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The Stream Team: Obtaining Final Fantasy XIV’s wobbliest piece of headgear ever
What sort of person would put a big, wobbly, blue slime king on their head? Out in public? MOP's Chris and his crew, that's...
Global Chat: FFXIV’s out-of-control cutscene scene
Here's a terrifying and fascinating fact: Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV's cutscenes now total up to 159 hours of non-interactive, viewable-only content?
Gamer...
One Shots: The portents of the heavens
When you look up at the night sky and everything's going nuts, it's either the end of the world as we know it or...
SGF 2024: The First Descendant confirms a July 2 launch date in new cinematic trailer
There were no shortage of shooter titles showcased during this year's Summer Game Fest presentation, but there was one that we have been paying...
Vague Patch Notes: Chasing the metagame in MMOs isn’t the metagame at all
So a few weeks back, I did a column on what the metagame actually is in MMORPG, and then I discussed how noob traps...
Massively Overthinking: If you lost your account in your main MMORPG, would you start over?
The other day, MOP's Justin came into our work chat understandably nervous because he couldn't log into his Lord of the Rings Online account;...
MassivelyOP’s complete coverage from the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour
The next major expansion for Final Fantasy XIV launches in under a month, with early access starting on June 28th... but as is tradition,...
Persist Online interview: CipSoft explains why Persist is an MMORPG, not a survival shooter
Earlier this week, we covered the surprising news that Tibia developer CipSoft has a new MMORPG on the way. At least, the studio is...
The Daily Grind: What were you looking forward to from the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail media tour?
So, hey, Final Fantasy XIV is about to launch a new expansion! Did you hear about that? I might have heard some rumors. We've...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Questions and answers with Naoki Yoshida
Interviewing Naoki Yoshida is always a heck of a time. There are people whom I can interview about the games they run and get...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Exploring Dawntrail’s Tuliyollal, Urqopacha, and Kozama’uka zones
I'm not going to lie to you, dear readers: Getting to walk around in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail was always like catnip to me...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Hands-on with Dawntrail’s first dungeon, Ihuykatumu
The first dungeon of a Final Fantasy XIV expansion tells you a lot about what to expect from the rest of the expansion. I...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Ranged, magical, and healing job abilities in Dawntrail
To start things off, I am going to basically restate what I did in my last column about Final Fantasy XIV's existing jobs heading...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Tank and melee DPS job abilities in Dawntrail
Here's the good news and the bad news for folks going into Dawntrail: If you like how your existing job plays in Final Fantasy...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Hands-on with the Pictomancer and Viper
It's Stormblood all over again when it comes to Dawntrail because Final Fantasy XIV has once again handed us a new melee job and a...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: MassivelyOP’s coverage begins now
MOP's Eliot attended the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail Media Tour back in May. We've got half a dozen articles prepared for you all today, but we're kicking everything off with an explainer for how it works and what MMORPG gamers need to keep in mind when reading. Enjoy!
Ubisoft’s The Crew Motorfest announces season 4, fanning the flames of East vs West Coast rivalries
Ubisoft announced a new season for The Crew Motorfest aka The Crew 3 this week: Season 4 launches July 3rd, free for owners of...
Destiny 2’s Final Shape is hamstrung by cutscene-killing connection errors and a suspected spike in dungeon difficulty
Yesterday saw the launch of Destiny 2: The Final Shape, which naturally means that we're circling back to see how its initial release went,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 471: A Gold Road to the promised Tarisland
Justin and Bree discuss Tarisland, Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road, Corepunk's alpha, WoW Classic Cataclysm, SWTOR, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on industry jargon, IGN's buying spree, and Embracer.
Destiny 2’s long-delayed Final Shape expansion is officially live today
The time has come at last for the Guardians of Destiny 2 to face off against the Witness, aka Ol' Smokey Jones. The looter...