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Wisdom of Nym: So, if there is a Final Fantasy XVI…
It's been about a year since I wrote about Naoki Yoshida's mystery project, which still has not actually been announced in any way and...
The MOP Up: Second Life’s super expensive brothel
It's not every week that my editor marches up to me and demands that I cover virtual brothels as headlining stories, but this did...
Ashes of Creation partially lifts its NDA, discusses open world housing and caravans in a livestream
Things appear to be going rather swimmingly for Ashes of Creation. During the game's most recent developer livestream, the team touted an eight hour-long...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about offline play in MMORPGs?
I spend a... lot of time in Star Wars Galaxies on the SWG Legends rogue server. I poke fun at myself for this, but...
Perfect Ten: The top 10 things we loved about WildStar
WildStar was a really neat game that was run by people who had no idea what was good about it. I'd apologize for that...
Elder Scrolls Online previews Greymoor’s world-spanning, largely non-combat antiquities system
With Greymoor now scheduled to launch May 26th, we're less than a month away from Elder Scrolls Online's next big thing, and probably the...
Elder Scrolls Online’s ZeniMax Online Studios snapped up a BioWare vet for what sounds like its new MMO
We've known that ZeniMax Online Studios, the Bethsoft sibling behind Elder Scrolls Online, has been working on another MMORPG for a while - since...
Magic: Legends talks up the Realm system and how it helps player progression
So it looks like Magic: Legends will have something of a housing system, but this is less about cosmetic style and more about character...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?
Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...
Massively on the Go: Animal Crossing’s housing islands from an MMO player’s perspective
One multiplayerish game that we've talked about a bit as the MOP team's been quarantined on the Golden Yacht is Animal Crossing: New Horizons....
Elder Scrolls Online unlocks subscription benefits for a week
With Greymoor just on the horizon, Elder Scrolls Online is receiving a whole lot of attention these days. And now there's an additional reason...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s eternal restoration of Ishgard
As of this writing, the Final Fantasy XIV server that has made the most progress on Ishgard restoration is Tonberry on the Elemental data...
Global Chat: That moment when you realize you chose the wrong MMO class
Have you ever gotten deep into a character's journey in an MMO -- and gradually realized that you'd picked the wrong class for you...
First Impressions: Fractured’s alpha playtest begins to put the pieces together
As we reported at the end of last week, MMORPG sandbox Fractured opened up its alpha test to all backers. With this test phase,...
Massively Overthinking: MMO business models in the face of recession
MOP reader Sray posed us an interesting question this past week focused on how MMO business models interface with the global economy. "The last major...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Red Stone, Euotopia, Ogre Island, Stendhal, and Astonia
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you’ve (probably) never heard of — or have totally forgotten about until now! If you're...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.25 and the new weapons of choice
I have to admit, part of my reaction to patch 5.25 was simple relief that finally, finally, I had something to spend Poetics on...
LOTRO Legendarium: Breaking down LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter
It may be a month or two overdue, but the producer's letter for Lord of the Rings Online finally arrived this week. While we...
It turns out that YouTube megastar Jenna Marbles is an Elder Scrolls Online junkie
Sometimes, our favourite things collide in weird and wonderful ways, and today is one of those days. At the time of writing, YouTube sensation...
LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter: Dwarves, weddings, PvP servers, Rohan housing, and more
Lord of the Rings Online's tardiest producer's letter ever has finally arrived, six days into April, to give players a vision of what's to...
