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PlanetSide 2’s Escalation is really truly launching, this time on March 11
Back in February, Daybreak and Rogue Planet Games were talking up PlanetSide 2's Escalation update, at one point meant to launch February 19th, then...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 260: New World needs new ideas
Justin and Bree discuss Project Nova, Final Fantasy XIV, PAX East and the coronavirus, WoW subs, New World, and Daybreak, with mailbag topics on positive MMO stories, rogue servers, binge listening, and sandboxes.
PlanetSide 2’s Escalation update launch may be delayed again [Yep, it was]
All February, Daybreak and Rogue Planet Games have been teasing PlanetSide 2's Escalation update. It was first meant to launch on the 19th but...
PlanetSide 2 boss hedges on existence of PlanetSide 3 in new interview
It's a bit out of date, since it refers to the launch of Escalation as if it were happening today (MMO players have known...
Jack Emmert isn’t sure Daybreak will publish his next MMO, says DCUO is as big as it was four years ago
In January, Daybreak finally announced the fruits of its "realignment" that we'd been covering since last summer: It was splitting off new substudios for...
PlanetSide 2’s Escalation update is pushed back to February 26
It would seem that reaction to the recent PTS build of PlanetSide 2's Escalation update is forcing Rogue Planet Games to work a bit...
PlanetSide 2 brings Escalation adjustments to the test server after a brief delay
The much ballyhooed Escalation update due to arrive to PlanetSide 2 got a few notable tweaks yesterday on the test server, which could be...
PlanetSide 2 celebrates Valentine’s Day, hypes Escalation
Admittedly, there probably aren't many ways a game like PlanetSide 2 can mark a holiday around love like Valentine's Day other than let players...
PlanetSide 2 brings Escalation to the live servers on February 19
Normally, escalation of a conflict is kind of a bad thing. In the case of PlanetSide 2, though, the upcoming Escalation update is arguably...
Global Chat: Do you binge-play MMOs?
With TV streaming services that dump entire seasons of shows on us at once, we have become a society that is used to binging...
PlanetSide 2 provides an update on server hardware replacements for eastern US players
This past Tuesday, nearly all of the servers for PlanetSide 2 got replaced. I say "nearly all" because the eastern US servers did not...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars’ art book, Day of Dragons drama, Red Dead hackers, FogBank layoffs, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Guild Wars' art book: If you happened to read our swag guide ahead of...
Daybreak formally announces the new substudios for PlanetSide, EverQuest, and DCUO
Last year was riddled with rumors coming out of Daybreak Games, as last summer the once-glorious MMORPG company registered multiple websites and trademarks for Darkpaw Games, Rogue...
PlanetSide 2 patches in weapon changes and major shifts to continent lockdowns
The latest patch for PlanetSide 2 does not contain some of the database migration that was originally planned for the title. That's the bad news....
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures at the start of 2020
This annual column always inspires a certain amount of debate, which is intentional. Outside of the office, a good chunk of that debate is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 254: New year mysteries
Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Camelot Unchained, Guild Wars, the Bless franchise, City of Heroes, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and The Witcher, with mailbag topics on CoH on console, PlanetSide's mismanagement, and a celebratory haiku that prompts some follow-up site discussion!
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2020?
It's become a bit of an unhappy tradition here on MOP to take stock of Daybreak at the start of every year, due in...
The best Massively OP community polls of 2019
Time for another annual tradition here on Massively OP: the counting of the polls! Yes, we run a bunch of polls in our irregular...
PlanetSide 2 promises ‘something exciting’ for player teams in early 2020
To hear PlanetSide 2's lead designer Wrel say it, the devs have plans. Plans and schemes. Plans and schemes and ideas. Or at the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 251: New World, Magic Legends, and Corepunk
Bree and Justin discuss PlanetSide Arena, New World, Magic Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, Corepunk, Black Desert Mobile, EVE Echoes, WoW, FFXIV, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWGL.