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The Game Archaeologist: The Blizzard Real ID fiasco of 2010
As we come off a year when Blizzard Entertainment's seedy underbelly of scandals and coverups was exposed, I thought it might be worth risking...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2021
It’s been quite a year of Choose My Adventure columns, hasn’t it? We did a pretty good random skip around of different games, in...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v5.0
It has been another thrilling year of exploring the relatively unknown or forgotten lands of MMORPG history here in The Game Archaeologist. From projects...
The Stream Team: Trimming tree dungeons in Trove’s Snowfest
Christmas is almost upon us, but Massively OP's MJ can't wait any longer! This year, she's diving into Trove's Snowfest a couple of days...
TERA Console’s upcoming battle pass is full of adorable alien invaders
They come to Arborea from a distant planet seeking one thing: to become skins for the heroes of the realm to wear. It's the...
Trove’s Snowfest includes new questline, dungeons, and a winter bomber royal mode
Snowfest is on in Gamigo's voxelbox Trove this week through December 28th, simultaneously on PC and console. Players can get to the Hub and...
The MOP Up: Trove’s polished paragon paradise
Trove is making sure that its players have plenty to do this season thanks to a Polished Paragon system. This patch came out on...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero101, the lost KingsIsle superhero MMO
You do get the sense that KingsIsle once had very grand plans for what is called its "101 Universe." After Wizard101 came out to...
Fallout 76 offers a peek at new rewards and allies coming in Season 7 on December 8
Fallout 76 will be all about the Night of the Moth on Wednesday, December 8th, but it will also be all about Season 7,...
The Stream Team: Time for Trove’s Turkeytopia!
The turkeys are loose in Trove again! Turkeytopia has returned, and along with this main dish is a heaping serving of Friendsgiving. Massively OP's...
Pixelart Ravendawn charges into Alpha 3 – check out the new trailer
Massively OP readers know that we like to pull for the little guys trying to make a name for themselves in the MMORPG industry,...
Gamigo investor report promises a ‘great update’ for RIFT in Q1, Atlas Rogues is abandoned
It's a bit of good news and unsurprising bad news out of the third quarter investor report from MGI, the company that runs Gamigo....
The Game Archaeologist: The Wonderful World of Eamon
As we've long since established, 1980's MUD1 was the official kick-off of the MMORPG genre, bringing online players together to adventure through persistent worlds...
Trove’s Turkeytopia, Friendsgiving, and the Polished Paragon patch are live today
We don't get a whole ton of Thanksgiving-related events in MMORPGs, but Trove is one of our favorite exceptions. Gamigo is going all out...
Trove heralds the upcoming arrivals of Friendsgiving on all platforms and a Paragon Level system for PC
What's coming soon to Trove? That depends on what platform you're playing on as the game is readying players for some future content arriving...
The MOP Up: Trove’s Bard sings his way onto the Nintendo Switch
It's time to RAWK OUT on the Nintendo Switch, thanks to Trove finally bringing the Bard class over to that platform. "The Bard class...
The Game Archaeologist: SEGA’s Dragon’s Dream, the first console and cross-platform MMO
When most people are asked to think back upon the first console to attempt an online RPG experience, the name that most likely pops...
Trove’s Shadow’s Eve Halloween event returns with new cosmetics, styles, and decorations
The spooktastic season has arrived to the voxel world of Trove as the game's Shadow's Eve event has kicked off for 2021. Players can...
Retro MMORPG Ravendawn offers up a list of updates for its impending third alpha
Remember Ravendawn? It's a retro-styled MMORPG built on Open Tibia that we reported on in April of this year. The game has since had...
Minecraft Dungeons announces seasonal content, a battle pass, and Halloween
It's maybe not the biggest update that the multiplayer ARPG Minecraft Dungeons is going to ever see, but it is an update all the...