pirates
Fight or Kite: Sea of Thieves made me feel like a pirate
In the long running debate between who would win in a fight between pirates and ninjas, I’ve always fallen on the side of the...
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...
Pirate101 players hope to save the game by flooding its servers starting January 24
While Pirate101 isn't being targeted for shutdown, it is effectively in maintenance mode, which probably makes some long-time fans of the MMO a bit...
RaiderZ’s Reboot promises zone revamps, map optimization, and core storyline
Remember way back 2015 when PWE shut down RaiderZ? The tragedy didn't last long, as the original developer Masangsoft waited only until 2017 to...
The Stream Team: Setting sail to pirate adventure in Dungeons and Dragons Online
With so many of her DDO adventures involving pirates lately, Massively OP's MJ was pretty disappointed that she never got to sail. That changes...
Pirates of the Burning Sea touts an all-new installer and numerous stability updates in latest patch
The new owners of the piratical MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea keep on keeping on. The most recent newsletter out of Vision Online...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven ways EverQuest reshaped MMO history
To many veteran MMO players, the opening horns of EverQuest's score are enough to trigger vivid memories, violent hallucinations, and an unstoppable desire to...
Wizard101 talks up 2021 stat rebalancing and PvP changes, Pirate101 adds a free respec for subscribers
The producer of Wizard101 really likes the world of Karamelle. That's part of the impression given by her recent producer's letter, which talks up...
Age of Water is an online post-apoc flooded world of custom ships, pirates, and exploration
Gaijin Entertainment, the publisher and developer of games like War Thunder and Crossout, has announced its first published title under the Gaijin inCubator label...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 story
It'd be wrong to say that this patch is our first patch back on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. We've been splitting our...
CCP Games partners with Sperasoft for the latest in a long line of EVE franchise shooters
It's no secret at all that CCP Games has been working on a new multiplayer online game, or at least it shouldn't be if...
The Stream Team: A Bargain of Blood in Dungeons and Dragons Online
Massively OP's MJ: Celebrating the season with Pirates! For the next adventure in DDO's pirate saga ("Bargain of Blood"), the D&D night crew...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v4.0
By far, my favorite column to write here at Massively OP (and the one that always takes the longest) is The Game Archaeologist. I've...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2020
We have a fun end-of-the-year tradition on MOP to recap the best and worst MMO developer quotes of the year. In fact, I keep...
Sea of Thieves’ Festival of Giving brings a list of seasonal events and the return of gilded voyages
Just because the game is called Sea of Thieves doesn't mean that the holiday spirit can't be felt by the pirates of the game....
