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The Game Archaeologist: That time when MTV made a virtual world
For the music trendy in the '80s and '90s, MTV was a huge source of fascination and audio discovery. It was the edgy channel...
Gamigo is surveying ArcheAge, Trove, and RIFT players about monetization
Psst. Hey. Do you have opinions? Strong opinions? Strong opinions about Gamigo's games? Of course you do. Gamigo would like to hear them. I...
The Stream Team: Resisting Trove’s Renewus is futile
Trove's Renewus has begun, bringing down a barrage of musical bouncy balls on the hub. How can Massively OP's MJ possibly resist that?! Resistance...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Asteidus, Hordes, Voidspace, and Bloodstone
Think you've played it all in 2019? That kind of hubris means that it is time for another tour of MMOs you've never heard...
Trove kicks off the Renewus event through January 14
It's been a busy couple of months in Trove since the latest patch dropped toward the end of November, followed by Snowfest 2019 last month....
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Best MMO April Fools’ joke that wasn’t a joke
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for Best MMO April Fools' joke that wasn't a joke. If you're wondering what the...
MMO Cartographer: Reminiscing on the MMOs we toured in 2019
It is that time of the year when retrospectives abound and people set their resolutions for the upcoming year. That seems like exactly the...
MMO Cartographer: Gamigo’s voxel MMO Trove is a blocky treasure
Trove was not entirely new to me when I decided to return to its shores for MMO Cartographer this fall. I'd toyed with it...
The Stream Team: There’s no fest like Snowfest for Christmas in Trove
There's no fest like Snowfest, the Snowfest in Trove!
Everything about it is appealing -- every little gift that it allows.
Where else can...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Best MMO mod
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for Best MMO mod in 2019. If you're wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie...
Defiance 2050 launches the Solstice Strike and Trove kicks off Snowfest 2019
Don't you dare think that Gamigo's stable of MMOs were going to be left out of the ongoing seasonal shenanigans, nuh-uh. Both Defiance 2050...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best graphical appeal in 2019?
I'll have you know that fighting over MMO graphics is a time-honored tradition around here. It's a straight-up RvR showdown between the photo-realism side,...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0
Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2019 predictions
The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...
RIFT players tussle over the return of Planeswalker summons as Trove console goes Into the Deep
Ah dangit. Yesterday's post on RIFT's Fae Yule was supposed to be fun and games, literally. It's Christmas, people. But apparently there's a bit...
Blade & Soul’s Will of Iron launches today with a new dungeon and Destroyer spec
Will of Iron is officially live today in NCsoft's Blade & Soul, presumably the last major update of the year for the game's western...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 249: Houses and Ponies Online
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest, EverQuest II, Trove, Guild Wars 2, Book of Travels, Star Citizen, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on temporary hardcore MMO servers and PvE vs. PvP sandboxes.
A Jesuit priest is trying out a Vatican Minecraft server to encourage non-toxic behavior
We're familiar with the ways that online games, even generally rather innocent ones like Minecraft, can wind up being breeding grounds for some of...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever play MMOs in synergistic pairs?
I've noticed a pattern in my MMO play the last year or so. Ever since jumping into Star Wars Galaxies Legends last year, I've...
Trove’s Into the Deep update has launched with new bosses and a level 25 character booster
As promised, Gamigo's pushed out a new update for the blocky MMO sandbox Trove. Into the Deep does exactly what it says on the...
