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Perfect Ten: Why I’m a sucker for MMO collector’s editions
If you've ever wondered what kind of naive sucker would plunk down a semi-thick wad of perfectly good cash on an overstuffed MMO collector's...
The Stream Team: Puzzled to death in SWTOR
With seven combined deaths already on the Death Counter, Massively OP's Larry and MJ have only made it through part of The Shroud's lair...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 319: A sadness prison for addicts
Justin and Bree discuss Destiny 2's tmog, Elite Dangerous Odyssey, PSO2's New Genesis, RuneScape and Albion on mobile, and Jeff Kaplan's farewell, with adventures in Guild Wars, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag discussion on Blizzard's downfall and future.
EVE Online releases the second half of its industry update, asks players for footage for an anniversary video
It's one part work and one part celebration in this EVE Online news posting. On the work side of things, the second part of...
Star Wars: The Old Republic explores dark secrets with today’s Update 6.3
Hey you! Drop everything -- groceries, babies, financial responsibilities -- and make a dash over to the Star Wars: The Old Republic launcher. You...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best way MMOs can improve player retention – other than new content?
Months ago, Gamasutra published a piece about the long-tail of game development - basically, how to keep a video game selling copies and/or attracting...
Star Wars: The Old Republic to launch update 6.3, The Dark Descent, on April 27
Earlier today, we made a snarky joke about how the next Star Wars: The Old Republic patch has had plenty of its content teased but...
Not So Massively: Checking up on multiplayer RTS Iron Harvest 1920
Last fall, this column covered Iron Harvest 1920, an alternate history RTS with a strong multiplayer emphasis and surprisingly poignant story-telling. Once I got...
Stick and Rudder: The frustrating and unsuccessful search for life in Elite Dangerous Odyssey alpha phase 3
I should have been more capable. If I were a better exploration pilot in Elite: Dangerous, I suspect I would have had a better...
Star Wars The Old Republic talks about the upcoming Secrets of the Enclave Flashpoint
It's time once again for another de facto dev blog from Star Wars: The Old Republic! BioWare has once more brought forth world designer Allison...
The MOP Up: Why did Fortnite go dark for a day?
Earlier this month, the ever-popular Fortnite went dark for the better part of April 6th. So what happened? We finally have the full scoop...
Destiny 2’s proposed transmog system is out to punish you for looking fine
Close your eyes and imagine a cosmetic transmog system for a looter shooter like Destiny 2. Not too complicated, right? Now open your eyes...
Warframe’s Tennocon 2021 will again be digital-only, benefiting homelessness relief
It won't come as much of a surprise, given the pandemic still raging across the globe, that Tennocon is going digital again in 2021....
Elite Dangerous announces Odyssey alpha phase 4 start date and details of character snapshot timing
The final phase of Odyssey's alpha is coming a lot sooner than maybe some players of Elite: Dangerous expected. Shortly following the announcement of...
Star Citizen brings alpha 3.13 online with new vehicles and features, talks with devs at Turbulent in video
Last night saw Star Citizen add a fresh layer to its alpha build with the release of 3.13, otherwise known as Underground Infamy. The...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on cutscenes in MMOs?
Truth time: I am not the kind of person who honestly enjoys cutscenes in video games. I really want to be the kind of...
Massively Overthinking: How much are you spending on MMOs every month right now?
A while back, MOP's Justin joked that his wife, who loves econ PvP in MMOs, was funding a year of his play on Classic...
Elite Dangerous Odyssey confirms a May 19 release date on PC
It looks like the progress being made in the Elite: Dangerous Odyssey alpha is moving at a predictable enough pace that Frontier Developments can...
The Stream Team: Guess the deaths in The Shroud’s lair in SWTOR
How many deaths does it take to get to the center of The Shroud's lair in SWTOR? Massively OP's Larry says many! And he...
Open Perpetuum players mark three years by blowing each other up as Patch 21 content is promised for April
Cast your minds back to about three years ago, when Perpetuum Online, aka EVE Online but Robots, was being shut down by developer Avatar...
