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One Shots: Cue techno chocobo theme
When I drive around and look at the sea of boring cars with mostly the same shapes in the same four colors, I can...
Multiplayer RTS ZeroSpace previews an ‘MMO mode’ called Galactic War
Crowdfunded indie RTS ZeroSpace has released a view video previewing the Galactic War mode, described as an MMO within the game. The Galactic War...
Massively Overthinking: Frames of reference in MMORPGs
Last week on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a heated discussion about terminology in MMORPGs (terminology we'll probably talk about in a separate thread...
Warframe brings new cosmetics, Sevagoth Prime, and a Warframe 1999 prologue with its Lotus Eaters update
Most are probably familiar with the fact that lotus roots are an edible vegetable, but did you know that the entire plant is edible...
The Stream Team: Tackling ship engineering in Elite Dangerous
MOP's Chris is hopping back into the cockpit of Elite: Dangerous again, only this time he's taking on a new goal: engineering his favorite...
Perfect Ten: The best MMOs from the years before we started counting
You know what bothers me? Our annual awards recap. We always list all of the games that we've given awards to in the past,...
SWTOR brings more date night missions and Galactic Seasons 7 with this week’s Update 7.5.1
While it can't compete with all of the huge MMO expansion releases this week, Star Wars: The Old Republic does have a decent late-summer...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 481: Pre-Gamescom MMO mini podcast
In this mini episode, Bree runs down Throne & Liberty's delay, New World's Aeternum beta, Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds launch, the Richard Garriott Ultima Online rumor, the state of Ultima Online New Legacy, Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, the record-setting SWG Legends' SOEclipse event, and the approach of Gamescom.
Destiny 2 threatens to ban AFK loot farmers hunting exotic items
The grind for exotic item drops in Destiny 2 is apparently very real. So real, in fact, that players are willing to write and...
Laniatus-owned Idea Fabrik claims The Repopulation is back online, renews assault on former contractor
It's been quite some time since The Repopulation was in our collective radar, but that was because development of the game was ended in...
The Stream Team: Seeing some Warframe sights as Saryn Prime
Folks watching (or attending) Warframe's TennoLive at TennoCon 2024 received a Saryn Prime to add to their arsenal, and it's time for Massively OP's...
Dual Universe’s myDU private server functionality is officially available today
It's all of the great taste of Kickstarted sci-fi MMORPG Dual Universe but with your own personal spin: It's myDU, the standalone version that...
Battle Bards Episode 233: Epic fight music
For Battle Bards’ penultimate episode, Syp and Syl explore some EPIC battle music across many MMOs. After all, if we’re going to go out...
The MOP Up: Spellfarers lets you dabble in moon magic
The recently launched magic life sim Spellfarers Update 0.511 arrived with "lots of fixes, including to cooking, a new stove for Ilo's kitchen, minor...
Almost 3000 characters broke the SWG Legends server this weekend celebrating the SOEclipse
Earlier this afternoon, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends hosted a massive event called SOEclipse, essentially the precise moment when the Legends Omega...
Dual Universe lets players host their own private servers starting next week
While Dual Universe didn't quite take the world by storm with its scifi sandbox offerings, developer Nova Quark is hoping that the ability to...
Star Citizen kicks off a week-long free fly event and previews Pyro’s non-combat gameplay
Star Citizen is celebrating its ships once again and using that love of internet spacecraft to pitch the game to new money players. The...
Destiny 2 readies an 8v8 PvP test, plans adjustments to Xur’s wares, accidentally garbles player names
If that headline wasn't already a clue, the news coming out of Destiny 2 is a little bit of a cornucopia. A potpourri. A...
SWG Legends celebrates outliving original Star Wars Galaxies with events and a free level 90 booster
Prepare to feel the weight of time in your bones: Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is officially celebrating its "SOEclipse" tomorrow. That's...
Massively Overthinking: Do the little things make or break an MMORPG?
Earlier this year, I did a video showcasing Star Wars Galaxies Legends player city overhaul, and in it, I admitted to something silly: A...