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MMO Year in Review: The bewildering announcement of Guild Wars 3 (March 2024)
We're continuing our tour back through 2024, one month at a time, in MassivelyOP's MMO Year in Review today.
March brought our genre the bizarre...
A look back at the MMO and gaming science topics of 2024
If you've been reading MassivelyOP for a while, you probably know that we like science kind of a lot around here, and there's no...
MMO Year in Review: PlanetSide on the move (February 2024)
We're continuing our tour back through 2024, one month at a time, in MassivelyOP's MMO Year in Review today.
Daybreak took center stage in February:...
MMO Year in Review: City of Heroes comes home (January 2024)
Since the year we went independent as MassivelyOP, we've been taking time at the end of the year to recap every month as a...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2’s community shows off amazing player housing creations
It's no surprise that Guild Wars 2 players are thrilled to be interior decorators, thanks to this year's player housing system. And in a...
Betawatch: SWTOR’s Mac test, Stars Reach’s preview, Steel Hunter’s beta weekend
Some weeks, everyone is going whole-hog on beta developments. And some weeks you have two back-to-back holidays coming up so everyone decides "eh, let's...
The Soapbox: The Dauntless Awakening update is just as bad as advertised for veteran players
I was hoping against hope that I wouldn't have to write that headline.
I've been a Dauntless fan and player for many years now, getting...
MMO Week in Review: Pantheon’s early access, Elder Scrolls Online’s union
An "overwhelming majority of video game workers" at Elder Scrolls Online's ZeniMax Online Studios formally unionized this week, becoming the third union at Microsoft's...
The MOP Up: New World pulls back the curtains on its holiday event
New World's devs shared the inspiration behind the hodge-podge holiday event in the game, saying, "Our Audio and Narrative Teams took inspiration from various...
Betawatch: Pantheon enters early access at long last
If you were worried that Pantheon would ever reach any form of release, before or after the untimely passing of Brad McQuaid, we're happy...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2024
I have not had a good 2024. I have, in fact, had the absolute opposite of that. I feel like I exist now through...
MMO Week in Review: Path of Exile 2 is finally here
So Path of Exile 2 isn't an MMORPG, but should count as an MMO? Well, Steam has it flagged that way, so you can...
The MOP Up: World War II Online bids farewell to the fishbowl
World War II Online aviators will be pleased to hear that a disliked visual is about to be killed: "The long-awaited, long-hated fishbowl effect...
Betawatch: Path of Exile 2’s early access has begun
All right, let's not front, the only thing we're really worrying about in the MMO-ish (it's flagged MMO on Steam) beta space right now...
MMO Week in Review: New World’s roadmap, Corepunk’s early access
After weeks of needling, Amazon finally delivered a roadmap for New World this week: The studio is introducing what it's calling "seasonal worlds," the...
The MOP Up: New World’s deadly laser turkey
"What started as an office joke about a giant turkey with laser eyes turned into an actual world boss when one of our AI...
Betawatch: Corepunk finally launched into early access this week
Are you sufficiently punk at your core? If not, you may not be allowed to play Corepunk because that's kind of the whole thing...
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 Godspawn, WoW Classic Classic
What a week for the MMORPG genre: Guild Wars 2 released Godspawn, WoW Classic Classic launched with nary a hitch, FFXIV's Crossroads was pretty...
The MOP Up: Hawkeye joins the Marvel Rivals roster
Marvel Rivals is getting a good dose of the Hawkeye on December 6th along with plenty of other additions to the PvP shooter. The...
Betawatch: Path of Exile 2’s early access is almost here
It's almost time: On December 6th, Path of Exile 2 will enter the early access club. Classes: Six. Acts: Three. Endgame: Available. And hopefully...
