excited to hear about something like that in a newer...
Trove’s Adventures update is coming next week
Feeling that ol' MMORPG ennui this autumn? Looking for a brave new world to plunder? Trove might just fit the bill, especially after next...
BlizzCon 2016: Where’s the love for Diablo II and Warcraft III?
We were all prepared for the lack of Diablo III news from BlizzCon, in spite of the franchise's huge following. But what we we...
Leaderboard: What do you do when you see cheating in an MMO?
Although the videos are gone now, a group of Chinese net cafe players apparently resorted to violence in response to rampant speed hacking in...
Leaderboard: Do you buy lockboxes in MMOs? Take the ‘purity’ test
A week or two ago, Massively OP reader Sally Bowls proposed a Leaderboard too intriguing to pass up. "How about a poll on your...
Grab a RoboManiac currency key from YEPS and Massively OP to get your ‘bot on
So here's a new game that's just rumbled onto our radar: It's called RoboManiac, and it's a self-described free-to-play browser MMO that combines "an...
Leaderboard: Are you one of the 2M people playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds today?
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds just keeps on growing globally: It's completely outstripped every other game on Steam in terms of concurrency, having now set a new...
Leaderboard: Do e-sports belong in the Olympics?
Nielsen has a massive "fan report" out this week dubbed The E-Sports Playbook, covering audiences in the US, UK, Germany, and France and focusing...
Leaderboard: Which of the City of Heroes spiritual successors are you looking forward to?
A few years ago, we counted basically three City of Heroes successor games, all made by indie studios. In 2017, we still have three...
Leaderboard: Are you playing Destiny 2?
I was super worried about losing my whole guild to Destiny 2's PC beta last week, but after the beta fling, they're back to...
Leaderboard: Do the HTC Vive’s and Oculus Rift’s price cuts change your opinion on VR pricing?
When Oculus dropped the price of the Oculus Rift down to $400 earlier this summer, supposedly temporarily (but not its first drop), analysts were...
Leaderboard: Did Guild Wars 2’s preview weekend convince you to buy Path of Fire?
This past weekend, the gaming segment of my Twitter feed was positively dominated by chatter about Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion free preview weekend. I...
