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LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s history in 2020 and hopes for 2021
Just as how Sam and Frodo experienced depths of despair and heights of hope in their journey to Mount Doom, Lord of the Rings...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s 2020 year in review
2019 was a rough year for Guild Wars 2. Its studio, ArenaNet, suffered sizable layoffs, and lost game directors Mike O’Brien and Mike Zadorojny....
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2020
Here's a fun question for you: What's the difference between the biggest surprises of a year and the biggest stories of the year? The answer,...
PAX hopes to return in 2021 with a full slate of conventions
While it certainly wasn't the greatest tragedy of 2020, the cancelation of numerous game trade shows and conventions was felt among fans who enjoyed...
Perfect Ten: The most fun pre-launch MMO runs
You know what's really fun? The build-up to an MMO's release, especially when you're really invested in that particular game. Some of my fondest...
Survival MMO Population Zero has formally launched into Steam early access
Actiony survival sandbox MMORPG Population Zero has officially opened for business on Steam as an early access title this afternoon. As we've previously covered,...
Population Zero, which launches next week, recaps its development journey in new vid
We first started covering the survival scifi MMO Population Zero all the way back in December 2018, but in truth, the game had been...
LOTRO Legendarium: Breaking down LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter
It may be a month or two overdue, but the producer's letter for Lord of the Rings Online finally arrived this week. While we...
Marvel Future Revolution hypes up its universe-merging story in a video
I'm going to be honest, specific details are pretty scant here, but there is a new video from the folks at Marvel Future Revolution...
Our interview with Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida and Yusuke Mogi
Health concerns kept the staff from Final Fantasy XIV away from this year's PAX East in Boston back at the end of February. This...
Vague Patch Notes: Chronicles of Elyria’s road to nowhere
I honestly cannot stop thinking about Chronicles of Elyria. Not in the sense of surprise, mind you; this was pretty much one of the...
Survival MMO Population Zero previews world design and exploration
Need a break from watching the news in horror? Population Zero's dev diary might do the trick. Developer Enplex Games has a new one...
LOTRO Legendarium: Five ideas for special servers in Lord of the Rings Online
At PAX East recently, Standing Stone Games teased some details of Lord of the Rings Online's future. I'm going to hold off on talking...
This Magic Legends video puts a cap on PAX East
PAX East is gone; long live PAX East! If you missed out on the recent convention, then you can enjoy just a taste of...
Chronicles of Elyria just dropped a new mood and gameplay video
Chronicles of Elyria has a new preview up for watchers of the Kickstarted, in-development MMO. Last last night, Soulbound Studios posted up its latest...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 261: PAX yay, GDC nay
Justin and Bree discuss PAX East, GDC, the coronavirus' impact on gaming, Magic Legends, Population Zero, Marvel Future Revolution, LOTRO and DDO, Funcom and Dune, and City of Heroes, plus adventures in AQ3D, CoH, and SWG Legends, with mailbag topics on everything MMOs and the doom of WildStar.
Bethesda showcases Fallout 76 Wastelanders’ chatty NPCs in a panel
Last week, we were told an awful lot about the dialogue system and NPC interaction that's arriving to Fallout 76, but now we're being...
Guild Wars 2’s Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire content lands March 17 – here’s the trailer
During PAX East this year, Guild Wars 2 may not have been granting interviews or talking to media about the state of the game,...
PAX East 2020: Marvel Future Revolution is Netmarble’s new open-world mobile MMO
Yesterday at their panel at PAX East 2020, Marvel and Netmarble announced a new mobile open world online RPG, Marvel Future Revolution. Ahead of...
Magic Legends offers a look at the Beastcaller class in new gameplay video
Magic Legends is already a game where most of the classes call forth creatures to take out their enemies, but some prefer to use...
