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New multiplayer Pokemon games are headed for the Nintendo Switch with Pokemon Go cross-compatibility
There are new multiplayer Pokemon games coming to the Nintendo Switch, and just like Pokemon Go, they'll bring with them motion controls for picking up...
Pokemon Go skips ahead to celebrate summer in style with Pokemon Sun and Moon variants
Remember our article on how easy it would be for Niantic to skip generations and add Pokemon Sun and Moon 'mon to Pokemon Go? Well, seems Niantic agreed,...
Niantic stages a second attempt at a summer Chicago Pokemon Go Fest after settling class-action lawsuit
It's no exaggeration to say that last year's Pokemon Go Fest was a complete and total disaster. It made a ton of money -...
Generation 3 is basically Pokemon Go’s One Tamriel: How Niantic has actually improved POGO
A lot of critical things have been said about Pokemon Go and Niantic in the past. Professionals that tried to defend certain UI elements still had plenty...
The Soapbox: Three augmented reality game problems (most) MMOs don’t have – and one thing they do so much better
I'd like to think that I'm kind of a healthy gamer. While MMOs take a lot of time, the nice thing is that their...
Pokemon Go is mustering players to clean up the planet for Earth Day
In all my years working for Massively and Massively OP, we've never had enough Earth Day events for a proper roundup. That isn't changing...
Pokemon Go developer Niantic to pay out $1.5 million for its disastrous festival
Remember when Pokemon Go had a big live festival for player in Chicago? Considering how quickly the event devolved into a nightmare, Niantic is...
Perfect Ten: More anthropomorphic MMO studio conversations
A while back, you may recall that I posted some of my conversations with anthropomorphized concepts of MMO studios. If you don't remember this,...
Perfect Ten: MMO missteps that didn’t have to happen
Around the time I started working at Massively-that-was, there was an article that I quite liked talking about how four high-profile MMO failures were...
Pokemon Go brings back party-hat pikachus, announces bulbasaur for next community day
I have to admit that Pokemon Go's really been on a roll lately with the rapidly rolled out events. Despite some bugs during the last community...
Pokemon Go weather trio throwdown, Team Rocket appears in Japan
Pokemon Go players are beginning to see the introduction of Poke-lore to the MMOARG. While the last big update brought weather to the game in a...
Pokemon Go adds Rayquaza, European shop events, and raid fixes
Hey trainers! Legendary pokemon Rayquaza joins the raid fun "for a limited time" in Pokemon Go beginning today through March 16th.
"In celebration, Pokémon originally...
Pokemon Go: Stephen Fry mockumentary, AR acquisitions, and new buyable avatar outfits
Pokemon Go summoned all controversies at once this week with the announcement of new buyable avatar items that are essentially locked to achievements. Redditors...
Pokemon Go adds more Hoenn pokemon and declares them egg-worthy
You are not getting access to all of the Hoenn-region pokemon added to Pokemon Go with the game's newest update. That's the bad news....
Pokemon Go adds monthly community events, summons giant (pokemon) whale
Still playing Pokemon Go? Wish you were, but couldn't find a group to raid with? Or maybe you are in a group but want to...
Pokemon Go will end support for pre-iOS 11 Apple devices by March
Mobile users are probably used to the eventual demise of their phones and the nonfunctionality of apps they bought long ago, no matter which...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO hopes and wishes for 2018
One of the frustrating bits about our end-of-the-year content rollouts is that sometimes predictions and story roundups can come across as negative. It’s way too easy...
The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017
One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2018
With 2017 drawing to a close and 2018 rushing up to meet us, the Massively OP team has regrouped for another round of bold...
Pokemon Go is getting an immersive AR+ augmented reality mode for Christmas
It's an exciting time to be a Pokemon Go player! It's been only about a week since the introduction of generation 3 Pokemon and a...
