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Massively OP Podcast Episode 410: Cyberpunk meets gaslamp
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Diablo IV, Palia, Nightingale, Blizzard, NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and EG7/Daybreak, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.
Massively Overthinking: What’s the ideal content cadence for an MMORPG in 2023?
Earlier this week, Guild Wars 2 revealed a major shake-up of its content delivery cadence. Studio ArenaNet suggested that the traditional living world cadence...
Pearl Abyss Q4 2022: Revenues decline as Black Desert and EVE hold steady and Crimson Desert malingers
Pearl Abyss posted its Q4 2022 financials this week, and unlike some of its regional counterparts whose chief interest is China or South Korea,...
Black Desert adds individual war rewards for console and kicks off Adventure Week on PC
Ideally, the time players spend in Black Desert on PC is already full of adventure, but that's not stopping the game from hosting an...
Black Desert Mobile introduces Zayed, its upcoming Awakened Hashashin class
Regular players of Black Desert know that the game's classes come in two forms: their regular version and the Awakened version. For players of...
Global Chat: Where does WoW Classic go from here?
As Wrath Classic gets closer to its preordained expiration date, Priest with a Cause is asking a question that a lot of people are:...
Black Desert’s Valentine’s Day events have arrived ahead of the MMO’s 7th birthday
Valentine's Day has returned to the PC version of Black Desert this week as part of a marketing push that also heralds a major...
Black Desert merges silver storage on console, adds individual war rewards for PC, tweaks Bell of Aal on mobile
This week has once more seen all three variants of Black Desert get their own individual updates, which means another three paragraphs of condensed...
Black Desert adjusts crystal transfusion and Node War for console, releases the Maegu class to PC
The long-awaited and often-referenced new class has finally released to PC players of Black Desert. The latest update sees the Maegu class' arrival to...
Black Desert PC ties down a January 18 release date for the Maegu class
Here she comes, baby. She's comin' to gitcha. She's the Maegu class, the second of the twin classes coming to Black Desert on PC,...
Black Desert PC and mobile prepare for a Woosa and Maegu launch swap
Back at Black Desert's Calpheon Ball in December, there was a bit of confusion over which version of the game was getting which of...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2022 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
As we wrap up our end-of-the-year and turn-of-the-calendar content until next December, there's one more recurring Massively Overthinking I like to do - and...
Black Desert PC launches a Maegu-themed event, adjusts classes, and opens Yolunakea for seasonal players
The Maegu - the second of the much-ballyhooed twin classes of Black Desert - is nearly available on the PC version of the MMORPG,...
Black Desert Console adds ‘cloud accessories’ as BDO Mobile celebrates third birthday
Black Desert Mobile is riding high after its big release last week, and Black Desert PC launched its first Arena of Solare season yesterday....
Black Desert PC launches the first Arena of Solare season, tweaks animations, and asks to see your dog
"May I see a picture of your dog?" That's kind of the question that the PC version of Black Desert is asking during one...
Black Desert Mobile adds new zones and boss fights, reads fans an audiobook about its twin classes
While most of the Black Desert Mobile world is probably still getting its head around December's Maegu class release, today's patch has plenty of...
Steam’s winter sale offers many deep discounts on FFXIV, Elder Scrolls Online, New World and more
If you're not already broke from buying presents this holiday season, why not treat yourself to the annual gamer gluttony that is the Steam...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s Jaehee Kim and Jesse Joo on accessibility, community, and playing their own game
Attending the first Calpheon Ball in the US was an awesome experience. Getting to see fellow Black Desert fans, watching the joy in peoples' faces...
Black Desert PC introduces the fan-wielding Woosa and launches its winter seasonal server
Who would bring a fan to a sword fight? The Woosa, that's who. The class that's been talked up by Pearl Abyss at this...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 400: A fireside chat with Justin and Bree
Justin and Bree discuss The Game Awards, Blue Protocol, Diablo IV, Nightingale, Wayfinder, Dune Awakening, the FTC fighting Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard merger, ZeniMax's unionization effort, and Black Desert's Calpheon Ball, plus an epic Daily Grind showdown with topics ranging from the MMO regrets to the best elves.
