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Destiny 2 outlines new missions and features designed to help new and returning players
As Destiny 2 moves towards its Final Shape expansion, it becomes even more apparent that there are a lot of vague narrative details that...
Vague Patch Notes: The specter of racially locked classes in MMOs and before
One of the things I've taken on multiple times in this column is the concept of gender-locked classes, which are bad, and if you...
Perfect Ten: 10 of the worst launches in MMO history
Launch time is a difficult time for every MMO, and honestly, I have nothing but sympathy for the teams launching a new game at...
Wisdom of Nym: What seems to be cut content from Final Fantasy XIV
The thing about Final Fantasy XIV datamining is that, at least to me, it's kind of boring. Unlike some other games that used to...
The Stream Team: Cleaning up a laundry list of tasks in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has his own little personal checklist of things to try for in Final Fantasy XIV, and most of those things involve earning...
One Shots: Bumping into an old, old friend
When you log back into an MMORPG after a long time away, that feeling of being an intruding stranger is pretty strong. But you...
Final Fantasy XIV’s next Letter from the Producer LIVE happens late this month
Final Fantasy XIV fans who are knee-deep in the anniversary festivities might have momentarily stopped thinking about the upcoming patch 6.5. But that patch...
Massively Overthinking: Does reused content in MMOs bother you?
One of the big complaints I saw on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit right before Secrets of the Obscure launched was the grump that...
Final Fantasy XIV puts its voice actors to the ultimate test of assembling an anniversary cake
For the eight-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV, Square-Enix had Kim-Joy of Great British Bake-Off fame assemble a lovingly crafted and meticulous anniversary cake....
Perfect Ten: Times when MMOs brought about world-shattering cataclysms
The notion of an in-game cataclysm is hardly the sole domain of Activision-Blizzard; on the contrary, large-scale apocalypses pop up all the time in...
Lineage II brings back the Red Libra Merchants and their unique wares until September 12
When is a merchant not just a merchant? When it looks like a cat bunny, of course. Also, it's when the merchant sells things...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking back at a decade of Final Fantasy XIV
When Final Fantasy XIV was first announced, I was still fairly new in my tenure at Massively, but our editor-in-chief at the time was...
The Stream Team: Celebrating 10 years of Final Fantasy XIV ARR
It's not every day you get to have a 10th anniversary, and that's just what Final Fantasy XIV is doing, which naturally means that...
One Shots: The flute that launched an MMO empire
Who would have ever thought that a little girl skipping around looking for her musical instrument would be the gateway to a long-running beloved...
Final Fantasy XIV launches its anniversary stories with a peek back at the first Dragoon
It's Final Fantasy XIV anniversary time, and players know that means anniversary stories are coming to the game's official site. And we've already got...
Final Fantasy XIV details the rewards and new lore coming with the Rising event on August 27
So it turns out that Final Fantasy XIV's rising event which starts on August 27th will not, in fact, allow players to ride on...
Massively Overthinking: What makes you embarrassed to be an MMORPG player?
A week or two ago, the MOP writers were chatting about people flipping tables over River Hobbits in Lord of the Rings Online (sigh)...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 434: Wayfinder finds the way to early access
Justin and Bree discuss Wayfinder, Palia, DCUO, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in LOTRO and GW2, plus mailbag topics on spoilers in expansion reveals and the rogue servers of the distant future.
Destiny 2’s The Final Shape arrives February 27, 2024, as season 22 launches today
Bungie is pushing onward with Destiny 2's next chapter: This afternoon during its Twitch broadcast, the studio took the wraps off The Final Shape,...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s content pipelines and what we’re getting for whom
I don't really pay attention to the gristle mill of reaction videos we get for Final Fantasy XIV because, well, why would I? It's...
