sci-fantasy
Skyforge goes on a nerfing-and-buffing spree with Cybernetic Alliance
As part of its upcoming Cybernetic Alliance update, Skyforge's dev team is taking on the daunting task of rebalancing all of its classes, with...
Leaderboard: Do you go light side or dark side in MMORPG factions?
We’ve been following gaming research firm Quantic Foundry since last year as it's been publishing datasets and conclusions based on its Gamer Motivation Model....
Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype
Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...
Skyforge’s Cybernetic Alliance coming on June 1, game soundtrack is out now
Summer is going to start with an interesting team-up in Skyforge. The sci-fi title announced today that its next content update, Cybernetic Alliance, is...
WildStar’s soundtrack is finally coming to market
One of the most requested MMORPG soundtracks of the current era is finally coming to market, causing every rowsdower in the galaxy to start jitterbugging...
WildStar’s lead writer is gone too
Over the weekend, former WildStar Product Director Mike Donatelli and Design Director Chris Behrens announced on Twitter that their last day working for Carbine...
WildStar loses more developers as Donatelli, Behrens depart
Update: We've updated below with Carbine's statement to Massively OP.
WildStar appears to have lost more staff this weekend: Both Mike Donatelli and Chris Behrens told...
WildStar swaps NCoin for Protobucks ahead of Steam launch
WildStar is still on the way to Steam, you'll be happy to hear, at least if you've been following NCsoft's latest quarterly financials. Carbine's...
NCsoft Q1 2016: Blade & Soul is booming, WildStar is tumbling
There are good pieces of news from NCsoft's first quarter financial report. For one thing, the company's year-on-year sales, profits, and net income are...
The Daily Grind: What kind of MMO are you looking for?
There's no shame in admitting that you're looking for a new or different type of MMO to play. Maybe you just like exploring the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 64: To boldly return
Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online, Chronicles of Elyria, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, TERA, and LOTRO, plus a mailbag question on metacritic for MMOs.
Empyrean is building ‘MMOs you can beat’
Empyrean Interactive is coining a new acronym this season: PCA, which stands for persistent cooperative adventure, a "radically different" take on the MMO genre.
Studio...
One Shots: Slipping between shadows
I'm not one of the stealthy types in MMOs, mostly because very few games give me the chance to hang upside-down from rafters and...
WildStar announces new class/race combos
The WildStar developers have heard the community's desire for additional class/race combinations in the game, and as a result Carbine is working on getting...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios be involved in modding their games’ subreddits?
Reddit is a complicated place with more than its fair share of drama, and that drama spills over into the gaming space from time...
WildStar opens the doors to Vault of the Archon
The heart of WildStar's Arcterra is now open for the plundering.
Patch 1.5.1 came to the game today, bringing the promised debut of the Vault...
Ryzom finally lands on Steam this week
Ryzom is really truly on the way to Steam -- this week, in fact. May 6th is the big day.
The 2004 sci-fantasy sandbox MMORPG...
WildStar’s Wednesday patch brings Vault of the Archon, new tutorial
It's a big week for a lot of MMOs, WildStar among them. The themepark will update to build 1.5.1 on May 4th, launching the...
Skyforge suffers Reapers’ Revenge, introduces controller support
Reapers' Revenge has come roaring into Skyforge at last, bringing with it several nice features and official support for controllers.
Today's patch adds the first...
The Game Archaeologist: Saga of Ryzom
Every so often I get requests to cover such-and-such game in this column. These are often incredibly obscure titles, even to me, and when...
