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Leaderboard: How many subs do you think WoW has right now?
This past week, Blizzard denied a quote from a Polish print magazine attributing a post-Legion 10.1 million subscription count for World of Warcraft to...
Leaderboard: What’s the best ranged weapon in MMORPGs?
"You should do a Leaderboard on the best ranged weapons in MMORPGs," Justin told me.
"Oh man, I can see the 'you forgot X' comments...
The Stream Team: Climbing another rung on SMITE’s charity challenge leaderboard
Knock on wood, but so far MassivelyOP's MJ and the MOP team have met every goal they've made in SMITE's charity challenge. Last time,...
The Stream Team: Beyond SMITE’s 8th PvE round in the charity challenge
With the SMITE PvE charity challenge coming to an end next week, MassivelyOP's MJ and the MOP team want to climb up the leaderboard...
Star Citizen’s dogfighting design is more about feeling right than being accurate
In this week's Around the Verse, Star Citizen's Chris Roberts and Sandi Gardiner tease CitizenCon -- now just a week away -- as team...
Leaderboard: Where did all the City of Heroes players go?
Based on the comments under Justin's Perfect Ten on City of Heroes memories this past week, a lot of folks out there in our audience really...
Leaderboard: What’s the very best zone added in WoW Legion?
Last week, Massively OP's World of Warcraft columnist, Eliot Lefebvre, came damn close to coaxing me back to WoW with his piece rating Legion's...
Nexon’s mobile ARPG Oz: Broken Kingdom has launched
The nifty thing about famous IPs partly in the public domain is all the variations different authors can create with it. Case in point:...
Massively OP accepts the SMITE charity challenge
Video games can be a selfish pleasure, but we often help out others in various ways when we play, like assisting with quests and...
Leaderboard: How many MMORPGs have you played to the cap?
Massively OP reader Styopa recently posed us a question that I thought would make for a good Leaderboard since the answers can be binned...
Leaderboard: Where does Legion fit in the ranking of WoW’s expansions?
Poll after poll has shown that World of Warcraft players generally consider Wrath of the Lich King to be the very best WoW expansion....
Leaderboard: Is Amazon Game Studios building an MMO?
Massively OP reader Filur tipped us off this week about Amazon Game Studios' big unboxing event for its unannounced video game later this month,...
Leaderboard: Which gaming genre do you play most often besides MMORPGs?
My earliest PC games were space sims, 4X games, and then, naturally, RPGs -- especially sandbox RPGs. MMORPGs seemed like a natural evolution for...
Leaderboard: What’s next for the Diablo franchise?
Back in July, Blizzard Watch ran a piece wondering whether Diablo III has been abandoned. Matthew Rossi suggested that Diablo's recent seasons have been...
Leaderboard: Is Black Desert destined for free-to-play in the west?
On this week's podcast, Justin and I discussed the general MMO blogger sentiment that Black Desert's recent business model drama -- specifically, the addition of...
Leaderboard: Will Pokemon Go and the ARG genre stand the test of time?
GamesIndustry.biz has an interesting piece out this week examining the bandwagon effect of a game like Pokemon Go, as investors and venture capitalists begin...
Leaderboard: Is Black Desert’s new subscription value pack pay-to-win?
Black Desert players are on fire over the new subscription value pack. Well not literally on fire, but damn close.
MOP reader Sally pointed us...
Leaderboard: Is Pokemon GO an MMORPG?
Earlier this week, one of the founding designers of the MMORPG genre, Raph Koster, penned a blog piece arguing that alternate reality games like...
Leaderboard: Are you preparing for WoW Legion?
Legion is coming.
Last week, Blizzard began pushing out the pre-patch for pre-launch events for World of Warcraft's Legion expansion. That means Demon Hunters are...
Leaderboard: How much time do you spend playing MMOs relative to non-MMOs?
Some of the responses to this morning's Daily Grind made me wonder about the balance of playtime MMO players maintain. See what I just...
