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Star Wars Day around the MMO galaxy: SWTOR, SWG, and more
It's May the Fourth, the modern celebration of Star Wars when the internet erupts with memes and the MMOs run events and nobody's madder...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming drops i27p6 patch with Storm Blast and new story arcs
Just a few weeks ago, we covered the testing of a brand-new patch on the City of Heroes Homecoming rogue server, one that included...
The Daily Grind: Is the age of superhero MMOs past?
Is it just me, or does it seem like nobody is that hot to trot for superhero MMORPGs these days? A few years ago,...
The Stream Team: Kicking the tires of the new Storm Blaster in City of Heroes Homecoming
The Homecoming rogue servers of City of Heroes are testing out a new Blaster powerset, and MOP's Chris is eager to throw the weather...
The Daily Grind: What are the best and worst horizontal progression systems in an MMORPG?
This morning, I want to talk about horizontal progression systems in MMOs, of which I am generally a fan! And I'm gonna start with...
City of Heroes Homecoming is testing two new arcs and a Storm Blast powerset
If you know anything about me and City of Heroes, it's probably that I have an absurdly huge number of storm characters. I just...
Earth and Beyond rogue server project may be the space MMO you crave
Just the other day, the MOP staff was bemoaning the fact that the pickings for space sim MMOs are slim and lacking. But instead...
The Game Archaeologist: Pirates of the Caribbean Online
In 1967, Disneyland opened one of its most iconic attractions: a dark boat ride called Pirates of the Caribbean. A large fandom surrounding the...
The Stream Team: Leveling toons on City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue server
Today's stream is another one of those broadcasts that holds no greater motive or motivations beyond playing the game: MOP's Chris wants to fire...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO promises that are not filling me with confidence
Every game's development - and this includes MMOs - involves certain promises being made that the developers probably half-knows are not going to wind...
The Daily Grind: When do you consider an MMO to be truly ‘dead’?
Back in February, MOP's Eliot penned a piece about the different types of MMO sunsets. I want to follow this thinking further and talk...
Korean Elyon fans have already created a rogue server of the shuttered MMORPG
Fans of Elyon in both Korea and the west were basically being kicked out of the MMORPG by Kakao Games, with a December sunset...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends celebrates seventh anniversary with today’s patch
February's been a whirlwind for Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends, with major downtime, a big hardware upgrade, and a patch. Now, the...
City of Heroes’ Rebirth rogue server adds a new task force in today’s Issue 5: Clockstoppers
City of Heroes' Rebirth server may be small, but its patches are mighty, and so it is with today's release of Rebirth Issue 5:...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO you tried super late in its lifetime?
Earlier this month, an MOP reader tweeted about trying Dark Age of Camelot for the first time in 2023 and falling in love, which...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
SWG Legends just patched in a bunch of long-running player requests
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends has had a wild couple of weeks, first with downtime, then with new server hardware, and then...
SWG Legends’ Ewok Festival of Love is the most cursed Valentine’s Day event in MMOs
Friends, if you've read MassivelyOP a long time, you know that Star Wars Galaxies is top o' my MMORPG list, and I happily inhabit...
EverQuest Online Adventures fans toast the console MMO’s 20th anniversary
EverQuest Online Adventures might well be one of the oddest spin-offs from the rather expansive EverQuest franchise. And while this late, great PlayStation 2...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
