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The Daily Grind: Do you ever log into an MMO for an injection of nostalgia?
I love me a good strong dose of nostalgia. Sometimes this happens unexpectedly, such as when I smell something that triggers a long-buried memory....
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: AQ2 Expanse, Project Baxter, Tombstone
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! In today's edition, we've got an indie...
Star Citizen tweaks how salvaging works, plans for the activity’s launch in alpha 3.22
Back in July, Star Citizen shared a prototype of how full ship salvaging, aka "munching," was going. Several months later, the activity is back...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions
We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
EVE Online begins its four day-long Vanguard FPS mode test today
It's time to experience EVE Online from a different perspective: from inside of the skull of someone with a gun. For at least the...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends is launching a brand-new Wookiee treehouse for Life Day
When we were discussing our Best MMO Housing award last week, I joked to our team that I knew about an amazing housing addition...
Bungie devs face the ‘soul-crushing’ pressure of financial targets, a Sony takeover, and threat of more layoffs
It's already been reported that life within Destiny 2 and Marathon developer Bungie is extremely unhappy in the wake of recent layoffs and the...
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2023
When it comes to making a judgment call about the "healthiest" MMORPGs on the market at any given time, there are always plenty of...
Star Trek Online now has third-party ship model NFTs as new Cryptic boss DECA opens hiring
Remember back when Star Trek Online announced that it was ending its six-year partnership with GamePrint, bringing to an end the service that allowed...
Star Wars Galaxies’ SWGEmu kicks off classic Wookiee Life Day for the holiday season
The nice thing about the Star Wars Galaxies rogue server community is that there's a server out there with nearly every era of the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 448: The holiday MMO rush begins
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic's Season of Discovery, EverQuest II's Ballads of Zimara, SWTOR's Chains in the Dark, ArcheAge's big Unchained merge, and Wagadu Chronicles' early access, with adventures in LOTRO and Project Gorgon, plus 2023 awards teases and a mailbag topic on getting into MMOs with too much content.
Global Chat: Why does CCP keep trying to make EVE shooters?
We're not the only ones who keep wondering why CCP continues to push for an FPS game set in the EVE Online universe. Long-time...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s Chains in the Dark update is live – here are the patch notes
Broadsword's latest patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic is live today as promised, and that of course means that the update's patch notes...
The Daily Grind: What was the best event in the MMO genre in 2023?
We used to run this Daily Grind as an award but canned it when we had a hard time summoning enough really stellar events...
Destiny 2 plans beta testing of expanded fireteam finder December 6, discusses PvP events, and opens its new dungeon
Last week saw Destiny 2 begin its first steps toward proliferation of its fireteam finder function with a raid finder stress test. That test...
EVE Online players have formed a new corporation led by ChatGPT
It's said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, so why trust all of the power of an EVE Online corporation to one human when you...
Indie Afrofantasy MMO Wagadu Chronicles has opened its early access doors today
"Today is a big day. The Wagadu Chronicles is finally accessible to the world." So begins Twin Drums' announcement that its Afrofantasy MMORPG has...
One Shots: Fishing for a compliment
When life's moving a little too fast in your MMORPG, maybe it's time to take a break, dig out the ol' rod-and-reel, and pluck...
Star Citizen breaks a crowdfunding record for November with over $28M in sales
In case it wasn't clear what Star Citizen was hoping for when it launched last month's IAE event, the sales numbers for the month...
Elite Dangerous’ Frontier declares it’s ‘getting back on track’ by re-focusing on new and existing simulation titles
Elite Dangerous developer Frontier Developments is using its 2023 annual investor report to proclaim that it's "getting back on track," as it decides that...