mythology
Choose My Adventure: The truth is out there about Secret World Legends
Oh, Secret World Legends. What are you? Are you a Frankensteinian change forced upon an existing beloved game that sucked some of the life...
Secret World Legends teases season two, participates in Extra Life
Saying that revenue from Secret World Legends has "exceeded expectations," Funcom opened up to Venture Beat about what's coming next for the supernatural MMO.
"Season...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
EA has put the kibosh on a player-run Battlefield emulator – are MMOs next?
We don't cover the Battlefield games much on Massively OP, but this particular story caught my attention anyway because of the company and subject...
One Shots: Mummies making tracks
Let me tell you, I'm not playing RIFT right now but still I am so very tempted to log on and purchase that squirrel...
Massively Overthinking: The state of early access, alpha, and beta ‘testing’ in the MMO genre
I remember years ago when then-Massively-columnist Rubi Bayer let loose with a blistering rant on the state of faux beta MMOs. She helmed Betawatch...
Choose My Adventure: Not quite farewell to Guild Wars 2
I am not done with Guild Wars 2.
This may or may not come as a surprise to people, but it's still the case regardless....
Battle Bards Episode 108: Vampires and werewolves
Here’s a musical episode that you can really sink your teeth into! Your… ear teeth? In any case, the Battle Bards are evaluating our...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO characters seem truly insane
We all like making the occasional observation about the weirdness inherent in video games, but most of us also recognize that what we're really...
SMITE’s Tides of China update is live today, overseen by Super Chill Bacchus
Patch 4.20: Tides of China is live in SMITE today, bringing with it seven Chinese quests (eight would have been more auspicious!) and the...
Age of Wushu adds a new free-for-all battle royale mode to its China version
There are two ways to look at the new battle royale mode added to the Age of Wushu Chinese servers. The first is with...
One Shots: Street legal
"Looks like it’s that time of year again!" says Ryuen.
And so it is. The Halloween season has come upon us and it is inescapable. You...
Camelot Unchained adds a post office messaging system
It's a productive era for the Camelot Unchained, as the team has reduced testing in order to "buckle down and focus" on development projects.
One...
Secret World Legends promises ‘major’ quality-of-life update next month
As Secret Worlds Legends' Samhain 2017 is in full swing and Funcom has released Hide and Shriek as a free title, there's a lot...
Chaos Theory: A guide to Secret World Legends’ first Halloween
Hello Samhain my old friend! It's so good to see you again. It's been such a long year, and so much has... wait, where...
SMITE to fold its Chinese players into the global community
Contrary to popular belief, sometimes server merges can be a very good thing -- especially if your country or region has been kept isolated...
Secret World spin-off Hide and Shriek is free this Halloween season
Did you miss out on the unusual scare-or-be-scared premise of Hide and Shriek last year? Funcom's two-player Secret World spin-off stirred up some interest...
The Stream Team: Secret World Legends’ first Halloween
Massively OP's MJ had always looked forward to Halloween in The Secret World more than any other game, and Secret World Legends is no...
Secret World Legends’ Samhain events are here, at least one year of them
So, Secret World peeps. I've got some good Halloween news and some bad. The good news is that Samhain is live in Secret World...
MMO Halloween: Dark Age of Camelot, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm
Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to... play?
Halloween 2017 continues unabated in online games, so let's see what goodies and...