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One Shots: Never crowd surf over cats with claws
If you ever find yourself at a heavy metal concert where most of the crowd is made out of bestial cat-things, trust me: Don't...
Massively Uplifting: Love and generosity in Sea of Thieves, Guild Wars 2, SOTA, and more
February is often known as the commercialized month of love (Happy Hallmark Day!), but that doesn't mean there wasn't genuine love abounding throughout the...
Leaderboard: So, is RIFT next?
Gamigo, which just bought the studio behind Wizard101 and Pirate101, cleaned house yesterday, purging multiple MMORPGs that it acquired during its past acquisitions of...
Eden Eternal becomes the third MMORPG Gamigo killed off today
Right about now, a whole bunch of Gamigo MMORPGs are wishing they had to deal with only server merges. That's because Gamigo's now axed...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends Mobile is on the way
The multi-platform hit Apex Legends is finally making the jump to mobile. Droid Gamers reported that Tencent and Respawn are working on a phone...
Massively Overthinking: Do you need to be the hero in MMOs?
MMORPG developer Raph Koster recently tweeted that he'd had a "debate with some devs who asserted that videogames require the player to be the...
Nexon saw a record 2020 revenue haul thanks to MapleStory and FIFA
With an emphasis on MapleStory's continuing success and a push into "new markets," Nexon settled out 2020 rather well for itself. Its Q4 2020...
The Stream Team: The Tide Turns is the real finale of DDO’s pirate saga
Massively OP's MJ may have said that last time was the last time for DDO's pirate saga. However, today is the real last time!...
RuneScape improves various teleportation methods and adds a Valentine’s Day-themed heist
It's a new week in the world of Gielinor and that means it's time for another weekly newsletter from RuneScape. This week, the Ninjas...
Sea of Thieves’ first season has arrived with a new voyage type and LTM
Season one of Sea of Thieves' new business-and-content model has officially arrived today. Here's hoping this take lasts long than that whole "three live...
Dual Universe offers up a detailed look at its upcoming mission system
Making money in Dual Universe requires a bit more legwork than most MMO players might be used to, particularly since traders need to haul...
Pirates of the Burning Sea wants to make new content and break up the pirate faction
With some of the more critical infrastructure issues addressed, free-to-play Pirates of the Burning Sea is now sailing into the waters of possible content...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 306: Money makes the MMOs go ’round
Justin and Bree discuss Pantheon, the KingsIsle and Jagex buyouts, World of Warcraft, Star Trek Online, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and SWG Legends, plus mailbox topics on underwater combat and choosing between MMO subs.
Sea of Thieves elaborates on upcoming seasons content in new video and update posts
Back in December, the devs of Sea of Thieves released a news bulletin video that, among other things, talked about seasons, which add content,...
Following Gamigo buyout, Wizard101 keeps monetization and Pirate101 might resume development
Earlier this week, we covered the surprising news that Media and Games Invest, whose chief subsidiary is Gamigo and which is run by Gamigo's...
The Stream Team: Wrapping up the Blood Tide Pirate adventures in Dungeons & Dragons Online
The Blood Tide pirates in DDO just don't want to give up! They've apparently got some wild notion that they can become the...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO loot I’m always thrilled to get
Loot's not something that I see discussed much these days among MMO players. It's probably because loot's been around since the beginning of online...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 305: Restoring faith
Justin and Bree discuss Elite Dangerous' Odyssey delay, LOTRO's latest mishaps, Guild Wars 2 Power, Pirate101 and the KingsIsle sale, and FFXIV's Ishgard restoration, with a Daily Grind blitz and mailbag topics on WoW Shadowlands, seeing how the sausage is made, and lifeskill-centric MMOs.
The company that owns Gamigo bought out Wizard101 studio KingsIsle too
Tis the season for selling and buying MMO companies, apparently. Adding to the Daybreak and Albion Online pile is KingsIsle Entertainment, which has apparently...
Atlas patches in the ability to tame and ride dolphins
So, is Atlas meant to be a serious nautical simulation? The answer is quite obviously no because the newest patch to the game adds the...
