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NCsoft Q1 2021: Overall revenues are down 30%, but Guild Wars 2 is perking up
NCsoft is not having the best couple of quarters. According to the company's first quarter 2021 report, its revenue has fallen 30% compared to...
The Stream Team: Another Path of Exile Atlas run
Even with new Path of Exile leagues every three months, Massively OP's MJ can't help but look back longingly on many of her previous...
Diablo Immortal and World of Warcraft lead artist Glenn Rane leaves Blizzard
Blizzard suffered another high-profile defection this past week, as art lead Glenn Rane departed the studio. Rane joined several of his former Blizzard colleagues...
Path of Exile promises more aggressive VRAM engine changes to make for a better game experience
Who wants to learn how VRAM works today? See, Path of Exile is making some changes to how it utilizes VRAM in terms of resource...
Four Winds: Final thoughts on Elyon’s first closed beta test
Elyon's closed beta test came and went, and boy am I happy with what I played. It was unfortunate that the test fell on...
Path of Exile issues a fix-filled patch, talks about the creation of the Trialmaster and game sounds
Grinding Gear Games is just chock-full of information related to Path of Exile. In terms of game-related details, the game's next upcoming patch will...
Casually Classic: Yeah, those Burning Crusade Classic prices are stupid high
If there's anything that Blizzard excels in doing these days, it's taking a slam-dunk publicity announcement and turning it into a hurricane of poop....
Massively Overthinking: Is there an MMO you’d never be caught dead playing?
So today's Massively Overthinking question is entirely the fault of fanny packs. I don't care how hard retailers and fashion gurus push fanny packs...
Kakao Q1 2021 financials: ArcheAge 2 won’t be ready until at least 2024
As MOP's own Carlo has written at length, Kakao is a massive company with its fingers in many pies - most recently the delicious...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2021: Blizzard lost almost 29% of its overall active playerbase in three years
Welcome back, my friends: It's time for another Activision-Blizzard investor report, and we're expecting this one to be a ride. Readers will recall that...
Blizzard and Fox are headed for a trademark fight over the Diablo name
I have to sometimes wonder if trademark lawyers claw their faces when they see certain case files cross their desks. Take, for example, an...
The Stream Team: Being bolder in Path of Exile’s Ultimatums
Path of Exile's Ultimatum challenges seemed relatively tame at the beginning, but they quickly became much more intense! Massively OP's MJ barely got a...
Path of Exile’s upcoming patch addresses several bugs and makes some Ultimatum adjustments
It's time for another round of early patch notes for Path of Exile, and as is often tradition, this upcoming patch features a number...
Former Marvel Heroes developer Brian Waggoner is now working on Marvel’s Avengers
Remember Marvel Heroes? You probably do! It was a pretty popular game, after all, and as we noted last year it was ultimately the implosion...
Heroes of the Storm players lament Blizzard’s neglect and slow development
While Blizzard's all-star character-filled MOBA Heroes of the Storm isn't shuttered or being completely ignored yet -- in fact, there have been a couple...
Diablo Immortal is testing endgame content and the Crusader class in alpha
As you continue your grand quest to secure a phone to play the upcoming Diablo Immortal, Blizzard has moved the mobile game into its...
Four Winds: Why are Asian MMOs monetized the way they are?
Welcome to Four Winds, Massively OP's newest column, dedicated to Asian MMOs and the culture around it. As the resident Black Desert columnist, I'm...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 318: Middle-earth no more
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO's cancelation, LOTRO's Bilbo patch, FFXIV's 5.5, and SWG Legends' Bespin expansion, with adventures in WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, Albion Online, and Cozy Grove, plus mailbag topics on ugly duckling MMOs, reconciling immersion, and superhero MMOs.
Path of Exile exploit banwave hits one of the game’s main streamers, furor over accessibility ban caused by a troll
Today in "garbage members of the Path of Exile community" news, we've got a couple of unfortunate instances to report from the multiplayer ARPG....
The Stream Team: Facing Path of Exile’s Ultimatum for the first time
After it had such a rocky launch, Massively OP's MJ is glad she waited to jump into Path of Exile's new Ultimatum league for...
