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Final Fantasy XIV temporarily suspends automatic housing demolition because of COVID-19
While one would assume that self-isolation or quarantine due to the novel coronavirus would mean more time in your in-game house in Final Fantasy...
LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Hytbold experiment
The landscape of any long-running MMORPG is bound to be littered with various developer experiments that were tried and later abandoned. Lord of the...
Massively on the Go: Why MMO players will love Animal Crossing New Horizons
Some of you may have noticed that several staffers and fellow MassivelyOP readers noted that they were playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons last weekend....
Ultima Online’s 108th update is live with housing decay overhaul and Treasures of Tokuno
Ultima Online may be a million years old, but it's still getting updates, and in fact, its 108th publish has officially dropped on the...
COVID-19 roundup: GameStop, unions call foul, Square-Enix, race cars, Blizzard, Skyforge, and Ultima Online housing
Welcome back to another quick roundup of news bits all about how COVID-19 has impacted even our MMO corner of the gaming world. Also...
The Game Archaeologist: Shenmue Online
If you ever stumble across a Dreamcast enthusiast -- and believe me, they are everywhere -- on the forefront of their diatribe about how...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Warlords of Draenor
Oh barf.
Yes, folks, it... it had to happen. We had to get to this expansion. I know, none of us really want to. World of Warcraft...
Fan-made video shows off the importance of online connections in Final Fantasy XIV
Let's be direct. Even if you have never played Final Fantasy XIV, you should probably watch this new short film from Toitoi Pictures entitled...
Lord of the Rings Online spruces up its spring festival
With all that's going on, it might be easy to forget that spring is here -- and with it, Lord of the Rings Online's...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Mists of Pandaria
It's time, people. It's time to remember you should never say no to panda. Yes, we've reached one of World of Warcraft's most weirdly controversial...
Path of Exile posts Delirium patch notes, passive tree data, and item filter information
Path of Exile is either trying to ensure its players are as well-prepared as they can be, or give them all information overload, I'm...
You’re going to have to work to get a home in New World
If you've already called the movers to lug your stuff into New World when it (supposedly) launches this spring, you might want to reschedule....
Star Wars: The Old Republic continues discussing the Alderaan Stronghold’s design
Are you enjoying your Alderaanian house in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Would you like to continue the discussion about its design that started...
LOTRO’s future includes River-Hobbits, Mission feature, and a new type of server
The folks over at MMO Central have posted a couple of interviews with Standing Stone Games that sheds some additional light on Lord of...
Turn-based tactical MMO Atlantica Online is arriving to Steam March 26
While Atlantica Online, the tactics-minded turn-based MMORPG from Valofe and Nexon, has been around for a fair while globally, it hasn't made any inroads...
Star Wars: The Old Republic designers discuss the creation of the Alderaan stronghold
If you like to build something to last in Star Wars: The Old Republic, don't build on Alderaan. Sure, it looks pretty right now, but...
PAX East 2020: LOTRO plans Aragorn and Arwen’s wedding plus 2021 expansion as DDO teases unicorns
If you skipped out on PAX because of contagion concerns, or just missed the Standing Stone party last night because all the MMOs piled...
Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating MMORPG exit barriers
In episode 13 of season 9 of The Simpsons, after having spent far more time than she wants in the Movementarian cult, Marge angrily...
Temtem eyes a trading hall, console port, hardcore mode, and cosmetics cash shop by summer 2021
Yesterday, Crema dropped a big roadmap for Pokemon-esque MMO-lite Temtem. Deeming it the "short-term" plan, the studio elaborated on competitive matchmaking, spectator mode, chat...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 260: New World needs new ideas
Justin and Bree discuss Project Nova, Final Fantasy XIV, PAX East and the coronavirus, WoW subs, New World, and Daybreak, with mailbag topics on positive MMO stories, rogue servers, binge listening, and sandboxes.
