retro
Whatever happened to Otherland, Guns of Icarus, and Pixel Starships?
Whatever happened to those MMOs you - and we - have forgotten all about? We're going to dig into three of them today.
First up,...
First impressions from Diablo II Resurrected’s alpha: Just as good as you remember
Multiplayer isn't in yet. There are only two acts and three classes available. So why am I heading into Diablo II: Resurrected? Simple: It's...
The Game Archaeologist: Lifestorm, Japan’s first MMORPG
In comparison to how widely that China and Korea's game development studios embraced MMORPGs right from the beginning, Japan's been curiously low-key in creating...
The Stream Team: Bouncing around Trove’s Bunfest
Where can you get rolling Easter egg mounts? In Trove! And this year's Bunfest has not only that but a cute little bunny ally,...
Why I Play: Multiplayer sandbox Eco is so much more than just an ecology simulator
I’ve been struggling to come up with a succinct way to describe Eco. The game was recently the subject of a Whatever Happened To...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 316: Talkin’ trash with MMO Fallout
Justin, Bree, and MMO Fallout's Connor discuss April fools' day around the MMOverse, FFXIV's patch and PS5 beta, WoW's 9.1, Trove's Switch port, and Elyon's closed beta, with adventures in RuneScape, Wild Terra 2, Magic Legends, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on starting fresh in WoW Classic and irritating season passes.
Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box, Doritos promo (?), and latest round of PvP tweaks are live
The best thing ever added to Guild Wars 2, the Super Adventure Box, has returned to the game with the Super Adventure Festival. Furbish...
Casually Classic: Three things I’m anticipating (and three I’m dreading) for WoW’s Burning Crusade Classic
With the Burning Crusade Classic beta underway, it's hard not to be dwelling on the near future of WoW Classic. Everyone's maneuvering their accounts,...
The Game Archaeologist: The ballad of Fansy, EverQuest’s famous bard
It was summer, 2001. EverQuest had just rolled out Sullon Zek, a no-rules "penal colony" server where the realm was as lawless as the...
Trove is coming to Nintendo Switch this year, Wizard101 and Pirate101 may get a console port
Whether you are a dinosaur tamer, a ruthless pirate, or a dashing superhero, you soon will have another platform to enjoy the antics of...
Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Festival returns… next week
You know what would've been awesome? If Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box were reopening this week, when April Fools' Day actually is and...
Global Chat: Giddy over SWTOR’s Dark Descent
For MMO blogs that only cover a single game, an announcement of an upcoming content release is like a mini-Christmas all to itself. This...
Trove’s Crack the Court update is live with a new delve biome, hovercycles, and UI mod tweaks
If you follow Gamigo's Trove social media, you've been watching the studio chatter about Cracking the Court all week as it was put through...
The Game Archaeologist: The online world of Diablo II
Most of us probably weren't expecting to see Diablo II once again propelled into the spotlight in the year 2021, but the BlizzCon announcement...
The Stream Team: St. Qubeslick’s shenanigans in Trove
Being Irish herself, Massively OP's MJ loves to celebrate St. Patrick's Day any and everywhere. And Trove's St Qubeslick event is the perfect place...
Blade and Soul adds a new dungeon, new raid weapon, and renewed Soulstone Plains on March 17
While a lot of focus has understandably been about Blade and Soul's upgrade to Unreal Engine 4, that doesn't mean there won't be updates...
Gamigo says RIFT is ‘contributing a great deal’ to the studio, promises 10th anny events
Earlier this week, we learned from one of our sources that multiple developers from Gamigo's RIFT team had been laid off from the company,...
Gamigo has laid off an unspecified number of RIFT devs, says MMO will continue
Yesterday, we learned through a trusted tipster that multiple Gamigo developers situated in the US and working on RIFT had been laid off from...
Gamigo grants Defiance players’ wishes, posts sunset schedule, and runs a weird survey
Ready to bask in the riches that Gamigo wishes to pour down upon your upturned face? Then you'll first want to head over to...
Massively Uplifting: Love and generosity in Sea of Thieves, Guild Wars 2, SOTA, and more
February is often known as the commercialized month of love (Happy Hallmark Day!), but that doesn't mean there wasn't genuine love abounding throughout the...
