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Interview: Neowiz on Bless Online’s now-live Ruins of Shaqqara and the state of the game
Neowiz's beleaguered MMORPG Bless Online is live with its first big update since launching out of its open beta early access last month. Ruins of...
Star Wars: The Old Republic adjusts operations, hypes Jedi Under Siege
Promising a return to a "much regular update cadence," the Star Wars: The Old Republic operations team has some fixes and adjustments in the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve ever played a WoW expansion?
During BlizzCon this weekend, Eliot and I were chatting about an article series he's working on different periods in MMORPG history. I mentioned 2009...
The Stream Team: ARK Aberration ascension raid
With ARK's Extinction expansion just around the corner, Massively OP's MJ and her team need to finish one last order of business on the...
MapleStory 2 tweaks Chaos Raid weapon triggers and bans a ‘huge’ number of bots
MapleStory 2 isn't resting on its laurels since its big launch last month - Nexon is continuing work tweaking the game to suit the...
Working As Intended: The gamification of the workification of games
Last weekend, my husband made the bold choice to let our young son play The Stanley Parable. I am not entirely sure the kid...
WoW Factor: When long-term progress in World of Warcraft isn’t
"When even the vanishingly tiny playerbase of your game that you've been catering to for years is getting tired... what's going to happen to your game?"
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?
A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping.
"A Charr...
Wisdom of Nym: How we missed storyline overload in Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood
One of the things that I mentioned back when I was reviewing Heavensward in its totality was that for all the praise I give...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s free update offerings
When Elder Scrolls Online's Update 20 arrives, it will bring with it a free base patch that promises to spice up the alliance war...
The Stream Team: ARK, where even poop dresses up for Halloween
Without much of an event to participate in (RIP DodoRex), what's a Halloween lover to do in ARK? Well, Massively OP's MJ has plans...
WoW Factor: We’re all farming Nature Resistance gear now
First and foremost, I'd like to note that I am writing these columns consecutively and immediately, so all I can do is hope that...
Hyperspace Beacon: Obtaining the Masterwork armor in SWTOR Update 5.10
I'm torn on this new armor achievement system in Star Wars: The Old Republic. On the one hand, everyone can get the armor eventually....
DC Universe Online announces Atlantis episode, launching November 8
It's time for players to take an adventure under the sea in DC Universe Online with the game's next episode. Who doesn't want to...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of skill in MMOs
Everyone has a very strong opinion about player skill in MMOs. This is understandable. Furthermore, I've met a lot of different people with different...
MassivelyOP previews the winter wonders of Warframe’s Fortuna expansion
Hey MJ, want to come play in the Fortuna snow? When Digital Extremes invited me to come get as closer look at the snowy...
Here’s how Nexon is tweaking MapleStory 2’s dungeon loot caps
If I were doing a top 10 list of things that drive me nuts in MMORPGs, one thing surely on it would be raid...
Ghostbusters World is out now for those who are not, in fact, afraid of no ghost
If there's something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? Absolutely no one, because you're playing Ghostbusters World on your phone, hopefully. It...
Massively on the Go: The key MMO features in The Walking Dead Our World
As a franchise, The Walking Dead is probably past its prime, but I'm admittedly still a bit of a fan. In fact, I was playing...
WoW Factor: Examining excitement, accomplishment, and elitism in Battle for Azeroth
It's been a while, and for good reason. But now that we're nearly three months into Battle for Azeroth, the World of Warcraft community...
