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Interview: Black Desert on crossplay, the engine, and the future of mobile
A few weeks ago, we chatted up Pearl Abyss' lead producer Jaehee Kim about some pressing Black Desert questions. Now, I'm not one to...
Vague Patch Notes: The ESRB is not your friend, gamers
So, hey, the ESRB is taking action about lockboxes! Well, sort of. It's adding a notification about lockboxes that doesn't expressly mention or clarify...
Massively on the Go: How social media and accessibility blew up Animal Crossing
By now you all know that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a thing. A popular thing, one that's been invading your feeds, your Discords,...
The Nintendo account compromise was real, affecting as many as 160,000 gamers
Earlier this week, we covered a brewing storm in the Nintendo community, as swarms of Switch owners and Nintendo users reported their Nintendo accounts...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?
Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ multiplayer economy suffers a major hit thanks to a closed store
In spite of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' multiplayer scope not being larger than eight players in a single in-game island, the wider world of...
SuperData March 2020: Digital games spending sets achieves new highs thanks to COVID-19
Back in in March, when SuperData was discussing February's monthly gaming revenue numbers, the analysis firm noted that COVID-19 hadn't yet had much impact...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will get new events, returning characters, and an art wing of the museum
Why are we reporting on Animal Crossing: New Horizons on this site? Because we can't hear you complaining about how this game isn't massively...
Switch owner? Go enable two-factor authentication for your Nintendo account
Multiple sites are reporting this afternoon that Nintendo accounts appear to be under siege. Following a Eurogamer piece yesterday chronicling Nintendo account holders and...
Massively on the Go: Why MMO players will love Animal Crossing New Horizons
Some of you may have noticed that several staffers and fellow MassivelyOP readers noted that they were playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons last weekend....
Pokemon Go preps World Tourism Day event as players report spawn changes
Did you know that World Tourism Day is this Friday, September 27th? Neither did I until I found out from the United Nations World...
Blizzard confirms Overwatch is launching on the Nintendo Switch on October 15
The rumors were true: Blizzard is indeed porting Overwatch to the Switch in the form of the Overwatch Legendary Edition. The game will run...
A retailer release list doubles down on rumors for an Overwatch release on the Switch
With the next Nintendo Direct event for fans in the very near future, the rumors of Overwatch arriving on the Nintendo Switch are flying even...
Perfect Ten: SNES games that would have made for amazing MMORPGs
I think many of us hold a fond nostalgic torch for a specific console or computer that meant a lot to us growing up,...
Nintendo announces Pokemon Home as a central trading service with Pokemon Go
Have you caught them all in Pokemon Go? Quite possibly not, some of them are really hard to catch. But you'd probably like to keep the...
MMO Business Roundup: Skyrim’s multiplayer mod mess, Neural MMO, and the rise of Overwatch League
Welcome back to another roundup of stuff happening in the gaming business world relevant to MMOers. Remember Skyrim Together, the multiplayer Skyrim mod that...
Nintendo unveils Tetris 99, wraps up the battle royale genre
Apex Who? Fortwhat? PUBWhere? Forget those amateurs; there's only one real battle royale game that you should be concerned with, and that's Tetris 99....
The Daily Grind: Do you trust companies selling ‘games as a service’?
MUD and MMO players are pretty much the original victims of "games as a service" mentality. News that Nintendo is shutting down the Wii...
Massively on the Go: Smash Bros Ultimate’s online scene, one month later
I love Smash Bros. I love the mascot battles, the random items, the hazards. And in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, I love the new Ultimate meter...
Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Let’s Go-Go Connection
Yes, we're going to talk about Pokemon Let's Go Eevee (or you can pretend its Pikachu if you just want to experience Pokemon Yellow again). No, it's...
