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Launch impressions: Overwatch is good, but it’s only half a game
The thing that bugs me about Overwatch is that it feels like half of a game. Unfortunately, it's also the less interesting half, the...
The Stream Team: Hippity hoppity HEX is on its way!
Today, death comes upon the soft furry paws of a cuddly bunny as MassivelyOP's MJ dives back into the PvP campaign in HEX on...
Blizzard cracks down on Overwatch porn
Surprising exactly no one familiar with Overwatch's art style, people are already making porn of it. Rule #34, guys. PCGamesN ran the numbers and...
DUST 514 sunsets today
Back in February, CCP announced that it was sunsetting console shooter DUST 514 on May 30th -- and now that day has arrived.
Players are...
Perfect Ten: Apologies I must make to my fellow Overwatch players
Fellow players of Overwatch, I am sorry. I don't know your names because I tried very hard to forget them, but I am still...
Mark Kern says he’d buy Firefall back if it sunsets
Mark Kern, most recently recalled to MMORPG audiences for volunteering himself as a spokesperson in the Nostalrius World of Warcraft vanilla server ordeal, told...
Analyst argues game devs are abandoning free-to-play in some genres
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has another piece on Gamasutra this week, this one arguing that video game developers are "backing away from...
Aion’s Echoes of Eternity expansion bumps the level cap to 75
NCsoft announced this week that Aion's North American version is due to receive the 5.0 expansion, better known here as Echoes of Eternity. Here's...
Get a quick rundown of the lore relationships in Overwatch
With 21 characters, 12 maps, and 0 actual in-game story, it can occasionally be difficult to place what's happening in Overwatch within the context...
Global Chat: Snap judgments of Overwatch
The talk of the blogger town has definitely been abuzz with impressions, thoughts, and snap judgments of Overwatch as it heads to release. Is...
The Division’s Conflict update and Clear Sky incursion are live
The Division's 1.2: Conflict update is live today, complete with the 4-man level 30 Clear Sky incursion, four new gear sets, new weapons, loot...
Overwatch shares plans for bringing back competitive play
Every match in Overwatch is, by its very nature, a competition. You have two teams struggling to complete an objective; it's not going to...
The Daily Grind: So are you playing Overwatch?
Sure it's not Project Titan, but Overwatch is the next big thing, and it's well and truly sucked the air out of the room....
The Stream Team: A first peek at Battleborn
She's not exactly sure how it happened, but MassivelyOP's MJ has started poking around more outside the MMOverse. It all starts with, "Have you...
Overwatch’s launch day has arrived; here’s our giant roundup
Blizzard's Overwatch, the shooty remains of what was once destined to be MMORPG Project Titan, formally launches tonight at midnight -- if you're in...
TennoCon 2016 brings Warframe players together this July
As we mention in the Massively OP offices from time to time, Warframe is one of those games that seems to be doing ridiculously...
Jukebox Heroes: Great tunes from dead MMOs
When a beloved MMORPG is canceled, it doesn't entirely vanish without a trace. After all, there are thousands (if not millions) of eyewitnesses with...
Beta testers actually used Overwatch’s commendation system for good
Still feeling bereft of Overwatch in this period between the beta and the launch? Can't help you there, but Blizzard has expounded on its...
Destiny poster leaks ‘Rise of Iron’ DLC
A photo of a promotional poster for Destiny popped up on Reddit last night, likely spoiling the name of the game's future DLC: Rise...
The Division releases a trailer for its next free update, Conflict
The next free update for The Division is a big one. It brings in new gear and equipment for players to use, naturally, along...
