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Massively OP Podcast Episode 573: Project Demogorgon
Justin and Bree discuss SpiritVale's launch, DDO Terror of Demogorgon, Overwatch, FFXIV Mobile, and the situation with Shroud of the Avatar and the Ultima franchise, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Farm Together 2, plus a mailbag topic on predictability (and not) in MMORPGs.
Richard Garriott vaguely references Ultima plans, including using Shroud of the Avatar as a testbed
Richard Garriott celebrated his birthday over the weekend, and as he's done a few times now, he joined in with Catnip Games' Chris Spears...
Shroud of the Avatar plans infrastructure move this fall and Richard Garriott birthday stream this month
It's been a few months since we peeked in on Shroud of the Avatar because - now that I think of it - newsletters...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 570: Card Wars 3
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars Mistbound, ArcheAge, World of Warcraft, Ultima Online, DDO, and EQ Legends, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.
Ultima creator Richard Garriott now claims he could regain the series’ copyright by next year
You might remember that back in 2024, Ultima creator Richard Garriott made some cryptic allusions to the fact that he was trying to regain control...
Perfect Ten: Old MMORPGs we used to talk about all the time but aren’t mentioned today
We've been covering MMORPGs here at MassivelyOP and Massively-that-was for a very long time. So you can imagine that there have been many seasons...
EVE Online is collecting player blood for a historical Icelandic saga about the game
MMORPG studios have a weird thing with blood. Richard Garriott and Starr Long literally sold artwork with their blood in it for Shroud of...
Vague Patch Notes: The Kickstarter MMO boom went nowhere at all
This week, we got news of the final, formal shutdown of Final Stand: Ragnarok, which is a game that you were probably surprised to...
Shroud of the Avatar announces plans for a new quarterly release cadence for its major updates
Hey, Shroud of the Avatar. How are you doing? Or more importantly, what are you doing? That's the question we're answering once again as...
Perfect Ten: MMOs (and MMO moments) that live in infamy
To a certain degree, MMOs have always existed in a state of infamy. People assume that the game requires hours of sitting and scowling...
Shroud of the Avatar talks up Birch Island dungeon dev, adds a log bench and quest fixes in Release 137
When you're really exhausted and need to give your feet a rest, you'll take anyplace possible to sit. Perhaps a fallen log out in...
Richard Garriott is still toying with Ultima Online spinoff ideas – like maybe a TTRPG
MMORPG gamers might recall that last summer, Ultima Online creator Richard Garriott grabbed headlines a bit by accident when he casually told a player...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives, 2024 edition
While MMORPGs constitute a shifting, ever-evolving market, their history remains surprisingly evergreen. That's what history is: Facts and stories stamped and preserved for our...
Shroud of the Avatar revamps player dungeon rooms and prepares for Krampus in Release 131
We're literally just one day removed from Halloween, which means the Great Retail Calendar declares that it's Christmas now (Thanksgiving never existed unless you're...
Ultima Online has officially turns 27 years old today as it kicks off its final New Legacy stress test
So listen, an MMORPGs 27th birthday is not a big deal, except in the sense that I can count on less than one hand...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 481: Pre-Gamescom MMO mini podcast
In this mini episode, Bree runs down Throne & Liberty's delay, New World's Aeternum beta, Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds launch, the Richard Garriott Ultima Online rumor, the state of Ultima Online New Legacy, Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, the record-setting SWG Legends' SOEclipse event, and the approach of Gamescom.
Rumor: Richard Garriott says he believes he will get Ultima Online back ‘soon’
If you enjoy some political shitposting, then you might already be following MMORPG founding father Richard Garriott on Twitter, and if so, you might...
Shroud of the Avatar offers an axe in honor of Richard Garriott’s birthday, but only for buying $80 in currency
We're not trying to be facetious when it comes to writing headlines for Shroud of the Avatar, but when the update notes for Release...
Stormgate studio Frost Giant opens equity crowdfunding campaign to make players into investors
Back in February, we covered the eyebrow-raising story that Frost Giant, the studio behind multiplayer RTS Stormgate, was planning to make a push for...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that earned a notorious reputation
Nobody wants a bad reputation. I mean, you can't make everyone everywhere approve of you, but you also don't have to go out of...
