sci-fi
Massively Overthinking: Abysmal MMO launch experiences
Elite Dangerous' Odyssey launch has been a stark reminder to me that not all launches and launch experiences are the same. To hear some...
Four Winds: Everything you need to know about Amazon’s Lost Ark
Raise your hands if you've been eagerly waiting for Lost Ark. Now give me a high five because as announced earlier today, it's finally...
Stick and Rudder: Launch impressions of Elite Dangerous Odyssey
On June 3rd, 2020, Frontier Developments made an announcement that had fans of the Elite franchise excited for new possibilities. After decades of being...
Elite Dangerous’ third Odyssey update adjusts weapon and suit UI, applies crash fixes, and adds ARX rewards for on-foot missions
As promised in the June update roadmap, the third patch for Elite: Dangerous has been applied, providing another round of fixes for the Odyssey...
The Stream Team: SWTOR’s Revenge of the Shroud
What's more fun than playing as HK-55 with Z0-0M as a sidekick in SWTOR? Watching Exarch Malforia embrace her destiny through the airlock! Sadly,...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO prisons where you can do the time of your life
Chillin' in the clink. Spending time in stony lonesome. Thrown into the slammer. Checking in to the big house. Doing (perfect) 10 to life...
EVE Online adds mobile observatories and begins CSM 16 voting, EVE Echoes launches exploration
Things are happening in EVE Online. To be fair, things are always happening in EVE Online, but there's some specifically new things happening, starting...
E3 digital’s PC Gaming Show promises 39 new trailers, including something from EVE Online
Since this year's E3 showcase will once more be all-digital, we've got big swaths of presentation shows to look forward to. Among those is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 325: The bards sing of Palia
Justin, Carlo, and Bree discuss Elyon, Swords of Legends Online, WoW Classic Burning Crusade, Elder Scrolls Online Blackwood, Aion Classic, Crowfall, Trove, Neverwinter, and Palia, with a mailbag topic on spiritual successors and Guild Wars vs. Guild Wars 2.
Choose My Adventure: Star Wars Galaxies’ legacy questline is so boring
Level 22. That was the arbitrary block between me and wearing armor in Star Wars Galaxies. Not level 10. Not level 15. Not level...
Open Perpetuum targets boss camping with time limitations
Open Perpetuum's strongholds have proven to be a popular features for the sandbox MMO, but that doesn't mean that they're perfect. The volunteer dev...
Not So Massively: Iron Harvest’s Operation Eagle expansion soars high
The lead-up to the release of Iron Harvest 1920's first expansion was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me (insomuch as you can...
Elite Dangerous maps out plans for three more updates in June as another player initiative is binned
At the tail end of May, the devs of Elite: Dangerous promised to share a roadmap of updates to address a number of problems...
The Repopulation team recreated over 1100 pieces of furniture from earlier builds
Let's be honest, it's never a good sign that I forget about an MMO until I see a developer tweet about it, but in...
PlanetSide 2 outlines upcoming NSO faction updates, including opening the group to free players
The Nanite Systems Operative (NSO) faction in PlanetSide 2 has always been a unique choice, as it really isn't its own faction so much...
Star Citizen talks about the creation of the Bengal carrier and hosts a competition to celebrate Pride
During the Invictus Launch Week event in Star Citizen, fans were treated to a special arrival as part of the UEE Navy's show of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest gameplay myth that persists in your favorite MMO?
My husband is an avid Overwatch player, and the other day he pointed out to me that Blizzard has, in spite of its foibles,...
Massively Overthinking: Do you associate music with memory in MMOs?
The other night, I tried to log in to the Star Wars Galaxies emu and the music hit me hard. See, I play SWG...
Star Wars The Old Republic lists dates for a number of returning events in June
For those who have already made the Dark Descent in Star Wars: The Old Republic, perhaps you're looking for a few events to zest...
EVE Echoes’ Exploration update launches tomorrow with new CONCORD pass after a slight COVID delay
EVE Echoes has some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Exploration Update is big and still coming. The...
