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One Shots: Walk of shame
From Zulika Mi-Nam's Adventures in Tale of Toast:
Log into a game to do some play testing.
"Hey, look at these cutsie graphics and...
Massively Overthinking: MMO monetization run amok
Over the last couple of weeks, the monetization of unreleased games has become a pervasive and uncomfortable theme for the MMO genre. Just in...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that died too soon
Your favorite game is going to die. I wrote about that. Some games are never even going to get to launching in the first...
The Stream Team: A first look at Legends of Aria (and a giveaway!)
If you've had an interest in Shards Online but wanted something bigger and more MMO-y, we've got someone we'd like you to meet. Well,...
Enter to win a Legends of Aria alpha trial key from Citadel and MOP
Legends of Aria's alpha launched yesterday, setting loose the new and more MMORPG-like vision for the game formerly known as Shards Online. While normally...
Legends of Aria’s alpha has begun, infusing the Shards Online sandbox with MMORPG
Back at PAX East, MMO players were startled but pleased at the revelation that Shards Online was getting a massive revamp as well as...
One Shots: MMOs are serious business
As we all well know, MMORPGs are a Serious Business indeed. We must treat them reverently and with our utmost due diligence as we...
Legends of Aria delays next alpha test to May 12
The Game Formerly Known As Shards Online (which can also be represented by an abstract symbol or its new name, Legends of Aria) announced...
Legends of Aria rewrites Shards Online’s combat system
When Legends of Aria emerged from Shards Online, it changed more than just the name. In the first Aria-era dev diary, the team explains...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 110: Legends of Aria’s Derek Brinkmann
Justin interviews Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann on the game's switch from Shards Online, Ultima origins, open PvP, private servers, and the shift to full MMORPG status.
Legends of Aria begins focused testing, delays Steam launch
Legends of Aria is shaking things up from the old Shards Online paradigm. In addition to the name change and broader focus, the fantasy...
Remembering EverQuest Next
Is it too soon -- or perhaps too pointless -- to wool-gather about EverQuest Next? After all, that MMO project is deader than dead,...
Massively OP’s PAX East 2017 awards and best-in-show reader vote
We've finished rolling out all of our PAX East content this year, and we've put our MMORPG-addled noggins together to try to choose our...
Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark
Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 108: PAX East power-up
Justin and Eliot discuss PAX East, Shards Online aka Legends of Aria, TERA and Trove on console, Final Fantasy XIV, Dauntless, Kritika Online, and Conan Exiles, plus mailbag questions on Eastern MMOs and permadeath.
PAX East 2017: Citadel Studios on Shards Online’s switch to Legends of Aria
Big changes for MMOs frequently involve giving up almost as much as you gain. Not so with Legends of Aria, the not-actually-new title from...
PAX East 2017: Shards Online changes its name to Legends of Aria and goes full MMORPG
Shards Online is no more: The game is now officially called Legends of Aria. Better still? It's now being marketed by Citadel Studios as...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 106: Ready to relaunch
Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World's relaunch, Landmark's sunset, ESO: Morrowind, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Ship of Heroes, and Champions Online, with a mailbag questions on ESO and multiplayer immersion.
Devs and players say farewell to Landmark and the last remnants of EverQuest Next
Landmark's servers blinked off for the very last time last night, with our own EverQuest franchise columnist MJ Guthrie there to stream the end. The...
The Stream Team: Landmark’s sunset stream
Parting is such sorrow, but there is certainly nothing sweet about this one! Massively OP's MJ is forced to say goodbye to a game...
