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Massively OP Podcast Episode 168: MMOs all higgledy-piggledy
Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, EVE Online, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Ragnarok, Elite, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, Trove, and City of Heroes' Paragon Chat, with mailbag questions on free-to-play entitlement and whether expansions need new classes.
Rumor: Daybreak may be building PlanetSide 3 and EverQuest 3, sunsetting Just Survive
While Daybreak producers are spelling out their games' future, a now-deleted post over at Reddit by an alleged former employee of Daybreak Games purports to...
EVE Online is losing another developer – this time, it’s CCP Punkturis
Another prominent member of the EVE Online team is apparently departing. Senior Software Engineer KatrÃn Atladóttir, aka CCP Punkturis, announced on Twitter last night...
EVE Evolved: Getting ready for EVE Online’s Abyssal revolution
If you've seen the news recently coming out of EVE Fanfest 2018, you've probably heard of EVE Online's upcoming expansion: Into the Abyss. Pockets...
Daybreak: Here’s where the EverQuest franchise, DCUO, PlanetSide 2, H1Z1, and Just Survive stand
Not counting Standing Stone's titles, Daybreak currently develops and publishes six of its once massive stable of MMOs: Both EverQuests, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide...
One Shots: A well-rounded Hobbit (breakfast)
With the prodigious and well-known appetite of Hobbits, it's a total surprise to me that the Shire hasn't been stripped bare with these creatures'...
The Game Archaeologist: Red Planet’s Lost Colony vaporware
You know the story of Roanoke, right? That early American settlement that abruptly went missing with only the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree...
The Stream Team: Working up to Warframe’s Sanctuary Onslaught
Warframe recently released Beast of the Sanctuary update, and Massively OP's MJ is excited to jump in and check it out. Most importantly, it...
Here’s how Defiance 2050’s class unlocks work as the closed beta resumes today
As previously announced, Trion is running another Defiance 2050 beta event this weekend, this time including console players along with PC players. Worth noting is...
Massively Overthinking: How accountable should MMOs hold players for out-of-game toxicity?
Brendan's discussion with CCP Falcon at EVE Fanfest last week included an interesting chat about out-of-game harassment and whether gaming companies had an obligation...
Star Citizen shows off its sleek starter ship while Squadron 42 discusses its storytelling
The word "Origin" has a special meaning to Chris Roberts and the Star Citizen team, so it's not surprising that there has been special...
EverQuesting: Columbus Nova or not, Daybreak is tying its own noose
How about those Red Sox? Seriously, that's a conversation I'd rather be having than the one that has cropped up this week -- and...
Elite: Dangerous is discontinuing support for the Mac [Updated]
We're sorry to inform fans of Elite: Dangerous on Apple computers that they're soon going to be forced to choose between the platform and...
The Stream Team: Doing the Star Trek Online Delta recruit thing
Star Trek Online is allowing players to make Delta recruits, and Massively OP's MJ wants in on that action! It gives her a chance...
Otherland strives to regain players with hard work, more communication, and robust content additions
It's no secret that Otherland, the MMO based on Tad Williams' popular sci-fi series, has had an extremely rough go of it through development...
Fortnite has become the ‘largest free-to-play console game of all time,’ SuperData says
"Fortnite is now the largest free-to-play console game of all time, in revenue generated and monthly active users," SuperData has declared in its monthly...
Leaderboard: Does the Daybreak fiasco affect whether you play its MMOs?
Over the last couple of days, we've been covering the Daybreak scandal - specifically, how concerns over the impact of government sanctions on Daybreak's...
EVE Online Executive Producer Andie ‘CCP Seagull’ Nordgren is leaving CCP Games [Updated]
It's always tough when a development studio loses one of its top people, but today's news is sure to sting more than usual for...
Warframe moves quickly to fix Khora patch
With the new Beasts of the Sanctuary patch now live in Warframe, Digital Extremes has found that it has its hands fully trying to...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online Deep Space Nine starship on PC from PWE and MOP
Are you hyped for Deep Space Nine in Star Trek Online? Victory is Life is hitting PC in June, complete with a journey to the...
