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Massively Overthinking: MMOs that suck in interesting ways
This week's Massively Overthinking is entirely inspired by a fantastic argument made by YouTuber on Bluesky. Iron Pineapple declared that "a good game can...
Aion Classic NA adds new gear, instances, and events in February Ignite update
Ready your favorite fire-based quips and references because Aion Classic NA is preparing its big Ignite update, which is bringing on some new and...
The Stream Team: Slithering into Guild Wars 2’s Year of the Snake celebrations
It's the year of the snek! All snekkies, all the time! Ahem, OK maybe it's really the Year of the Snake, but Massively OP's...
One Shots: Prop painting is a contact sport
If you go to an art school where they teach the art of Pictomancy, you're going to want to stash those small, fine brushes...
Guild Wars 2, Overwatch 2 compensate players for recent tech and sale bungles
This is a tale of two MMO studios and how they handled recent fiascos competently. Happy Friday!
First, ArenaNet announced last night that it is...
The Daily Grind: The perfect MMO guild doesn’t exist… or does it?
I must admit right up front that this is not my guild. I have a guild of weirdos who live mostly on Discord now....
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs where suddenly you’re a different character now
I was recently thumbing through my Lord of the Rings Online screenshots when I stumbled into one I'd taken of a player's extremely smart...
Blade & Soul NEO is launching February 25 following a week-long character creation event
Just two weeks ago, NCsoft America announced that not only is Blade & Soul NEO launching in the west but the game is opening...
Guild Wars 2 has finally updated its region transfer system, but it’s not gonna make anyone happy
Last March, following one of Guild Wars 2's world restructuring beta events, ArenaNet told players that it was planning to update its system for...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs that came back from the dead
The fact that I loved Charlotte's Web as a child probably had some influence on my developing brain, but it does mean that I...
The Stream Team: The joys of Rising Flames in Guild Wars 2
What's the best way to get Massively OP's MJ pumped for a story chapter in Guild Wars 2? Name it Rising Flames! Having just...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 503: The Quinfail
Justin and Bree discuss The Quinfall's messy early access, Camelot Unchained's worrisome future, New World's broken servers, and Throne and Liberty's server merge, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, and Playnite, plus a mailbag topic on what kind of MMO character template we have IRL.
Guild Wars 2’s lunar new year festival is live with snake tail pants
As promised, Guild Wars 2's Lunar New Year event is officially live this afternoon. "Shed the old year and slither into the next -...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best small group content for 2-3 players?
One of the reasons my family keeps gravitating back to MMOs like Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes is that they have an...
Aion kicks a new Daeva Pass season and Lunar New Year packages into high gear
Hope you Aion players like to juggle, because you're going to need all of that dexterity to handle the multiple promotions happening in NCsoft's...
One Shots: Weird place for an AirBnB but OK
Listen. I know it had great reviews and a Super Host. I know that it offers wifi and a full granola bar. But there's...
Guild Wars 2 previews its PvP-focused class balancing arriving February 11
It's that time once again, Guild Wars 2 players - time to take a look at the balance adjustments coming to the MMO's classes...
Vague Patch Notes: The war of the MMO builds
Talking about your build in an MMORPG can be oddly contentious with people. On the one hand, you are inevitably going to have people...
Massively Overthinking: Has an MMO cadence switch-up ever actually worked out for the best?
When I was going through our historical awards for the debrief earlier this month, I had a little chuckle looking at the awards for...
Guild Wars 2’s lunar new year festival will revivify next week, following Friday’s balance patch preview
When Lunar New Year didn't launch in Guild Wars 2 yesterday, you probably did what we did and assumed it would launch next Tuesday,...
