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Global Chat: How can MMOs help us navigate better?
Contains Moderate Peril recently tackled a subject that is very near to my heart, which is the tools, difficulty, and art of navigating around...
The MOP Up: Witness the creation of a Dauntless behemoth
Dauntless shared a neat video of a collaboration between its players and artists: "Back in April, many of you joined us for a community...
The Game Archaeologist: How Ultima Online got made
You know how there’s that yokel in every global chat channel that likes to troll players by claiming that World of Warcraft was the...
Betawatch: Dragonflight moves into proper beta testing
What's the difference between World of Warcraft: Dragonflight between now and last week? Now it's in actual beta. Like, for-real beta. Yes, the distinction...
Global Chat: How is WildStar’s rogue server doing?
Plenty of people both here on Massively OP and out in the MMORPG community continue to hold a torch for the late, great WildStar....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst chat interface?
No, this piece isn't about Barrens chat or unmoderated toxicity! This is about the chat experience and interface itself. MOP's Justin recently joked that he...
The MOP Up: Closers Online promotes from within its ranks
Two of Closers Online's roster got a major tune-up this past week. Sylvi got promoted to a Prime Agent, while Levia joined the Fatal...
Global Chat: Will World of Warcraft ever give up its raiding fixation?
MMO blog Kaylriene posted a lengthy article recently examining the state of the non-raiding scene in World of Warcraft while comparing it to Blizzard's...
Betawatch: EVE studio seeks testers for another shooter spinoff
CCP Games is forever in a cycle of trying to make fetch happen, huh? The developer is looking for veterans of DUST 514 to...
World of Warcraft hopes to have cross-faction guilds by the end of Dragonflight’s run
A new Team Liquid interview with World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas unearthed a few indicators of where the game is going in...
Star Citizen answers players’ burning lore questions and outlines recent roadmap updates
What are the people of the Nyx system like? Are there any ancient buildings from the time of the Imperators? Are there older ships...
The Daily Grind: Do you leave MMO global chat on or turn it off?
Ah global chat -- or world chat, as we sometimes call it. Trade chat? Whatever, it's the chat channel that goes out to everyone...
The MOP Up: Mu Online debuts a new level 1400 zone
Mu Online -- the original, accept no substitutes -- pumped out two new zones for players to explore. The maps in question are Old...
Global Chat: When you can’t ignore the MMO meta
As we kick off another column on recent MMO blog essays, Galactic Antics uses a recent situation in Star Wars: The Old Republic as...
Betawatch: Dual Universe is finally launching next month
I know, I know, this column is called "Betawatch" and not "Launchwatch." That one isn't a thing. But it's still notable that after six...
The MOP Up: Survival sim Grounded tames gnats and preps for launch
Honey-I-shrunk-the-players survival sim Grounded's last big pre-launch patch arrived recently, adding gnat pets, a cookery building, and armor and weapon upgrade revamps. Grounded is...
Global Chat: Dispatches from Blaugust 2022
By now, you may have caught wind of Blaugust 2022 -- the latest season of a community effort to encourage, promote, and educate new...
Betawatch: Diablo IV internal test footage leaked
Those of you who are eagerly awaiting the Diablo IV beta are going to be waiting for a while yet, but you probably already...
Nightingale announces a delay of its early access launch to the first half of 2023
We've all been left wondering about the possibilities of Nightingale, the realm-traveling Victorian-themed survival sandbox from developer Inflexion that first debuted at last year's...
The MOP Up: Prosperous Universe gives more tools for cutthroat capitalism
With ship enhancements, private pacts, and early contract termination, Prosperous Universe just got a lot more interesting thanks to its Convergence update.
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