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The Daily Grind: What’s the wackiest MMORPG enemy group you’ve ever fought?
So I'm playing Trove this weekend when I go into a dungeon on one of my lowbies and I realize that the mob that's...
Trove’s Heroes expansion overhauls welcome panel, daily bonuses, particle effects, and the Dracolyte class
We've talked about the new neon cityscape biome and superhero-themed new class Trove is getting when its Heroes expansion launches later this spring. What...
Massively Overthinking: Is battle royale a fad?
This week in Massively Overthinking, I want to talk about something out on the fringes of our genre: battle royale games. We've been watching...
Closers asks fans to vote on its next playable character
Are you Team Tina or Team Harpy? By the blank stares that you are giving us, we are guessing that you're not playing Closers...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs belong in a museum!
Let's talk game preservation. We've been covering MADE's attempt to convince the government to tweak its interpretation of the DMCA to basically allow museums,...
Trove explores its superhero expansion city and does a former City of Heroes dev proud
Mid-February, Trion Worlds announced a big expansion coming to Trove this spring, and the best part for disillusioned superhero fans is that it's set...
The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Mac
In 2003, Sony Online Entertainment tried an experiment to reach out to the (then) small-but-growing community of Mac users. The company released EverQuest Macintosh...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 158: We are all heroes
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV, Closers, Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Secret World Legends, and Tree of Savior, with mailbag questions on lockboxes without gambling and sunsetting working MMORPGs.
Trove’s Heroes expansion adds superhero-themed city and class this spring
Today is a positively massive day for fans of Trove - and fans of superheroes, for that matter - as Trion is announcing a...
The Stream Team: A Valentine hellbug in Trove
Massively OP's MJ ultimately missed out on love last year -- the lovebug hellbug mount in Trove, that is! Luckily, it is back, and...
Staxel is a cozy multiplayer sandbox now in Steam early access
You know what I like? Hearing about a new game for the first time that I can actually buy right now. Of course, this...
The Game Archaeologist: BBS door games
When you think of MMORPGs, I wouldn't blame you if your mind stayed rooted firmly in the past decade or so, perhaps taking a...
Old School RuneScape trots out graphical improvements while RuneScape heads into a month of revamps
It comes with the territory of Old School RuneScape that players are more interested in the systems and content offerings than the visual pizazz....
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?
Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...
Minecraft developer announces the shutdown of card game Scrolls
Minecraft developer Mojang revealed this week that it will be shutting down its online card game Scrolls on February 13th. This shouldn't come as...
Trove has passed 15 million players… and lots of other milestones
Congratulations are in order for Trove, which has passed 15 million players over the course of its lifespan. That's a lot of people logging...
Trove launches in Japan this spring, offers freebies through Twitch Prime promo
Trion announced today that Trove is launching in Japan on PS4 this spring, with closed beta coming "soon." You'll recall it launched in China...
David Brevik reveals a new indie title in the vein of Diablo and Terraria
Diablo, Hellgate: London, and Marvel Heroes creator David Brevik has just announced his newest game -- and it's both similar and unlike anything he's...
Linkrealms is sunsetting today
Sad news this morning: Linkrealms is sunsetting, today if our read of the letter sent to players yesterday is correct, since today is the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for a trio?
I've been considering this question ever since my husband and I upgraded our six-year-old's Guild Wars 2 account with Path of Fire and we...
