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US Senator takes aim at lockboxes and pay-to-win with ‘Protecting Children From Abusive Games Act’
The gamblebox issue isn't dying down any time soon, it appears. As Kotaku first reported, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has announced he plans to...
Elder Scrolls Blades releases fresh early access trailer and patch
The Elder Scrolls: Blades is having a bit of a rough release, what with the endless string of criticism over its business model and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 needs real housing
There is no shortage of things to do in Guild Wars 2. Wandering around the world and exploring is a joy, and players are...
Star Trek Online outlines its content roadmap through July
The downside of Star Trek Online's new roadmap is that it is not overburdened with elaborate details about the content that's coming to the game...
Project Gorgon opens microtransaction shop full of stuff you can’t use yet
Monetization is always a tricky topic in MMOs, especially when it comes to microtransactions, but that's just the territory that Project Gorgon devs are...
No Man’s Sky is planning its major Beyond update for the summer with online play
We've been covering No Man's Sky for a long while here, first because the game was supposed to have a multiplayer component and then...
EVE Evolved: The war on bots in EVE Online
The news dropped recently that EVE Online will be adding some new limitations and restrictions to its free-to-play tier, which may seem odd to...
Kritika Online is shutting down in the west in April
Sad news for Kritika Online fans today, as En Masse Entertainment has officially announced the shuttering of the game on April 30th of this...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online has a gambling problem
The gambling debate has kicked off again in EVE Online, this time in response to the annual Guardian's Gala event that's currently running throughout...
Yet more MMO Valentine’s Day events: AdventureQuest 3D, Defiance 2050, Skyforge, and Chronicles of Elyria
Love is in the air everywhere you look around. And what better way to celebrate love than through an event in a game centered...
Wild Terra is going free-to-play next week as its ‘next stage of active growth’
You might have wondered whether this was happening, given all the key giveaways, but yes, you were right: Juvty Worlds is taking its isometric...
Astellia confirms it’ll be buy-to-play in the west, won’t be a ‘smash-and-grab’
At PAX South this weekend, Astellia reps did indeed sit for a panel on the game as promised - a panel hosted, apparently "at...
The Daily Grind: What’s your core problem with mobile MMOs, and is it fixable?
Droid Gamers put out an interesting piece this weekend that to me illuminates how the ongoing conversation about mobile MMOs go south. Author Ash...
Dungeon Runners is ‘reborn’ as a fan emulator that’s coming in 2019
Anyone remember Dungeon Runners? NCsoft's quirky action-MMORPG never was a massive hit, but it did garner its fair share of loyal followers. The game,...
Path of Exile takes a trip down release memory lane
It's been a long path to where we are now for Path of Exile, and as the development team takes a holiday it seems...
Anthem doesn’t need whales to succeed, says BioWare’s Mike Gamble
It's fairly common knowledge that many games with microtransactions tend to rely heavily on big-spending "whales" to keep their finances in the black and...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2018
It's become a tradition on Massively OP to include among our end-of-the-year roundups and editorials and retrospectives a run-down of our favorite - and least favorite - MMO dev quotes of the year, be they obscure, poignant, or just plain dumb. So once again, for this week's Massively Overthinking, I've asked our staff to offer up those quotes and then reflect on what we from the year and reflect on just what we've learned from them.
Red Dead Online players voice concerns over game’s economy and balance
As of today, Red Dead Redemption 2's multiplayer component, Red Dead Online, is available to all players, and while the experience has been largely...
SuperData: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty dominate October as Blizzard titles slip
Surprising absolutely no one, Red Dead Redemption 2 killed it (and the horse it rode in on) in October. According to SuperData's digital games...
Hellgate is back on Steam and buyable, but without Tokyo or multiplayer
The Hellgate is open for business. Again. Really and truly.
HanbitSoft has been milking the Hellgate London cow for the better part of a decade...
