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Leaderboard: What type of WoW Classic player are you – is there a disconnect between the playerbase and the game?
MMO blogger Wilhelm at The Ancient Gaming Noob came up with an amusing rubric for different types of WoW Classic players, perfect to pass...
Players can now compete in Crowfall’s Trial of Gaea for a stat-buffing Badge
The common refrain/hashtag espoused by Crowfall is "take the throne," which sort of references the fact that campaigns have a limited time and see...
Leaderboard: Does the ESA’s new transparent lockbox policy go far enough?
Last week, just as the FTC's video games monetization abuse investigation got underway, the ESA announced that many of the major and minor games...
Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s best PvP mode isn’t what you think it is – it’s minigames
One could certainly argue that Guild Wars 2’s primary focus is that of a PvE, story driven game. Hell, I’d make that argument. Yet,...
Anthem just stealth-launched the massive Cataclysm update today
It's patch day for Anthem! What, you didn't see that coming? Nobody else did either. BioWare just stealth-launched Anthem 1.30 Cataclysm today without any...
Astellia Online offers a video overview of the features waiting in its second closed beta
We touched on what's waiting in CBT2 earlier in the week, but the only thing missing from that roundup was a sizzle trailer. Luckily,...
Guild Wars 2 has officially announced collab for armor-lookalike clothing line
Earlier this week, we ran a Leaderboard poll about whether you'd wear gaming apparel - not just stuff with logos, but stuff that actually...
Leaderboard: Would you wear MMO clothes that look like armor in real life?
Last week, ArenaNet dropped a bizarre tweet: It's collaborating with an apparel company on Guild Wars 2-themed clothes. And I don't mean t-shirts with...
Leaderboard: Do you care more about story or combat in MMOs?
After E3, VG247 posted up an excerpt of an interview with Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red that included a startling comment: The studio...
Leaderboards get streamlined in the latest Trove PC hotfix
The leaderboards of Trove have undergone something of a diet. A hotfix applied earlier this week to the PC version has seen several important...
Leaderboard: Are you all-in for Google Stadia?
When Google first announced Stadia this past spring, promising it would "revolutionize" the industry, our readers were skeptical. And now that we know much...
Leaderboard: Would you donate for a City of Heroes rogue server?
Last night's public announcement that the City of Heroes Homecoming team was changing its stance on donations and felt "comfortable" accepting them now after...
Leaderboard: Do you plan to play on a City of Heroes rogue server?
I don't know whether people have guessed by now, but a lot of the City of Heroes screenshots we use here on Massively OP...
Leaderboard: Where do you stand on the ‘secret’ City of Heroes emulator?
Last night, we covered the emerging scandal in the City of Heroes community and broke the confirmation that yes, there is in fact a...
Leaderboard: How important is character gender selection to your MMO play?
Our article about lady toons (finally) in Star Citizen last week got a bit heated. One subthread was locked, unlocked, and locked again because...
Crowfall previews the PvP map structure of its first campaign in feature walkthrough video
Since its original Kickstarter reveal, Crowfall has been absolutely clear on its key conceit: PvP. This is a PvP MMO. In fact, the devs...
Leaderboard: Should MMO studios be involved in their respective subreddits?
The issue of who controls MMO game subreddits is one that's just kept recurring over the years, at least as far back as when...
Massively Uplifting: Black Desert’s lantern memorial, a gift of sight in Wizard101
Gamers get a bad rap. Studios are seen as heartless villains. Mainstream media is quick to demonize us, and we can be quick to...
H1Z1 patches in quick fixes for its mammoth Season 3 update on PlayStation 4
Adding a whole lot of stuff to a game in a patch can also break things. It's not intentional, but it's inevitable. H1Z1 had...
Leaderboard: What’s your biggest beef with Anthem?
If you're still a little confused as to why EA would drop something like Apex Legends right as hype was reaching its peak for...
