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The Daily Grind: What are the most nostalgic MMO music tracks for you?
As one of the hosts of Battle Bards and the writer of this site's Jukebox Heroes column, I obviously hold great affection for MMORPG...
The Stream Team: Warframe’s The War Within
She's ready. Massively OP's MJ is ready to take on Warframe's next mega story quest, The War Within. At least the prerequisites say she...
Star Citizen talks PTU flow for alpha 3.6.0, plus snub fighters and trains
Cloud Imperium is back with another Inside Star Citizen video this week, this one focused on the PTU - the public test universe. As...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends is working on Felucia – a new planet with new houses, player cities, and space zone
The upcoming addition of true Bespin content to Star Wars Galaxies rogue servers like the NGE-based SWG Legends has been a big deal for...
The Daily Grind: Do you care whether MMORPGs have seasons and diurnal cycles?
In a recent One Shots, MOP's Justin asked readers to offer up their screenshots of MMOs with diurnal cycles - that is, games with...
Massively Overthinking: The worst MMO cash shop trickery
Last week, games psychologist Jamie Madigan tweeted an underrated comment about how psychological tricks used in restaurant menu design are also found in video...
Warframe of Mind: The story of Space Mom and The Second Dream
When I first started playing Warframe, I definitely wasn't in it for the story. Was there story? Initially, no. There were only crumbs of...
Star Wars: The Old Republic is easing restrictions for free-to-play and preferred players
It can be difficult to play Star Wars: The Old Republic without paying; the game has some pretty strict restrictions in place for free...
Destiny 2’s fall patch turns Eververse gear into Universal Ornaments as Bungie revamps the Bright Dust economy
Tess Everis will have some new surprises in store for the Guardians of Destiny 2 this fall, Bungie has announced, as the fall patch...
Perfect Ten: The most poorly managed MMO sunsets of all time
MMOs shut down. This is just kind of a reality. It's an unpleasant one, but we also are collectively aware that it happens and...
Star Wars: The Old Republic returns to that Nar Shadda nightlife
Who doesn't love the night life? No one on Nar Shadda in Star Wars: The Old Republic; everyone wants a slice of that life,...
Star Trek Online’s Discovery Enterprise lockbox has captains in an uproar
It stands to reason that in a game called Star Trek Online, the most desirable starships of them all will be any that have...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 225: The slash and burn of Amazon Game Studios
Justin and Bree discuss E3, Black Desert, Warframe, Last Oasis, Amazon, New World, Ship of Heroes, SWG Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag questions on monetizing character costuming and beating bad launch dead horses.
Funcom is throwing anniversary bashes for Anarchy Online and Secret World Legends
Funcom is gearing up for anniversary festivities in two of its MMOs.
First up: Anarchy Online is turning 18. Feel old yet? "Beginning June 18th...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends rogue server brings back Empire Day and Remembrance Day events
Fourth of July celebrations in MMOs are always a curious event in games with broad global reach, which is possibly why so many skip...
Destiny 2’s daily player count is surging back to a million players
Things were looking a little... dicey for Destiny 2 for a bit there, let's be honest. But the good news is that all appears...
Star Citizen’s alpha 3.6.0 has reached the Evocati, though the law system isn’t done cooking yet
Star Citizen fans, rev up your space engines for another round of testing: The game's initial alpha 3.6.0 build has rolled out to Evocati...
The Daily Grind: What does Destiny 2 still need before you’ll call it an MMO?
With Destiny 2 back in the news thanks to its free-to-play relaunch, Stadia platforming, and new expansion, online gamers have once again returned to...
Bungie aims to deliver more Destiny 2 content ‘as often as [it] can deliver it’
The future is looking a bit brighter for Destiny 2, which, after much concern over the game's prospects following Bungie's split with Activision, recently...
Star Citizen’s new Pillar Talk series stars key devs discussing the 3.6 alpha
Your eyes aren't deceiving you: Cloud Imperium has brought back Pillar Talk as a real thing for the Star Citizen community, and it's not...
