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Stop Killing Games is a modern games preservation initiative prompted by The Crew’s cynical sunset
The words "game preservation" are holy words here on MOP and in the MMORPG genre beyond, as few gaming communities understand the pain of...
Into the Super-Verse: How to get started with Incarnates in City of Heroes
It wasn't so long ago that I mentioned how pleased I was about City of Heroes matching my different intensity and goals after I...
Global Chat: What should we be thinking about Guild Wars 3?
The surprising (and not surprising) news that ArenaNet has the go-ahead from NCsoft to develop Guild Wars 3 sent ripples of interest, confusion, and...
Almost five years after killing Player Studio, Daybreak wants to revive a Creator Program
It's weird enough to see a Daybreak press release in my inbox, but this one threw me for a loop as it's for a...
Perfect Ten: The 10 best Final Fantasy crossovers
So yesterday we got hit with the Final Fantasy XVI crossover in Final Fantasy XIV. It was all right, I guess. But it wasn't...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 464: Guild Wars 3 is a go
Justin and Bree discuss NCsoft, Guild Wars 3, DCUO, Monsters and Memories, Hellgate, and the LOTRO downtime, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, and Valheim, plus a mailbag topic on Palia.
Final Fantasy XIV players report being banned on Xbox for advertising their free companies (guilds)
So how are things going with the Final Fantasy XIV version on Xbox Series X|S? Well, you would think that Microsoft had done enough...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV isn’t easier, but it also is
So it was about half a month ago when Final Fantasy XIV fans translated an interview with producer and director Naoki Yoshida talking about...
Working As Intended: The top 10 hot tubs in MMORPGs
It's been a running joke for a few years that I always put hot tubs in my MMO houses whenever possible, and once that...
April Fools’ Day 2024 events and gags from around the MMORPG world
Welcome to weird MMORPG game mode day! I mean, April Fools' Day - not that we're sorry a lot of the "pranks" have become...
The MOP Up: Fractured Veil allows for PvE-only servers
Post-apocalyptic survival game Fractured Veil previewed some upcoming features such as farms, new spawn locations, and -- get ready for this -- PvE-only servers....
The Stream Team: Learning the Sage class from square one in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has learned a lot of the classes in Final Fantasy XIV, but the one that continues to elude his understanding is the...
The Stream Team: The Orsinium Orc King’s troubles are moot in Elder Scrolls Online
It's down to the wire! With only two days left, can Massively OP's MJ complete Elder Scrolls Online's Orsinium story to earn the title...
LOTRO Legendarium: Middle-earth’s world integrity is an endangered species in MMOs
Back in 2018, Steven Spielberg adapted the popular novel Ready Player One into a film. It seemed like a great pairing: The master director...
The Crew Motorfest and Sky Children of the Light confirm arrivals to Steam in April
One's a multiplayer racing open world-ish title, the other is a cute and emotive social multiplayer game, yet both The Crew Motorfest and Sky:...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online celebrates its 10th anniversary in Orc-land
I have to give some serious credit to ZeniMax: This studio isn't letting Elder Scrolls Online's 10th anniversary go by with nothing more than...
Vague Patch Notes: The limits of data in MMORPGs
Yesterday, I went on a rant about data. As you probably guessed from the various columns wherein I attempt to use data to analyze...
Warframe launches Dante Unbound (sans Deep Archimedea) and TennoCon 2024 ticket sales
Dante Unbound hit Warframe last night - just in time for the game's 11th birthday (it soft-launched March 25th, 2013). "Defend the Leverian from...
Final Fantasy XIV confirms the most important element of its Final Fantasy XVI crossover
From the moment that Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida revealed that he had finally made peace with Final Fantasy XVI producer...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that experienced a surprising comeback
It's hard to pass up a really good comeback story. We love it when a beloved something or someone is counted down and out......
