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Pirate101 and Wizard101 bring back the Friendship Festival as KingsIsle talks Pirate101 development trajectory
While Valentine's Day is technically behind us on the calendar, KingIsle's MMOs Wizard101 and Pirate101 are still very much in the spirit of love....
Jukebox Heroes: Highlights from Lost Ark’s soundtrack
It's been a shameful while since I last delivered a Jukebox Heroes column to you, but what better occasion is there for a revival...
Massively Uplifting: MMOs show true love through helping kids, planting trees
Attitudes and thoughts about Valentine's Day vary widely, from crass commercialism to idyllic romanticism to complete indifference. But the fact remains that the spirit...
Sea of Thieves adds general improvements and a dangerous fog portending its next adventure
The skies are clear of Flameheart's influence in Sea of Thieves, but that's only because there's an entirely new danger on the horizon. A...
Sea of Thieves plans new content seasons for 2022 but sunsets arena mode
Sea of Thieves went a bit Mary Celeste over the holidays, but this week, Rare has resurfaced with an outline of content through the...
Perfect Ten: Genuinely fun MMO minigames
Few people are without opinions on minigames in MMOs. Some love 'em, some hate 'em, and some just ignore 'em. Some even despise that...
Elite Dangerous Odyssey gets several faction-based adjustments and additional fixes in Update 10
Tenth time's the charm, as the classic saying goes: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey's hammering out the dents on its PC version continues as the expansion...
Massively Overthinking: Do cross-IP collabs and promos in MMOs bother you?
Transmedia synergy. Let's just lead with that. We have a long tradition around here of teasing MMOs for jamming in these weird promotions with...
Wizard101 and Pirate101 developer KingsIsle promises ‘exciting things’ for its January 27 KI Live broadcast
The KI Live broadcasts from Wizard101 and Pirate101 developer KingsIsle are usually something that regular fans of both games want to pay attention to,...
The Stream Team: Planning on some pixelated piracy in Plunder Panic
When Plunder Panic was brought to our attention, MOP's Chris was almost immediately intrigued by the whole thing. Retro-style arcade gaming? 2-D sprite graphics?...
Plunder Panic is a 6v6 action arcade title where 2-D pirates fight over different objectives
There are two things that immediately caught my interest when I saw the multiplayer arcade title of Plunder Panic cross our news desk: one,...
The Stream Team: The Dread Sea Scrolls of Dungeons & Dragons Online
The brand-new Dread Seas Scrolls quest that recently launched in Dungeons and Dragons Online (and then promptly bugged out so Massively OP's MJ couldn't...
Associate director of Ubisoft’s oft-delayed Skull and Bones departs the company
"What the heck is Skull and Bones," you cry. And we hear you! See, back before Ubisoft put out awful NFT nonsense no one wants,...
KingsIsle confirms new Pirate101 content for 2022 is in the works, looks back at 2021 design goals for Wizard101
Before launching into this story, let's put out a quick review. At the beginning of this year, players of Pirate101 started up a "flood...
Pirates of the Burning Sea teases ‘legacy’ edition coming soon
Arr, there be some life left in Pirates of the Burning Sea's sails, after all! Shortly before the dev team broke for the holidays,...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v5.0
It has been another thrilling year of exploring the relatively unknown or forgotten lands of MMORPG history here in The Game Archaeologist. From projects...
PSA: Apex Legends celebrates SWTOR’s 10th anniversary with a free giveaway
A delayed expansion announcement is probably not how Star Wars: The Old Republic wanted to be celebrating its 10th anniversary, but these things happen....
The Game Archaeologist: Hero101, the lost KingsIsle superhero MMO
You do get the sense that KingsIsle once had very grand plans for what is called its "101 Universe." After Wizard101 came out to...
DDO and LOTRO welcome the winter holidays — and throw in something a little extra
It's officially the season for snow, gifts, and... dinosaurs? This is SSG we're talking about, so just about anything is possible! Both Lord of...
One Shots: Bring on Endwalker!
Friends, we are going to need to happily resign ourselves to the fact that we're about to get a flood of FFXIV pictures in...
