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Ship of Heroes bumps beta to spring, reveals City of Heroes- and SWTOR-inspired base building system
Well, you probably noticed that our indie MMO of 2021, Ship of Heroes, did not make it to its December beta as planned, seeing...
The Stream Team: Spoiler stream of starting Warframe’s The New War
Frame indecision aside, Massively OP's MJ can't keep putting Warframe's The New War off forever. Tonight, she's biting the bullet and jumping into the...
The Daily Grind: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2021?
Usually at the end of the year, Justin will ask me on the MOP Podcast what my top-played MMOs of the year turned out...
Destiny 2 tackles reward drops, the gunsmith, and gearing up for Witch Queen
With The Witch Queen inching ever closer to her arrival in Destiny 2, the "loot" part of the looter shooter is going to see...
The Stream Team: Tracking down the Rakghoul SWTOR flashpoint
Terrible infestation that turns others into vicious creatures? Of course Massively OP's Larry and MJ will head right into the heart of it! The...
Hellbugs and love hugs keep RIFT’s community busy
As the long-suffering RIFT community waits to see what may happen to their MMO, they have a couple of distractions to keep them busy...
Massively Overthinking: Do cross-IP collabs and promos in MMOs bother you?
Transmedia synergy. Let's just lead with that. We have a long tradition around here of teasing MMOs for jamming in these weird promotions with...
Vague Patch Notes: Unpacking the Riot MMO’s group-centric philosophy
Well! It has been a week, that's for darn sure. And amidst everything else going on this particular week, it would've been easy to...
Star Trek Online’s anniversary event arrives soon with a new alliance ship, the Jarok Carrier
It's nearly time for the Star Trek Online anniversary event, and experienced players know that means a new Alliance ship combining the design of...
Global Chat: Moar MMO rogue servers, please!
In the MMO genre, we've been blessed with many great rogue server projects -- but there's always room for more, right? MMO Fallout's Connor...
Over a thousand players test PlanetSide 2’s island of Oshur
Enlisting in the army of the future is a great way to get off the couch and see exotic new lands -- before blowing...
Dual Universe outlines the Panacea update’s planned Lua API changes
Players of Dual Universe who like to get fiddly with the Lua API code of the spaceship sandbox likely perked their ears when the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 356: A long time from now in a galaxy far, far away
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Star Citizen, Black Desert, Elyon, and Neverwinter, with adventures in LOTRO, Crowfall, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus voicemail topics on alienating MMO design choices and new MMO crafting professions.
The MOP Up: Vendetta Online adds 27 custom missions
Vendetta Online warped into the new year with a slew of events, more functionality for capships, and 27 additional custom-made missions.
Reader Jason keyed us...
One Shots: It’s not easy being green
Kermit the Frog famously said that "it's not easy being green." But I think he was an ungrateful amphibian who didn't comprehend that his...
Destiny 2 outlines artifact mod changes, confirms Bungie anniversary content will continue ‘through 2022’
The next expansion and subsequent next season of Destiny 2 is going to make artifact mod hunters particularly happy if Bungie's newest weekly newsletter...
Global Chat: Does Doctor Who have a place in EVE Online?
As we crack open another edition of Global Chat, The Ancient Gaming Noob tackled the utter weirdness that is a cross-media promotion between EVE...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2021 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
Believe it or not, we're finally almost done with our entire lineup of turn-of-the-calendar-year content and recaps and tallies. It's exhausting! But I have...
PlanetSide 2 offers a new video preview of Oshur, outlines public testing and release plans
Players of PlanetSide 2 are finally going to get their first taste of an island paradise and summarily blow one another to smithereens on...
Star Trek Online talks up its incoming anniversary event and general update plans in Q&A livestream
Yesterday saw Star Trek Online put out its first Q&A broadcast of 2022, and while answers included the expected cornucopia of topics, there were...
