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The Game Archaeologist: When World of Warcraft opened Ahn’Qiraj’s gates
This past month, Blizzard has been testing what might well be the milestone moment for World of Warcraft Classic: The Ahn'Qiraj gates event. In...
SuperData May 2020: Pokémon Go and World of Warcraft improve their fortunes
Superdata's May digital games earning report is out, and there is some interesting movement for some of our favorite online games.
World of Warcraft's western...
The Game Archaeologist: The virtual worlds of the 1990s
With the increased speeds of modems and the move into 3-D space in the 1990s, some game designers thought it was a logical conclusion...
Global Chat: Do numbers rob MMOs of fun?
Have developers and players grown so used to mechanics and number crunching that we've collectively lost something important along the way? That's the concern...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Past Fate, Damascus, Rise in Time, and Infinite Fleet
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs (and MMO-adjacent titles) you've never heard of!
Remember Past Fate? It made it into this roundup last...
Massively Overthinking: Do you keep MMOs installed for the login freebies?
MOP reader Styopa proposed this fun topic for Massively Overthinking this week, prompted, he said, by Standing Stone Games' recent promotions for Lord of...
The Stream Team: Starting Trove’s Splendid Summer Event
What, you thought it was just spring? Get with the times! It's summer now! At least it is in Trove event time: The Splendid...
Trove’s ‘splendid summer event’ is live today with a new quest track
Gamigo is giving a smidge of love to more than ArcheAge this week: Trove is getting in on the summer fun with a new...
The Game Archaeologist: Were sequels ever a good idea for MMOs?
From movies to books to video games, sequels (and all related spin-offs) are a common sight when a property is sufficiently successful enough. Even...
Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them
Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...
Gamigo’s tree planting charity drive ends with over 111,000 trees planted
The reforestation charity drive that Gamigo kicked off in April has finally ended with a resounding success. According to a press release, the drive...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 274: Greymoor, BlizzCon, and Guild Wars 2
Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Phantasy Star Online 2, Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor, Guild Wars 2 No Quarter, LOTRO and DDO's new monetization, and BlizzCon's cancellation, with adventures in ESO, Fallout 76, GW2, SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Minecraft Dungeons, plus mailbag topics on international releases and dream MMOs.
Perfect Ten: Unconventional MMORPG magic classes
Earth. Fire. Air. Water. These elements are all well and good if you want to summon Captain Planet for some reason, but they make...
Co-op roguelike Minecraft Dungeons is live today on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and the Switch
Don't tell my kids, but I'm getting them Minecraft Dungeons this week. I mean, really I'm getting myself Minecraft Dungeons this week, but they're...
One Shot: Wedding bells
The other day I showed my kids our wedding video, and while we watched it I was reminded how much sheer work it took...
The Game Archaeologist: McDonalds’ McWorld MMO is a thing that existed
If you thought that it was strange for MTV to create its own virtual world, then you probably are forgetting how desperate companies always...
The Stream Team: Celebrating a Trove Spring Fling
Massively OP's MJ loves events, but she might just love Trove's more than most! That's because even though some are grinderiffic, there is almost...
PSA: Nearly all of Gamigo’s MMOs are handing out free codes to new arrivals
Earlier, we mentioned a refer-a-friend promotion that Gamigo is offering for Trove, but we'd be remiss if we didn't also point out that the...
Trove kicks off the Spring Fling event on all platforms, offers recruit-a-friend rewards
It's time to celebrate the spring season in Trove with the Spring Fling, a little event running between now and May 26th that has...
Final Fantasy XI offers free login goodies for players with two campaigns
We've already talked about how Final Fantasy XI had had to delay some anniversary fun, but that's not the same as removing all of the...
