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Massively OP Podcast Episode 373: Bots are bad, ‘mkay?
Just and Bree discuss Lost Ark's bots, FFXIV's mods, Star Trek Online's Stormfall, Elder Scrolls Online's High Isle, and Wrath Classic beta, with adventures in LOTRO and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on Black Desert's perceived decline.
The Lost Ark Destroyer’s weapon isn’t a warhammer – it’s a minivan on a stick
If you're angling to Hulk out to Beethoven's 5th in Lost Ark, look no further than the game's new Destroyer advanced class for the...
Path of Exile pushes out balance update, pay-to-swole cosmetics
I'm gonna be honest: I thought Path of Exile's tweet about switching from pay-to-glow to pay-to-swole was just a joke. But it turns out...
Diablo III dev shares behind-the-scenes stories for its 10th anniversary
First of all, it's been 10 years since Diablo III launched on May 15th, 2012, and that makes us all so old. Second, it's...
The Stream Team: Procuring the problem pets of Path of Exile’s Sentinel
After learning about the interesting mechanics of the pets that like the mobs more than players, Massively OP's MJ has been looking forward to...
Path of Exile tunes down Sentinel’s Archnemesis mods, promises to further tweak the system’s difficulty
Path of Exile's new Sentinel update has apparently arrived with a bit of a numerical overtuning by the devs' own admission. Just a day...
The Stream Team: Finding out the fate of the feral turtle boy in Lost Ark
When MOP's Chris last streamed Lost Ark, he wandered into an island that was home to a helpful turtle who raised a young boy...
Lost Ark admits it’s been ‘fighting a war against bots’ since launch, banning millions of accounts
Have you spotted a bot or two in Lost Ark over the past few months? If so, you're definitely not alone. Amazon admitted on...
Diablo III makes the Echoing Nightmare permanent, Overwatch 2 discusses support hero adjustments
Whether you're a fan of hacking up demons in Diablo III or testing out the new PvP meta in Overwatch 2, there's some news...
You can begin patching for Path of Exile’s Sentinel launch… now [Update: It’s live!]
Happy Sentinel day! Grinding Gear Games is rolling out Path of Exile's Sentinel expansion and league today as planned, so we hope you've got...
Lost Ark KR’s director is reportedly stepping down because of health concerns
According to myriad unofficial reports from fans across Lost Ark's official forums and subreddit, the director for the Korean version of the game, Keum...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 372: Blizzard’s great mobile hope
Justin and bree discuss Blizzard's quarterly financials, Diablo Immortal, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Forsaken World's sunset, ZeniMax's rumored Star Wars MMO, and EVE Fanfest and its COVID outbreak, with adventures in LOTRO and SWG Legends, plus a voicemail topic on MMOs moving from fantasy to sci-fi.
Diablo Immortal explains why its Realm of Damnation shouldn’t be your summer vacation destination
You would think that all of Diablo Immortal's hellish world would be a saturated in damnation, but apparently there are gradiant tiers of awfulness...
Lost Ark previews May’s upcoming new raids, quests, and Destroyer advanced class
We're just entering the month of May and that means that Lost Ark players are going to have some new content to face, most...
Massively Overthinking: The minimum requirements for MMO player housing
We've got housing on the brain lately, thanks to Ship of Heroes' housing beta, Final Fantasy XIV's botched housing lottos, Warframe's new housing, and...
Wandering Wraeclast: Path of Exile’s Sentinel update enhances endgame with new passives and mob modifiers
Earlier this afternoon, Grinding Gear Games announced Path of Exile's foray into in-game "pets" (with a twist!) coming with the new Sentinel league that...
Wandering Wraeclast: Pets pounce into Path of Exile’s new Sentinel league
Two things I absolutely love in games are housing and pets. And having both just makes a game better! Path of Exile already has...
Lost Ark times its May content update for third week of the month, details a bug-fixing patch today
Launching your May update near the latter part of the month still technically counts as a launch in May, and that's just what Lost...
Lost Ark begins blocking VPNs to help servers struggling with bot-laden queues
If you're on certain Lost Ark servers, you might have noticed that the queues aren't really going away, even in the middle of the...
Global Chat: Who gets to decide what is ‘fun’ in MMORPGs?
In a thought-provoking essay, MMO blog Parallel Context wrestled with the question, "Who gets to decide what is fun in multiplayer games?" This is...
