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Digital Extremes’ retro permadeath MMO Survived By has entered closed beta
Digital Extremes has officially launched Survived By into closed beta today, accompanied by a hefty patch including a new 10-man raid, hardmode dungeons, UI...
Perfect Ten: Endless dungeons in MMOs
Most MMO dungeons are normal songs. You start out and you have a pretty clear picture of the beginning, middle, and end; they don't...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 178: #womenarecosmetic
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Wild West Online, Star Citizen, Defiance 2050, Rend, and Fractured, with a mailbag question on in-game conflict resolution and a special interview on Blaugust Reborn.
The Stream Team: Sunfest fun in Trove
Summer sun means Sunfest fun in Trove. For the rest of this week Trovians and Geodians alike can enjoy this seasonal festival, and Massively...
The Game Archaeologist: A history of EverQuest’s expansions
I don't know if EverQuest holds the crown title for the MMO with the most expansions, but I'm sure it's among the top three...
Blossom and Decay offers emergent narrative in an anything-goes sandbox
In the market for a full-loot, retro-themed MMO sandbox? Your specific tastes may be satiated by Blossom and Decay, an up-and-coming MMOARPG that will...
Trove celebrates three years with the interplanetary Sunfest event
If you were looking for a reason to get back into Trove to check out Geode, this week is it. Trion's voxel sandbox is...
Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017
Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.
The Stream Team: Trove celebrates three years!
It may be a Monday night, but it's a party night! Trove turned three years old today and Massively OP's MJ is ready to...
Trion Worlds offers free MMO goodies for Marvel Heroes refugees
Ever since Trion Worlds announced that it had snapped up all of the remaining assets from Gazillion and Marvel Heroes, we have wondered what...
Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasy XI in review and choosing our next MMO
Here's the weird part about this week's column: I'm going to tell you, in short, that Final Fantasy XI is still a good game...
The Stream Team: Hunting for pets in Trove’s Geode
There's still much more to do in Trove's Geode! Massively OP's MJ feels like she has barely scratched the surface of this update (despite...
Online games are avenues for hate group recruitment, according to former white supremacist leader
Playing a game of linking awful online activities to white supremacist movements is like the worst possible variant of the old Six Degrees of...
The Game Archaeologist: Raph Koster on MUDs and Privateer Online
The release of Raph Koster's monster book of game essays, Postmortems, was of high interest to Bree and me for different reasons. For her,...
The Stream Team: Going to Trove’s Geode
Massively OP's MJ built the ship, and now it is time to set sail and travel to Geode! The expansion/update is live, and she...
Interview: Worlds Adrift’s Bossa Studios on giving, griefing, and gittin’ gud
After the launch of Worlds Adrift but prior to E3, we sent off an interview to Bossa Studios and recently received our answers, complete...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 176: Guild Wars 2, The Crew 2, and Elder Scrolls too
Justin and Bree discuss Fractured's Kickstarter, Trion Worlds' purchase of Gazillion, Guild Wars 2's new episode, The Crew 2's launch, drama in Elder Scrolls Online and Black Desert, The Sims, DDO, Trove, what we bought in the Steam sale, and pipedreams for Marvel Heroes.
Trove has just launched its exploration-centric Geode expansion and new battle royale minigame
The first leg of Trove's Geode expansion has launched today, with brand-new mechanics for the blocky-cute sandbox.
"Players will find themselves on a brand new...
Trion just bought up Gazillion’s assets to beef up its MMO publishing arm
Did you see this one coming? VentureBeat has a piece out this morning interviewing Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman, who's apparently just revealed that...
