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Skyforge’s Heart of Steel update is live on PC and console today
November has another big update in store for an MMORPG: The game is Skyforge, and the update is Heart of Steel. And you don't...
The Daily Grind: Which dead MMOs do you hope will come back some day?
Last week, Fallen Earth returned to service, which delighted me to no end. When you have favorite MMOs that end up being shuttered or...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPGs of all time, 2021 edition
Five years ago this week - back in 2016 - the MOP team and readers did an epic Massively Overthinking picking out their top...
The Daily Grind: How prone are you to being distracted in an MMO?
When WildStar first came out, I remember reading (and even personally sharing) a whole lot of praise for how many things that the game's...
Skyforge starts a Halloween celebration with broom racing and candy bandits
Bad news, deities of Skyforge: The game world is under attack once again. "What is it this time?" you ask as you slowly, wearily reach...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 343: Mysterious and spoopy
Justin and Bree discuss Halloween MMOs, Path of Exile, Star Trek Online, Book of Travels' early access, DDO's freebies, LOTRO's latest patch, and the FFXIV Endwalker media tour, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, New World, and Book of Travels, plus a mailbag question on orbital video game enjoyment.
Skyforge brings back its Pantheon War event on alternating weekends
Wars between deities are generally considered to be a big deal, but the abundance of deities in Skyforge means that it's kind of just a...
The Daily Grind: Do you like building your own MMO house or having the shell created for you?
One thing that I very much like about the current state of Fallout 76 is that the game gives you two options in regards...
Massively Overthinking: Overcoming barriers-to-exit in MMOs
About a thousand years ago, I wrote an article on Old Massively called "but I already have that game" about barriers-to-exit: the difficulty of...
Battle Bards Episode 200: Battle Bards Bicentennial!
Can you believe it? The Battle Bards have hit 200 amazing episodes! Join Steff, Syl, and Syp as they take a victory lap around...
The Daily Grind: Should double-jump be an MMO standard feature?
I don't care if it's not realistic, I love double-jumping. Ever since the days of Metroid, getting that sweet extra air time made me...
First impressions: Elyon is a boring world with compelling gameplay and customization systems
I’m going to be perfectly honest, I went in to Elyon with some pretty low expectations. Watching it be transmuted from Ascent: Infinite Realm,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s new Harbinger, Virtuoso, and Willbender elite specs
One of the most anticipated features of any Guild Wars 2 expansion is unquestionably the addition of new elite specializations. We got our first...
WildStar’s Stephan Frost shares the depressing ‘flat circle’ of MMO development
Former WildStar lead Stephan Frost piped up on Twitter this past Friday to share a story. This isn't just any story, but rather all...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that would actually benefit from a Classic server
Here's the thing about having a classic server for a lot of MMORPGs: It doesn't actually do much. In order for a classic server...
The Game Archaeologist: Defining the eras of MMORPG history
With MMO history stretching back to the early 1980s (and even before), this genre has accumulated a whole lot of history over the years....
Activision-Blizzard: Frances Townsend steps down from one studio post, Jeff Kurtenacker departs
It's a day that ends in "y," which means there's another new development in the ongoing Blizzard sexual harassment and sexual discrimination scandal. This...
Skyforge prepares players for a month of invasions and a summer event in August
What's the true meaning of summer? Fighting off snake monsters. No, wait, maybe it's fighting off demons. Depending on your platform for playing Skyforge,...
The MOP Up: Warface tops 117 million registered players, Skyforge is up to 13 million
Warface -- no, not Warframe, it's that other game -- is being held up as one of the crown jewels in My.Games' portfolio. My.Games...
Massively Overthinking: Load-bearing playerbases in MMORPGs
Game developer Damion Schubert is known to MMO players for his work on everything from Ultima Online to SWTOR, but as it turns out,...