MOBAs are multiplayer online battle arenas, PvP-centric, non-persistent online games that share some but not all mechanics in common with traditional MMORPGs. We formerly categorized MOBAs as “Not So Massively” games. You may also be interested in our Multiplayer category for other multiplayer online games that aren’t fully massive. [Follow the MOBA tag’s RSS feed]
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Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street leaves Riot – and the Runeterra MMO he was spearheading
Greg Street aka Ghostcrawler, formerly of Blizzard and World of Warcraft fame and lately of Riot Games, has apparently decided to leave Riot -...
Check out these behind-the-scenes documents about the design of Infinite Crisis
As you no doubt know, Infinite Crisis is long gone. It's so gone that we recently ran a piece walking through the game's development,...
The MOP Up: World of Tanks expands its garage to include tournament access
World of Tanks players are being treated to another round of feature ammo in the near future, as Wargaming is expanding the functionality of...
The Game Archaeologist: The tale of Infinite Crisis, Turbine’s extremely short-lived DC Comics MOBA
Sharp minds will recall that back in 2012, EA Mythic attempted to turn its declining MMO fortunes by repackaging Warhammer Online into a MOBA...
Games startup Elodie Games announces Project Skies, a ‘social cooperative action RPG game’
At this point, we all see a press release from a new startup studio with tons of investment money touting devs from the likes...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 410: Cyberpunk meets gaslamp
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Diablo IV, Palia, Nightingale, Blizzard, NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and EG7/Daybreak, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.
The MOP Up: New World brings a couple together in the name of love and conquest
A couple that met and fell in love while playing New World was invited by Amazon to share some tips about how to engage...
Vague Patch Notes: The three kinds of sunset in the MMO space
Not all sunsets are the same, no matter how much you may like a given game. This is one of the things that tends...
The MOP Up: SMITE delivers a ‘bonus’ update full of nerfs
SMITE delivered a "bonus update" to the MOBA's community this past week with several downward adjustments to various features. Speed buff got nerfed "by...
The MOP Up: Meet Starfall, a new indie Minecraft MMO
So many amazing projects have been birthed from Minecraft over the past decade-plus, including fully formed games. One of the newer of these is...
Riot Games says it won’t be extorted by hackers who breached League of Legends’ source code
Last weekend, Riot Games told fans of its games that it had been hit with a social engineering attack that led to the compromise...
Fight or Kite: HEROish is blend of MOBA and card game aimed at both PvE and PvP players
I’ve always wanted to really get into some meaty card games. Swords, sorcery, and high fantasy were always my favorite things. My family knew...
SMITE unveils a Magic The Gathering crossover, a new god, and the Season of Monsters for January 24
Ten years is a major milestone for any game, but it seems a significantly bigger one for MOBAs as very few of them appear...
Rumor: A League of Legends action game spin-off – Mageseeker – is in the works
If we can rip our eyes away from the still-veiled Riot MMORPG project, we might be surprised to learn that the studio has another...
Warlander may be the ultimate castle siege MMO you’ve been seeking
If the absolute best part of any PvP experience is taking part of the chaos and struggle of castle sieges, then keep an eye...
League of Legends’ 2023 season trailer leaves fans underwhelmed and forces Riot to calm player concerns
Generally speaking, a hype trailer should... well, generate hype, and after the bombastic trailer for last year's season of League of Legends, players had...
HEROish is a multiplayer ‘action-strategy adventure’ that merges MOBA and card game mechanics
The union between MOBA combat and trading card games has come to pass, and that union has formed HEROish, a self-described "action-strategy adventure" title...
SMITE opens voting for its 2023 player council, Divine Knockout releases Zeus and a new battlefied
While Divine Knockout and SMITE don't have much in common in terms of gameplay, they are both Hi-Rez games where deific beings battle it...
Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning server brings back Keg End and introduces a new scenario
The rogue server for Warhammer Online isn't letting this year exit without one final drunken bash. Keg End kicked off in Return of Reckoning...
Riot Games struggles to get out of deal with failing crypto company
Riot Games is the latest entity that's learning the hard way that crypto isn't a fast track to wealth and success. Last year, the...
