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Lord of the Rings Online announces River Hobbits, Mariner class, and stat squish
A Friday Q&A session with Lord of the Rings Online's executive producer turned into a treasure trove of exciting information for the MMO's fans....
WoW Factor: Age vs. World of Warcraft vs. player retention
In my time, I have gone from being a young man to an old man on the interwebs. I have gone from being a...
Trove celebrates Pride with a new event, skin, and a monorail in the Splendid Summer event
Gamigo continues to use Trove as a force for good in the world despite the shenanigans of its parent company: This week, Trove joins...
Trove joins the Green Game Jam with in-game initiative to clean up trash from land and sea
While Gamigo's reputation in the MMO world is... not great right about now, its charity efforts over the years are commendable. This year, it's...
The Game Archaeologist: Coca-Cola’s crazy virtual hangout
Part of the sheer joy and fun of the early online world of the late '90s and early 2000s was the experimentation that took...
Trove announces plans for a weekend network test intended to ‘help shape the future’ of the MMO
Psst. Hey, Trove player. Yeah, you. You wanna "help shape the future" of your colorful little voxelbox world? Then you should totally check out...
Cube World creator emerges from hibernation to announce Cube World Omega
I admit I did a double-take last night when Wolfram von Funck aka Wollay's Twitter account whirred to life after nearly four years of...
Massively on the Go: Jurassic World Alive plods on five years later, encumbered by over-monetization
Ludia's Jurassic World Alive is still stomping along. It's gotten some features over the years that seem, well, "borrowed" from that Pokemon GPS game, but yeesh,...
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly large-scale team FPS headed to early access in June
If you've ever dreamed of playing a large-scale warfare FPS like PlanetSide 2 but wanted to experience it in a low-poly boxy visual style...
Gamer who leaked classified military intel was first sharing documents in – wait for it – a War Thunder Discord
Back in April we reported on another unfortunate and alarming case of a gamer spreading classified military documents on the internet, this time involving...
The Daily Grind: Has there ever been an MMO that over time morphed into a game you no longer love?
The temptation with a title like that is to talk about World of Warcraft slowly and inexorably doubling-down on its least fun content year...
Sandbox MMO Dragon and Home launches on mobile this Wednesday
Are you ready for a cozy and cute May? Dragon and Home is coming at you this week with its chunky Minecraft-like sandbox setting,...
MGI’s 2022 financial report is bad news for RIFT and most of Gamigo’s remaining MMOs
Gamigo and KingsIsle parent company MGI recently posted its 2022 financial report, and things aren't looking great for interest and investment into current and...
Trove revamps rewards and destinations in this year’s Spring Fling event, live through May 16
Spring has sprung for Gamigo's blocky sandbox MMORPG Trove as the Spring Fling event has returned. OK, maybe spring has flung? The themed event...
Guild Wars 2 teases next expansion and update and the plan for specs and balance in summer roadmap
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet is kicking off May with a new dev blog and roadmap today. Game director Josh Davis and crew begin...
Casually Classic: Eight legacy MMOs to satisfy that old school craving
It was just five years ago in 2018 that MassivelyOP formally recognized an interesting and heartening trend in the MMO space: the rise of...
Minecraft Legends launches with plenty of blocky multiplayer battle strategy
If you were to go back to the year 2000 and tell everyone that a game primarily made of boxes would absolutely dominate the...
Trove celebrates tax day by… adding new market taxes aimed at curbing inflation
It's tax day here in the US, so I'm sure our US readers just cannot wait to get off work today and log into...
Microsoft president and US intel say Russian operatives are targeting gaming for espionage
Earlier this week, we covered the bizarre but sadly believable news that the military secrets leak every major newspaper is currently focused on may...
War Thunder welcomes Minecraft to the ‘gaming playerbases leaking military secrets’ club
Over the last half week, the intelligence community has been reeling over a serious leak of military documents that apparently were promulgated through a...