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Daybreak’s MMO Extra Life teams combine to raise over $150K for children’s hospitals
We would venture to say that a story to restore a little faith in humanity is probably necessary for a lot of folks right...
DC Universe Online introduces its new Outsider Ops with Katana to incentivize new challenges for players
It's gotta be rough being part of the Outsiders in DC Universe Online, especially if you're Katana. Nobody takes you seriously after your one...
Wisdom of Nym: The key takeaways from Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads live letter
I haven't exactly been shy about mentioning that 2024 has been a terrible year for me, but then I look at the trailer for...
The MOP Up: Torchlight Infinite invites you to step into a painting
Torchlight Infinite's sixth season, The Frozen Canvas, arrived with a new character and a mechanic centered around painting and canvases: "As these paintings are...
The Stream Team: Helping a new Dark Knight learn in Final Fantasy XIV
The Dark Knight rises... but only to a few feet in height. Yes, MOP's Chris is joining with one of his friends in Final...
One Shots: A sticky situation, indeed
While I am a general fan of honey, the fact that this is a dessert guarded by hundreds of bees does turn my attention...
NetEase’s Destiny Rising officially enters closed alpha today – here’s how to sign up
If you are among those Destiny players who really wanted a Destiny game on your phone, then your moment is fast approaching, as NetEase...
Design Mockument: Exploring alternatives to the typical MMO trinity
Here's a fun thing for you: I swear that way, way back before the game launched, there were documents from the Guild Wars 2...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads patch brings new story, raid content, and quality-of-life November 12
Today saw another Live Letter broadcast from Final Fantasy XIV, which was once again all about the MMORPG's first post-Dawntrail content update, Crossroads, along...
Vague Patch Notes: Solipsism and what it means for playing MMORPGs
We've been talking for the past couple of Vague Patch Notes columns about the fact that MMOs are, as a genre, defined by having...
Destiny 2’s Halloween-y Festival of the Lost brings new weapons and sells a witchypoo outfit
Wizards hate this one trick for becoming a magic-wielding powerhouse! All you need to do is put on a floppy hat and bam -...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of tanks in MMORPGs
I've been thinking a fair bit about player archetypes lately, and that also means that I've been thinking about the variants within roles. While...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 491: World of Warcraft’s Buckosaurus problem
Justin and Bree discuss Halloween across the MMO world, DC Universe Online's Xbox X|S arrival, the World of Warcraft dino debacle, and the secret Guild Wars CCG, with adventures in DDO's 64-bit server, Wayfinder, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on how MMO player populations influence our play.
Wisdom of Nym: Contrasting the storytelling of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI
We've just started what may be the second major arc in Final Fantasy XIV... maybe. Like, the developers are understandably reluctant to commit to...
ArenaNet, Standing Stone Games, and Daybreak all queue up Extra Life charity drives this weekend
With everything happening across our neck of the gaming woods this month, it's easy to lose sight of the more warm and fuzzy things...
The Stream Team: Back to Jade Stoa and other Final Fantasy XIV shenanigans
This Eorzea Sunday, MOP's Chris and his crew are once again circling back to some older content. Specifically, a friend wants to take on...
One Shots: The destiny of dragons
World of Warcraft may not be in the Dragonflight era any longer, but The War Within's first big content update had a lot of love for...
Final Fantasy XIV launches a preview site for its upcoming Crossroads patch
The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is on its way, and that means that players can start gawking at some of the additions...
Massively Overthinking: How much does gross monetization really affect your MMO play decisions?
Over the last couple of weeks, we've had several MMORPG tiffs over pay-to-win claims in our games. DC Universe Online just straight up added...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO world you don’t control
Last week in Vague Patch Notes, I attempted to lay out my thesis for what it means when we say MMOs require other people....
