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Riot’s new promo video argues e-sports are indeed sports
No one will be surprised by Riot Games' latest e-sports video. Riot Games really likes e-sports. Indeed, Riot Games believes e-sports are real sports.
"Not...
Leaderboard: Is Destiny 2’s marketing brilliant or just plain nuts?
So this morning I'm dishing out cheese crackers for my kid, who was up all night barfing. (If my posts have typos today, it's...
Choose My Adventure: Secret World Legends and the mystery of the level-based curse
Would you believe that I sort of forgot about levels altogether in Secret World Legends? It's true! I remembered that they were a thing...
Choose My Adventure: Challenging currency in Secret World Legends
Here's the thing that I love to point to whenever I talk about this portion of Secret World Legends: New England is really kind...
Leaderboard: What do you expect out of live MMORPG events in 2017?
Earlier this month, Black Desert GMs ran a live in-game event. I was super excited to hear about something like that in a newer...
Choose My Adventure: It’s all the same in Secret World Legends
I was a bit disappointed to see that last week's poll for Secret World Legends went to the Illuminati. I played the Illuminati my...
Conan Exiles update scrubs out dupe bugs as servers are wiped
By Crom, Conan Exiles is under attack by dupe bugs! Funcom hurried to push Update 31 live yesterday to deal with the issue and...
Albion Online kicks off Masters Tournament, sweetens recruit-a-friend program, and promises performance improvements
With such a heavy PvP focus, Albion Online was a natural fit for tournaments. And so the Arena Masters Tournament is upon us, a...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst of BlizzCon 2017
Last weekend, even Massively OP was obsessing over BlizzCon, and we thought it would be fun to poll the writers, including those who watched...
Trove’s Adventures update is coming next week
Feeling that ol' MMORPG ennui this autumn? Looking for a brave new world to plunder? Trove might just fit the bill, especially after next...
BlizzCon 2016: Where’s the love for Diablo II and Warcraft III?
We were all prepared for the lack of Diablo III news from BlizzCon, in spite of the franchise's huge following. But what we we...
Leaderboard: What do you do when you see cheating in an MMO?
Although the videos are gone now, a group of Chinese net cafe players apparently resorted to violence in response to rampant speed hacking in...
Vote for your favorite player-created Guild Wars 2 instrument of death
Power to the people! Guild Wars 2 has opened the polls for players to cast their vote on which fan-created weapon should be made...
Choose My Adventure: The truth is out there about Secret World Legends
Oh, Secret World Legends. What are you? Are you a Frankensteinian change forced upon an existing beloved game that sucked some of the life...
Olympic e-sports are becoming inevitable as IOC says they ‘could be considered as a sporting activity’
The International Olympic Committee has formally stated that it may consider e-sports a sporting activity.
"Competitive e-sports could be considered as a sporting activity, and...
MMO lockboxes: Market impact, regulation, and the letter of the law
GIbiz posted an article earlier this week peppered with quotes from Mat Piscatella, an NPD US games market analyst who suggests that the recent...
Choose My Adventure: Not quite farewell to Guild Wars 2
I am not done with Guild Wars 2.
This may or may not come as a surprise to people, but it's still the case regardless....
Leaderboard: Do you buy lockboxes in MMOs? Take the ‘purity’ test
A week or two ago, Massively OP reader Sally Bowls proposed a Leaderboard too intriguing to pass up. "How about a poll on your...
Choose My Adventure: All spoken out in Guild Wars 2
Well, this is a bit awkward. I appear to have run out of things to say.
This is not inherently a bad thing. My time...
Grab a RoboManiac currency key from YEPS and Massively OP to get your ‘bot on
So here's a new game that's just rumbled onto our radar: It's called RoboManiac, and it's a self-described free-to-play browser MMO that combines "an...
