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Choose My Adventure: Diary of a Legends of Aria desert wildman
The desert sun rakes its fingers over my bronzed skin like I am the coals of a forge. Indeed, I am the forge: the...
PWE’s mobile sandbox MMO ReEvolve resurfaces with new pics and promises
Back in 2018, Perfect World brought a couple of new games to E3, one of them being ReEvolve. At the time, it was described...
Actor Aron Eisenberg gets a torchlight vigil in Star Trek Online
The Star Trek fandom was shocked to learn that Aron Eisenberg passed away on Sunday, September 22nd. Eisenberg was best known among fans for...
One Shots: Tossing virgin gamers into volcanoes
The great volcano god Kenny is angry (again). Kenny's got a temper like you wouldn't believe, and he goes off on every perceived insult...
The Game Archaeologist: The day Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped the free-to-play bomb
By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...
Star Trek Online patches in improved rewards for daily patrols
If you feel like you're just not getting enough from going on patrol in Star Trek Online before today, apparently the designers agreed. The...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 238: Ten years of free-to-play
Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Bless, Book of Travels, Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, WoW Classic & Retail, Guild Wars 2, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on static endgames and genre labels.
The Daily Grind: How much does an MMO’s art style determine whether you’ll try it?
I am not much of a Borderlands person, but the franchise has been impossible to ignore the last couple of weeks with the launch...
The MOP Up: Plants vs. Zombies goes multiplayer
Do you remember that quirky personality-filled Plants vs. Zombies lane defense game from way back when? Popcap has been expanding that series franchise ever...
One Shots: What a view!
When you're visiting a California-class planet like Risa, you definitely need to bring along a few things. You'll want to pack sunscreen, a surprisingly...
Torchlight Frontiers brings back its fame and contract system
Early Torchlight Frontiers testers might recall a previous version of the fame and contract system that experimented with a daily quest-and-reward format. Echtra Games...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs are in your backlog?
Most all gamers know the bittersweet feeling that is to have a huge backlog of unplayed games thanks to seasonal sales and impulse purchases....
Champions Online’s third anniversary week brings back Dr. Destroyer and his Destroid robots
It's been some time since Champions Online launched, but we've finally learned a great truth about the game's major villain: Despite his grammatically ambiguous name,...
Star Trek Online is bringing back the horror-themed Hearts and Minds mission for Friday the 13th
At the time of this story's writing, it is Friday the 13th, which either brings to mind goofy horror monsters, bad luck traditions, or...
The Stream Team: Night two of new Neverwinter adventures
Massively OP's MJ completely intended to make a new Gith in Neverwinter, but then she made her Drow rogue and there was no going...
Interview: Star Trek Online’s Al Rivera on Discovery’s Awakening and beyond
The Federation's past is meeting its future this week with the rollout of Awakening for Star Trek Online. Set in the "present" timeline of...
Star Trek Online Awakening is officially live today, starring Discovery’s Anthony Rapp
Star Trek Online Awakening is formally launching on PC today, with Star Trek Discovery's Anthony Rapp's voice and visage at the helm of the...
The 10th anniversary of Champions Online continues with new and returning events
The birthday celebrations for Champions Online continue as the MMO celebrates 10 years the only way it knows how: with presents for players.
In addition...
Torchlight Frontiers’ ninth alpha update will introduce item enchanting and a lucky tree
Luck doesn't grow on trees, except for the world of Torchlight Frontiers. The in-development MMOARPG has shared some features of its next alpha update,...
Massively Overthinking: Do you ever feel guilty about ‘freeloading’ in a free-to-play MMO?
A few weeks back, Massively OP's Ben Griggs made an observation that I bet some readers can relate to. He mentioned that in his...