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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Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra enters open beta on January 24
It would appear that there's enough of a fanbase for the in-development League of Legends CCG Legends of Runeterra that Riot is accelerating some...
SMITE launches Season 7 on PTS and goes into more detail about the season’s new Joust map
The next season of SMITE is on its way and with it is a new Joust map for players to... well... joust on. In...
Riot teases League of Legends’ Clash, new champions, and next Legends of Runeterra beta for 2020
"New year, new Rift" promises the start of League of Legends' latest video which showcases a number of new features and developments players of...
League of Legends’ first female championship series competitor dies at age 24
In sudden and sad esports news, League of Legends player Maria “Remilia” Creveling died this past Friday at the age of 24. Remilia was...
Steam’s top sellers of 2019 include several MMORPGs and MMOs
Steam's top sellers list for 2019 is out, and sitting prominently among the big money makers for the digital storefront are a number of...
SuperData November 2019: Spending rises thanks to mobile, WoW holds steady
Whether any of us likes it or not, mobile gaming continues to prove to be a lucrative thing, as the November report from SuperData...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020
With 2019 drawing to a close and a new decade of MMORPGs waiting for us just a few days away, the Massively OP writing...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2019
When we sit back to look at the biggest headlines of the year, we don't have to look far. These are the stories that...
The MOP Up: Skyforge gets toxic (in a good way)
Just because the newest area in Skyforge is described as a "toxic wasteland" doesn't mean that you should change your vacation plans. Gullible players...
The MOP Up: Mortal Online’s meaning of Christmas
What is Christmas like in a brutal and bloody sandbox MMORPG? To answer that, you'll need to head to Mortal Online for a first-hand...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Past Fate, Rulers of the Sea, Legend of Mir Eternal, Dragon Raja, Fantasy Earth Genesis
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've (probably) never heard of - or have totally forgotten about until now!
First up:...
Riot Games opens Riot Forge to publish ‘bespoke’ League of Legends IP games
If you watched Riot Games' presentation of its upcoming titles this past fall and wondered why it wasn't branching out into every genre you...
WoW’s alpaca adoption promo, Hearthstone’s Winter Veil, and Heroes of the Storm’s Deathwing update
Diablo IV isn't the only thing getting big news from Blizzard this week - the studio's busy in most of its other big games...
Riot Games will pay $10 million to settle its ‘bro culture’ gender discrimination lawsuit
Back in August, the LA Times reported that Riot Games had agreed to settle the class-action discrimination lawsuit lodged against it. The suit had...
Heroes of the Storm rolls out Deathwing to its test server
We're so sorry, Heroes of the Storm players; the arrival of Deathwing means doom and destruction. Fortunately, it seems likely that his approach will mean...
SuperData October 2019: League of Legends is back on top as console and PC trend downward
SuperData's October 2019 global revenue report on the video game industry is up today, and if you were hoping the PC and console industry...
Hi-Rez Expo announces new champions and updates for SMITE and Paladins
Fans of Hi-Rez Studios' big titles were in for a treat at this year's Hi-Rez Expo as it had a little bit of something...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMO betas rob you of launch joy?
I use to think of betas as being unpaid labor for video game companies, but maybe I've been going about it all wrong. On...
Tencent made bank in Q3 2019 thanks to mobile – not PC – games
While companies like Blizzard are seeing severe revenue drops this quarter and other MMO companies are trudging along, Tencent is having a rather up...
J. Allen Brack says the Blitzchung incident ‘exposed some immaturity’ in Blizzard
It's a bit long in the tooth now with BlizzCon well behind us, but the Esports Observer published an interview with Blizzard's J. Allen...
