retro
Leaderboard: What type of multiplayer do you think Fallout 76 will have?
After what was nearly an interminable teaser stream, Bethsoft finally announced this morning that it's working on Fallout 76, another entry in a beloved...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 172: Delays and do-overs
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Dauntless, Trove, H1Z1, Bless, RuneScape, Echo of Soul, Wargaming, FFXIV, hyper-realism, wacky MMO jobs, and Solo (but no spoilers!)
The Daily Grind: When was the last time somebody recommended an MMO you actually wound up liking?
Across the MMORPG universe, gamers are always asking, what should I play? It's in our comments, on Reddit, in every guild and global chat...
‘Hipster MineCraft’ Occupy White Walls patches in a new launcher and UI update
Ready to delve into the weird world of Occupy White Walls, which one outlet labeled as "hipster MineCraft?" The public alpha of the art-centric...
With 17M registered players, Trion’s voxelbox Trove launches in Japan
Trion Worlds is in an expansionist mood of late. Earlier this week, we learned Atlas Reactor was porting to Steam in China. Today, the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 171: Bless you, my subscriber
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Bless Online, Elder Scrolls Online Summerset, Worlds Adrift, Pantheon, Skull & Bones, and The Division 2, with mailbag questions on the Eastern MMO stigma and Sea of Thieves' new MMO paradigm.
Atlas Reactor arrives in China via Steam
Atlas Reactor really needs to be given some credit for striking out in a different direction when the rest of the PvP scene was...
The Game Archaeologist: Warhammer Online
When it comes to notable years in the MMORPG genre's history, 2008 stands out as one of the most significant. World of Warcraft's debut...
Trove’s exploration-centric Geode expansion is launching June 26
Remember last week when Trion Worlds announced that its popular voxelbox Trove is getting a battle royale mode called Bomber Royale? The studio is on...
Trove hauls out a small patch while the community goes crazy over gem rumors
Trove's May update is here and threatens to undo the very foundations of the game, starting with the change from cube voxels to geodesic...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online
Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMORPG to offer an optional sub that isn’t pay-to-win?
Last week, in the comments under the Bless optional subscription brouhaha article, I made an offhand comment that apparently got MOP commenter Sally's gears...
The Daily Grind: Do your MMORPG characters primarily wear in-game armor or cash-shop cosmetics?
Take a look at your main character in your main MMORPG right now. What is he or she wearing? And did you get it...
Wild Mage: Phantom Twilight mixes together Final Fantasy IX, Minecraft, and Fruit Ninja
Want to explore everything, destroy everything, and cut everything in half? Want to do all of that while riding around on a boss airship?...
Even Trove is getting a battle royale mode – it’s called Bomber Royale
Trion's voxelbox Trove is getting its very own battle royale mode, after a fashion. It's called Bomber Royale, and its plain aim is to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 169: Farscape and RuneScape
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Trove, Secret World Legends, RuneScape and Jagex, Amazon's New World, PWE MMO sunsets, Star Trek Online's new business model, SWTOR, and ESO, plus mailbag topics on the Guild Wars 1 graphics update and crafting MMOs. And yes, we talk Farscape too!
Massively OP Podcast Episode 168: MMOs all higgledy-piggledy
Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, EVE Online, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Ragnarok, Elite, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, Trove, and City of Heroes' Paragon Chat, with mailbag questions on free-to-play entitlement and whether expansions need new classes.
The Stream Team: A day in the life of Trove
What's it like to just level in Trove? Massively OP's MJ has no idea! She has hopped from holiday to event to new content...
The Game Archaeologist: Red Planet’s Lost Colony vaporware
You know the story of Roanoke, right? That early American settlement that abruptly went missing with only the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree...
The Daily Grind: What has been the best MMO expansion or update of 2018 so far?
We are about to put four months of 2018 in the can, and during that time there has been quite a lot of movement...
