The Soapbox: The disastrous Pokemon Go Fest was just Niantic being Niantic, and that has to stop
I know I complain a lot about Pokemon Go in my articles here, but there's a reason for this. I'm a huge fan not just of the...
Secret World Legends begins posting weekly news roundups, says GM team has grown by half
Without official forums for Secret World Legends, the team is apparently utilizing Reddit as an acceptable substitute. It's here that any fan of this...
World of Warcraft’s Burning Crusade emulator shut down by Blizzard cease-and-desist
Well, what did you think was going to happen?
As they have no legal legs on which to stand, MMORPG emulator projects operate on the...
Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago is pretty much a trainwreck
If you've ever been to a massive gathering of tech-savvy people -- like say, a gaming convention -- you know better than to rely...
Let’s go space shopping in this week’s Star Citizen Around the Verse
We've been chatting about game economies this week here at Massively OP, so it's a happy coincidence than this week's episode of Around the...
Star Citizen followers react to server capacity, star system count news
Another day, another Star Citizen drama.
German website Gamestar published an interview with Cloud Imperium Games this week, and between the paywall, Google translate, deliberate...
Albion Online is hitting login queues as Veteran players get to log in
Launch is here for Albion Online and it's popular enough that there are queues. Yes, login queues are being login queues. According to the...
Conan Exiles might do a jungle biome after its next update
Funcom's Joel Bylos answered another round of Conan Exiles' questions over the weekend, several of them on the new biome and beyond. "We combined two...
Black Desert bans and suspends node exploiters
Last week, Black Desert's Reddit erupted with claims that a popular streamer, who been previously banned and unbanned in a spring crackdown, had unwittingly...
Massively Overthinking: Consumer protections in the MMORPG industry
Veteran Massively OP reader Miol says he's exhausted by a recent string of stories in which MMO companies screw gamers over, one after another:...
Secret World Legends may be punishing groups for farming XP
Here's your public service announcement for Secret World Legends: You may want to avoid grouping up to farm mobs and XP on the map,...
Guild Wars 2’s gem store gets a huge overhaul
Have you ever found yourself in this situation: You are flush with cash and desperately want to dump it on Guild Wars 2, but...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 5.3 is live today with Sisters of Carnage, class updates, and new housing
Star Wars: The Old Republic's 5.3 patch is rolling out today, bringing with it the new underwater Manaan Stronghold home, the Sisters of Carnage...
ArcheAge’s CM Celestrata is promoted to associate producer
There's been a reshuffling in Trion Worlds' ranks this past week, as ArcheAge Senior Community Manager Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan announced on the forums that she has...
Unofficial Guild Wars 2 CCG gets a Prophecies-themed expansion
Back in March, Guild Wars 2 player Luke Dowding announced that he was building a free and unofficial collectible card game for the community...
Secret World Legends deals with community server issues following yesterday’s patch
Will Secret World Legends' auction house ever stay online? For the second time since the reboot's launch, Funcom has disabled the system, although this...
GTAV OpenIV modding continues, but Rockstar’s barred the Liberty City module
The Rockstar modding fiasco still isn't over.
Back in June, Rockstar and TakeTwo began sending takedowns to the operators of modding tools of varying skeeviness,...
Pokemon Go: The Milwaukee lawsuit, rare Pikachu, and the gym reporting problem
It's been almost a year now since non-expat Americans were able to play Niantic's Pokemon Go. While we're naturally seeing birthday rumors, the game's unique...
An EVE Online player tried (and failed) to send CCP Games a big bag of tallywhackers
Sending someone a message containing the phrase "eat a bag of dicks" may feel good to type, but it raises a number of logistical...
New World of Warcraft emulator project takes players back to The Burning Crusade era
The muddy waters of emulators and the contentious conversation around World of Warcraft legacy servers is getting a whole lot more crazy this summer, thanks...
