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The Soapbox: Confessions of a serial hoarder (in MMORPGs)
How much is too much?
To some, that might seem like a reasonable question. But I knew. I knew. There is no such thing as...
Perfect Ten: Major MMO expansions and updates to expect in 2018
Now that we're almost 1/12th of the way through 2018, it's probably about time to stop anticipating the year and start experiencing it. We...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 154: A Prime experiment
Justin and Bree discuss Trion's big RIFT and Devilian news, Camelot Unchained's $7.5M investment, Darkfall New Dawn's launch, and layoffs for Albion and Elyria, with a mailbag question on what went wrong with WildStar.
Town State Leisure: Camelot Unchained responds to absurd scraper article as only CSE can
If by chance you've ever run a blog about literally anything, you surely know about scrapers - those jerks who use scripts to steal...
Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends 2018 – new year, new game, new goals
What does Secret World Legends have in store for 2018? For the world, or for me? Either answer includes Season 2 of the story!...
Massively Overthinking: Tackling our hoarding problem in MMORPGs
By coincidence, two articles in my feeds this past week both centered on video game hoarding - not hoarding the actual games but hoarding...
The Stream Team: Back to the Egyptian sandbox in Secret World Legends
Even though Massively OP's MJ rushed ahead through Secret World Legends' main story so she wouldn't miss out on Krampusnacht lore, there's still much...
Camelot Unchained lands $7.5M investment to hasten development: Our chat with Mark Jacobs on funding, VR, and beta one
If you know one thing about indie MMORPG Camelot Unchained, it's that CEO Mark Jacobs appears to dwell perpetually in internet comment sections amiably...
SMITE unleashes the dog from hell
It's not Hagrid's dog from Harry Potter and it's most certainly not the evil corporation from Mass Effect 2, but SMITE's Cerebus brings both...
Secret World Legends patch lays foundation for more events
Scraps of hope, brief Twitter conversations, and small hotfixes: These are the things that the Secret World Legends community are hanging onto these days...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2018
This is, bar none, the column I hate doing most on a regular basis. None of the games I highlight in here is something...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Erez Goren, 10 more games, 400 employees, and Global Agenda’s City of Heroes roots
It is true that the Hi-Rez Expo has wrapped up for 2018, and we'll need to wait another 12 months to attend the next...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Diving deeper into SMITE’s new map, new pantheons, fog, and more
Although the studio makes other games and each has a presence at Hi-Rez Expo 2018, there's no denying that SMITE was the star of the...
The Daily Grind: What MMO will be the next to change up its business model dramatically?
You may not like it, but the vast majority of MMORPGs are free-to-play or buy-to-play as of 2018. EVE Online went free-to-play at the...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the smallest MMO you’re willing to play?
A comment on Reddit about the current size and viability of Kritika Online got me thinking about MMO playerbases in general lately. We all...
Secret World Legends’ NPCs awaken on Twitter
As the Secret World Legends community continues to hold its breath in anticipation of what Funcom is planning for 2018, movement arrives in an...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Hi-Rez’s new game Bot Smashers isn’t an MMO, but it’s fun
After a few days of playing Bot Smashers at Hi-Rez Expo 2018 this past weekend, I sat down and talked shop with Rory Newbrough, Bot...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Our hands-on with Hi-Rez’s new game Bot Smashers
Hi-Rez Expo 2018 ended this weekend, which means my opportunity to play the studio's new 1v1 mobile game Bot Smashers has also ended. And...
The Stream Team: Drowning sorrows in SMITE’s arena
As much as Massively OP's MJ really wanted to keep playing SMITE's adventures, the latest round turned off today. To hide her tears and...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Paladins’ story, previewing new toon Moji, and hands-on with Paladins Strike
As much as the battle royale-flavored Battlegrounds is big news, it wasn't the only Paladins news at Hi-Rez Expo 2018. We also learned that there...
