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Star Citizen’s Lunar New Year event brings back red envelopes, seasonal ship paint, and Siege of Orison
First off: Yes, the iconography in Star Citizen’s Lunar New Year event has a rooster pictured instead of a rabbit, but that’s because in...
Gamigo shuffles out RIFT’s old Hellbugs event for the Lunar New Year weekend
Gamigo's been a bit of a mess the last couple of months, and by all accounts RIFT's last community manager was let go earlier...
Massively Overthinking: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2022?
Last year, we did a piece on what we expected our top three MMOs of 2022 to be. We'll do that again next week,...
Star Citizen recounts November and December updates to NPC behavior, ships, rendering, and locations
If you were wondering what Star Citizen was up to at the end of last year but were concerned because there weren't any monthly...
Destiny 2 deep-dives the various sweeping changes Lightfall brings to character builds next month
The buildcrafting in Destiny 2 is on the cusp of a wide variety of changes to the point that the dev blog detailing it...
The Stream Team: Corellian adventures continue in SWTOR
Massively OP's Larry and MJ are in the middle of the Corellian storyline on their Republic characters. Last time they slogged through Labor Valley,...
PlanetSide 2’s construction system is under construction as Lunar New Year begins
Remember the good old days of early websites and their omnipresent "Under Construction" logos? You might want to slap one of these on PlanetSide...
Perfect Ten: Why it’s better than ever to be an MMO fan in 2023
Welcome to 2023! You probably didn't need that heads-up, but you're getting it even still. I'm quite excited about the year to come in...
Destiny 2 teases Lightfall’s cyberpunk metropolis Neomuna, Lunar New Year events
Destiny 2 gamers gearing up for the launch of Lightfall next month are being treated to a brand-new trailer from Bungie today, resplendent in...
Interview: Annex is a ‘romantic gold-rush’ MMO set in a post-post-apocalyptic world
Last November, we reported on a new Icelandic game studio and the hints of its upcoming MMORPG project by ex-CCP developers. Arctic Theory, as...
Dual Universe answers more player questions about ship control and offers new player advice
Dual Universe is back with yet another player Q&A video, fielding a selection of player questions and granting them developer answers. Which is what...
The Daily Grind: Do you like pop-up landscape quests in MMOs, or do you require quest-givers?
So I was playing Lord of the Rings Online the other day, going through Paths of the Dead on my way into Gondor. I...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy Record Keeper meets its finality
We're a little late to the party on this, but friend of the site Connor pointed out that Square Enix shut down yet another...
The Stream Team: Blowing up space rocks for fun and profit in Elite Dangerous
There's gold in them thar asteroids! Or tritium, or void opals, or maybe just basic ore. Whatever is in them thar asteroids, MOP's Chris...
Global Chat: The MMO blogs you should be reading in 2023
Welcome to a new year of Global Chat -- and with it, the anticipation of a great assortment of MMO blog essays, questions, guides,...
Destiny 2 gives you a doggo to pet, waves farewell to Stadia
Every game developer these days know that players will just about lose their minds if a cute dog makes an appearance, which is why...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2022 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
As we wrap up our end-of-the-year and turn-of-the-calendar content until next December, there's one more recurring Massively Overthinking I like to do - and...
John Smedley is leaving his position as head of Amazon Games’ San Diego studio
John Smedley is moving on from his role heading the San Diego branch of Amazon Game Studios, according to a memo sent to staff...
PlanetSide 2 applies fixes for missions and Capture the Conduit, promises additional stabilization in the future
PlanetSide 2 on PC has gotten another one of those fixer-upper patches that isn't exactly sexy but is no less vital to the game's...
Destiny 2 offers a brief preview of updates arriving in the next two weeks
Normally plans for the future of Destiny 2 are outlined in the game's weekly newsletter, but the devs at Bungie have decided to kick...