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The Perfect Ten: A plague of MMO bears
I have long been of the opinion that there are few more terrifying animals on this planet than bears. Sure, there are sharks, the...
Destiny plans a final hurrah before Destiny 2
Just because Bungie is ramping up production and talk of this year's Destiny 2 doesn't mean that the studio has completely written off the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Getting to grips with Guild Wars 2’s Bastion of the Penitent
ArenaNet launched a new standalone raid tier, dubbed Bastion of the Penitent, alongside The Head of the Snake Living World chapter, but I've not...
The Daily Grind: What provokes you to kick MMO group members?
Yesterday, Blizzard Watch writer Dan O'Halloran recounted -- unfavorably -- dispiriting tales about looking-for-raid scenarios in World of Warcraft that end in vote-kicking --...
Blizzard is considering WoW competitive raiding e-sports again
If you were annoyed by the apparent subsumption of World of Warcraft art and lore panels by other games' e-sports at last year's BlizzCon,...
Lineage 2 preps a brand-new EU server, asks players to vote on its name
For the first time in five years, Lineage 2 is opening up a brand-new server for its European community. The server, which is currently...
Massively Overthinking: Mainstream misconceptions about MMORPGs
Massively OP reader Arsin Halfmoon pitched the team a great question this week, poached straight from the podcast list:
"As someone deeply invested in the MMO...
Guild Wars 2 peeks behind-the-scenes at its ‘chess raid’
How does chess factor into MMORPGs? When it comes to Guild Wars 2's newest raid, Bastion of the Penitent, the age-old tabletop game was...
Lineage 2: Revolution is officially coming to the west
Netmarble's mobile spin-off of the Lineage series will be officially coming to the west, the studio revealed at GDC this week.
Lineage II: Revolution launched...
Final Fantasy XIV fans mine out more Stormblood details from Japanese interviews
If you're a Final Fantasy XIV fan, you're used to getting bits and pieces of information based on what has or hasn't been translated...
World of Warcraft continues to refine Patch 7.2 in test, lays out March plans
When will Blizzard thaw enough to release Patch 7.2? The next big update for World of Warcraft might still be a while away, but...
OrbusVR is a sandbox MMORPG built for the Vive and Rift
If you count yourself among gamers actively seeking out MMORPG virtual reality experiences, you should probably take a peek at OrbusVR, currently in production...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 106: Ready to relaunch
Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World's relaunch, Landmark's sunset, ESO: Morrowind, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Ship of Heroes, and Champions Online, with a mailbag questions on ESO and multiplayer immersion.
RIFT delays Patch 4.1 until the end of March
Bad news for RIFT players looking forward to the release of Patch 4.1: Forged in Flames this week, as Trion Worlds announced that it...
The Stream Team: See monkey raid, do monkey raid in ARK
Last weekend Massively OP's MJ and her team successfully beat down ARK's Broodmother (even if it was on easy mode). But that's only the...
Hundreds of housing items and dimensions are coming to RIFT in March
Next week marks RIFT's first big update of the Starfall Prophecy expansion cycle, Patch 4.1: Forged in Flames. When the patch drops on March...
World of Warcraft Q&A covers legendaries, artifact power, and relics; Blizz nixes 7.2 PvP changes
If you missed it, yesterday World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas sat down for another one of his lengthy community question-and-answer sessions.
While no groundbreaking...
Conan Exiles buffs voice chat, brings new Asian servers online following region locks
"Goodbye, giant green poison balls of death -- you will be sort of missed," Funcom's Erling Ellingsen wrote of today's Conan Exiles patch, live...
Funcom is now region-locking Conan Exiles’ official servers
If you're a fan of playing survival sandboxes with your friends around the world, better scrape together some pennies to invest in a private...
The Stream Team: ARK’s big Broodmother raid, take two
The first attempt at facing the Broodmother in ARK's newer raid arenas ultimately failed in the end. The team just didn't have the numbers...