patch notes
World of Warcraft posts full notes for tomorrow’s Patch 9.0.5
Like a murloc bum-rushing the unwary adventurer, World of Warcraft's Patch 9.0.5 is sprinting toward the live servers. Tomorrow's update is a mid-range patch,...
Ultima Online’s Publish 110 nerfs auction hall access for free-to-play players
As promised, Ultima Online's Publish 110 release has landed on the test server, offering players a first full glimpse into what this release entails....
Vague Patch Notes: MMO sunsets and the myth of meritocracy
A few weeks back, I talked about why a given MMO might have failed even when it possessed good qualities. It was a response...
Blankos Block Party makes more shooting and racing changes and improves the Party Bus feature
The open beta for the multiplayer game-building title Blankos Block Party has gotten another update full of improvements to racing and shooting parties among...
Shroud of the Avatar improves crafting as Richard Garriott dives to the bottom of the ocean
We'll go ahead and get this out of the way first: MMO developer Richard Garriott dived to the bottom of the Mariana Trench today....
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s delayed patch is finally coming on March 2
After getting hit with a snow delay, Star Wars: The Old Republic's next update is finally coming to the servers on Tuesday, March 2nd....
Path of Exile previews the bug fixes coming with its next patch
It's almost time for another round of bug fixes and minor improvements for Path of Exile, but judging by the forum response, we suspect it's...
Destiny 2 promises an end to Infusion caps, new PvP balancing, armor transmog, and cross-play in 2021
The fact that Bungie is expanding its operations in support of Destiny 2 should tell you that the studio has plans for the game,...
Vague Patch Notes: Considering the soloer’s experience in MMOs
I sized him up from where he sat across from me. He was intelligent, that much I could tell just at a glance -...
Player-run Neocron just released a truly massive graphics and combat update
Who needs Cyberpunk 2077's increasingly distant multiplayer when the first cyberpunk MMO is still alive and kickin' out updates? We're talking about Neocron, of course,...
Diablo III puts follower revamps and gear set changes on PTS tomorrow
While most fans are likely still thinking about the future (or the remastered past) of the franchise, Diablo III is still doing its thing,...
Prosperous Universe enters early access on February 24 – here are the patch notes and trailer
It's been a weird and wiggly road for the interstellar economic sandbox title Prosperous Universe to get here. Readers will recall that the game...
Mortal Online 2’s latest update adds more gore and the Myrland Jungle
When you take down an enemy in Mortal Online 2, you want to be sure it's dead, and there's no surer way that's the...
Vague Patch Notes: The challenge of the average MMO player
Pick an MMO, any MMO you know pretty well. Pick an MMO where you have a good sense of how much content there is...
Black Desert is deleting accounts not transferred to Pearl Abyss by May 31
If you haven't transferred your Black Desert account from Kakao to Pearl Abyss - perhaps because of the chaos last week - then you...
No Man’s Sky adds an in-depth pet system with the Companions update
Space can be a lonely place in No Man's Sky, but it doesn't need to be if you have a little pet friend helping...
Texas snowstorm delays Blade and Soul’s next update
A lot of the staff here at Massively OP were chatting and complaining about the massive snowstorm that dumped a whole lot of snow...
Neverwinter’s Sharandar: The Iron Tooth is live on PC today
After a week's delay and a combat overhaul that set the playerbase ablaze, Perfect World has finally unleashed Neverwinter's next big thing: Sharandar. As...
Destiny 2 discusses a quest details UI, returning classic content, and Black at Bungie philanthropy
The weekly Bungie update is once again sharing a diverse cornucopia of Destiny 2 news pieces, from features that slipped patch note notice to...
Vague Patch Notes: Emergent gameplay in MMOs isn’t a defense of awful behavior
To the surprise (or at least disappointment) of many, it turns out that some players in Elite: Dangerous found an exciting and fresh way to...