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Ryzom takes players on a flythrough its classic vistas in latest video
Ryzom: It's Still Around!™ That's the cheerful takeaway for the game's most recent video, which grants veterans and potential players a flythrough several of...
Battle Bards Episode 218: Peace and quiet
If anyone’s ever told you to “take a chill pill,” then the Battle Bards have your full dosage in today’s episode. Exploring peaceful and...
Aura Kingdom, Skyforge, and City of Heroes Rebirth celebrate Halloween
Like a kid charging up and down the street to knock on every door and gather all of the candy, we're continuing to cast...
Ryzom redesigns its tutorial area to make it more player friendly
If you ever found Ryzom a bit indecipherable, it's not (just) because the MMORPG is set on an alien world. Older titles like this...
Ashes of Creation addresses healing, professions, leveling, and the path to Alpha 2
Ashes of Creation players had questions and creative director Steven Sharif had answers, as he offered up AMA responses in a new video in...
Allods Online’s and Skyforge’s My.Games has been sold off for $642M
My.Games is no longer part of VK Company and its Mail.ru group, according to a press release sent out by the company. The game...
Vague Patch Notes: Mandatory content and game design in MMOs
Let me tell you about my second roommate in college. He was named Kyle, and he was benefiting from the fact that I had...
The MOP Up: Allods Online throws an orcish holiday
How many MMOs throw Orcs their very own holiday? I only know one: Allods Online, which celebrates all things orcish -- including goblin tossing...
Skyforge redesigns its bag system with the game’s next maintenance
How many unread tabs are on your current web browser? Be honest with yourself; you don't have to tell us in the comments. Tabs...
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....
Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects
Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....
Vitae Aeternum: Previewing New World’s Brimstone Sands, leveling revamp, greatsword, and more
New World is gearing up to unleash its largest patch since launch, and members of the press were recently invited to a virtual event...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft
The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
Massively Overthinking: What’s so bad about comfort zones in MMOs?
If you've been following the MMORPG meta for a long time, particularly in World of Warcraft, you know there's corner of the industry convinced...
Skyforge basks in the Summer Breeze event through August on PC and console
Summer breeze might make you feel fine in song, but in the context of Skyforge it's the name of the MMORPG's summertime event, which...
One Shots: I’m lost in her eyes, send help
Today we need to issue a serious warning about our first One Shots: Those who scroll to the full color image may find themselves...
Massively Overthinking: What endgame content keeps you in an MMORPG long-term?
A while back on the MassivelyOP Podcast, Justin and I were trying to sort through why New World's endgame hasn't had staying power with...
Global Chat: The virtue of smaller shared worlds
With the rise of online sandboxes and other mini-MMOs (if that oxymoron can exist), several long-time MMO bloggers are praising the virtues and benefits...
One Shots: Under an alien sky
There aren't many MMOs that genuinely make you feel like you're on some sort of unknown planet instead of an analogue to Earth, but...
Vague Patch Notes: Yes, sandbox MMOs need tutorials and guidance, too
I'm going to make some sandbox fans a little miffed right here with my opening premise. Yes, your sandbox MMO needs tutorials and probably...
