mythology
Camelot Unchained devs are working on siege models and a UI refresh
While City State Games has been relatively quiet this summer, work on the long-awaited Kickstarted MMO Camelot Unchained apparently continues, as the game's latest...
The MOP Up: New World and Book of Travels put out fresh soundtracks
MMO music lovers -- we crazy few -- have a couple new albums to explore this month. Well, the New World soundtrack has been...
The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Ultima Online
Last week in The Game Archaeologist, we traced the history of Ultima Online’s origin, development, and testing -- not to mention one pesky in-game...
Dark Age of Camelot’s Covenant Crossroads event tasks players with making a pact and killing demons
The northern crossroads region of Dark Age of Camelot has come down with a particularly nasty case of demons, and it's up to players...
Camelot Unchained offers up a whole newsletter about gathering tools and processes
What are Camelot Unchained fans waiting for nine years after its Kickstarter? Presumably, finalized launch information and more signs that the game is getting...
Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects
Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....
Vitae Aeternum: Previewing New World’s Brimstone Sands, leveling revamp, greatsword, and more
New World is gearing up to unleash its largest patch since launch, and members of the press were recently invited to a virtual event...
The Secret World’s tabletop RPG sourcebook heads to Kickstarter in October
Last November we caught wind of the creation of a tabletop RPG game based on the long-neglected MMO The Secret World, which got the...
Massively Overthinking: The most unusual subscriptions in the MMO space
A while back on the MassivelyOP Podcast, so long ago that I can't remember who or when, a listener asked us about unusual MMO...
Massively Overthinking: The real-world value of MMOs
A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a wildly contentious - one might even say transparently provocative - thread declaring that "f...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are better with fewer people playing?
In Tyler's longform piece on The Secret World a while back, he said something that leaped out at me: that the game isn't really...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming some more solo Secret World nightmare missions
MJ and Chris are back at the OPTV Drive-In for another Backseat Streaming show! This time, they're back in The Secret World taking in...
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
Camelot Unchained checks in with updates to siegecraft, animations, the Heavy Fighter, and the St’rm race
Camelot Unchained has once again returned with its monthly newsletter and development blog - a bit later than usual this time around - offering...
The Game Archaeologist: The origins of Blizzard, Mythic, Funcom, SOE, and BioWare
A good origin story always captivates me, especially when it gives me a new perspective on something I've come to appreciate over the years....
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest time period you’ve ever subbed to a single MMO?
This question is a bit biased toward the subscription era of MMOs, but I think it still has some relevance given just how many...
SMITE’s midseason update adds Nickelodeon cartoon skins as pros and fans agitate for in-person esports
SMITE players of a certain age might be taken with the MOBA's midseason update, which has the centerpiece of several Nickelodeon cartoon character skins...
One Shots: Songs for a sinking ship
Maybe it's just me, but whenever I see a screenshot with a Dutch angle, I naturally assume that either a ship or the entire...
The Stream Team: Celebrating The Secret World’s 10th anniversary
That feeling when a game that is is "dead" is still more fun to play than many live ones! Massively OP's MJ has made...
Why I Play: What keeps me coming back to The Secret World
Now and then I'll allude to being the weirdo who's still playing The Secret World -- not Secret World Legends, but the original. I've...
