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Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2016
As you're gobble, gobbling up food today, rooting for your favorite football team, and enduring the uncomfortable political conversations at the dinner table, you...
Techno-turkeys invade Trove
You gotta love Trove: The game has absolutely no reservations about being odd in the name of fun, nor hesitations that adding, say, a...
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 2
We're back with our second part of an interview retrospective of Mythic Entertainment's early online games with CSE's Mark Jacobs. Last week, we talked...
Trove throws community party to celebrate console’s unknown launch
Hey everyone! Trove is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this fall! When? Um... look over there! It's a party! Stop asking questions!
Indeed,...
The Game Archaeologist: Mark Jacobs on Mythic’s early online games, part 1
When you bring up the name "Mythic Entertainment," chances are that most gamers are going to immediately think of the studio's two major MMOs,...
Trove’s underwater dragon is a rare quarry worth hunting
Only in MMOs will killing a dragon net you a dragon. Such are the mysterious and physics-bending ways of the loot table.
For example, Trove...
The Daily Grind: Are real screenshots critical to your MMO purchases?
Last week, Steam told developers that it will be cracking down on "bullshots" -- images that don't actually depict the game they're supposed to...
BlizzCon 2016: Diablo III’s Necromancer class and classic Diablo experience
If you missed the BlizzCon liveblog (or fell asleep before the ending), you missed the best part and the biggest cheers: Blizzard announced big...
Cheers to the MMORPG studios supporting Extra Life this weekend
Extra Life is kicking off this weekend! The charity group has been organizing game developers and players alike in an annual gaming marathon for...
The Game Archaeologist: Six Halloween holidays from buried MMOs
There are two things to know about Halloween and MMOs. The first is that just about every online game in the known universe puts...
Superdata’s September report shows Destiny, WoW, GW2, SWTOR, and TERA doing well
Superdata's September games market report is up, and the console revenue rankings have a new old king: Destiny. Yes, Destiny has returned to the...
Anarchy Online says that it is coming to Steam ‘soon’
One of the oldest sci-fi MMORPGs looks like it will soon become one of the newest members of the Steam club. On the official...
The Stream Team: Halloween haunts in Trove
It's that time of the year, the time for Massively OP's MJ to dive into every conceivable Halloween event she possibly can! And Trove...
Trove welcomes the ‘ghastly horrors’ of Shadow’s Eve
When you think of the scariest and most spine-tingling elements of Halloween, what rises to the top of the list? Pumpkins and candy corn,...
Wurm Online co-creator steps back from development, says game is ‘doing well financially’
Following our report on Wurm Online's upcoming development plans earlier this week, reader Bionicall pointed us to a different recent post penned by the game's CEO...
Massively OP’s guide to the best upcoming indie MMORPGs, part three
Over the last couple of weeks, we shared with you part one and part two of our guide to the best upcoming and current indie MMORPGs...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for Amazon’s New World
The announcement of a new sandbox MMORPG last week -- New World, by none other than Amazon Game Studios itself -- has had both...
Trove challenges players to build monuments to horror films
Just because something's blocky doesn't mean it can't be terrifying. Oh, it may take a lot more work and imagination to fashion cute, colorful...
Trove invites you to a login block party this Friday
If Trove is on your radar at all, you are going to want to make sure that you log in at some point this...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Fully unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Rising Flames
I've been aching to share more of my thoughts about Guild Wars 2's second Living World instalment for Season 3 and am finally convinced that enough...
