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Leaderboard: What was the best *new* MMO of 2021?
The downside of letting both old and new games be eligible for MMO of the Year is that it's so hard for brand-new MMOs...
Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2021?
As our veteran readership will remember, one of our core MMORPG awards every year is our award for the most underrated MMO - an...
MU Online’s mobile companion app introduces a new minigame and kicks off events
Having a companion app for an MMO is a pretty handy thing, especially if you're a player of MU Online, as the game's MU...
Elyon takes down its Halloween decorations and brings up a leaderboard event
It's always a little sad when Halloween decorations are taken down, but it's also understandable since we're moving through the month of November. To...
Crowfall plans a new system for initiating sieges, shares another roadmap of content updates and additions
Crowfall's ACE Q&A livestream for the month of August has come and gone, and the devs are looking ahead to the RvR MMO's next...
Path of Exile’s battle royale mode returns for weekend fun
Do you miss Path of Exile's 2018 April Fools' joke battle royale mode made real? Or did you miss out on it completely as...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning begins its Ranked Season 2 next week
Warhammer Online's Return of Reckoning rogue server has been teasing its second ranked season over the last few weeks, and now it's almost here....
Dauntless adds a reward cache, Primal Behemoths, reworks to war pike mechanics, and trials goals
The multiplayer monster slaying RPG Dauntless has had a pretty sizeable update that applies adjustments to a variety of the game's systems, whether it's...
Ecclesia Online offers dubious Diablo thrills
There's a new Diablo-esque MMO on the market -- but you may want to approach this one with caution. Ecclesia Online is billing itself...
Leaderboard: Are you hyped for WoW Burning Crusade Classic?
I don't think I've ever seen people fight over the details of a classic server as hard as they do for WoW Classic. Dipping...
Leaderboard: So, is RIFT next?
Gamigo, which just bought the studio behind Wizard101 and Pirate101, cleaned house yesterday, purging multiple MMORPGs that it acquired during its past acquisitions of...
Diablo III puts follower revamps and gear set changes on PTS tomorrow
While most fans are likely still thinking about the future (or the remastered past) of the franchise, Diablo III is still doing its thing,...
Choose My Adventure: An intriguing but PvP-free first foray into Warhammer Return of Reckoning
I promised that this month's CMA column would feature my attempts at getting into some PvP MMO action. Sadly for you (but mercifully for...
Leaderboard: What’s more important in an MMO – character visuals or world visuals?
When I first got to Massively-that-was, well over 10 years ago now, one of my tasks became front-page editing, meaning I had to keep...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2021?
Yep, it's that time of year again: We've been doing this recap for the last several years, although this one is going to be...
Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2020?
Longtime readers will know we've been granting an official end-of-the-year award for the most underrated MMO for several years now. But it comes along...
Leaderboard: What was the best new MMO or online game of 2020?
It's been a long time since a brand-new MMORPG really deserved a GOTY award - in fact, my my reckoning, it was was 2016,...
MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2020: Satan speaks for the trees
Today we're kicking off our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2020!
Coming in at #5 on our list is...
Satan has planted the...
The best Massively OP community leaderboard polls, 2020 edition
We didn't do quite as many Leaderboard polls this year as in previous years, largely because... well, we've already asked a lot of the...
Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running at the end of 2020?
It's been a longstanding problem that end-of-the-year awards for MMORPGs aren't ideal for honoring "classic" MMOs, especially the really old games, really small games,...
